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  • Collection: Eileen Longbottom collection

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Harry and Elsie were married at Heptonstall Methodist Chapel 20th January 1940

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The wedding took place at St. Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd on 7th October, 1959.

Left to right: unknown, unknown, Mr Thomas Pickles, father of the bride, Mr Derrick Chatburn, Mrs Dorothy Pickles (nee Robertshaw), mother of the bride, Mrs Beryl…

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L to R: Mary Smith, Thomas Smith, George Smith, Hanna Mariah Smith nee Sutcliffe, and James Sutcliffe Smith. They were living at Chapel House, Northgate, Heptonstall in 1916. Information from George Smith's grandson Graham.

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The iron gear wheel also suggests a maintenance role. This is part of a postcard that required ½ penny postage.

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Towards the end of the 19th century this housed a number of Wood Cutters working on the Savile Estate. Postcard.

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This was once a well known spot in the Crags. Postcard.

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Children with horse & cart, including evacuees to help with hay making. This is near Slack Bottom and was farmed by Longbottom's. Eileen Longbottom is one of the smaller children inside the cart. Some of the other children were evacuees brought to…

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This shows a full hay cart being led into the barn. These barns often had a matching door on the other side so that the horse and cart could pass straight through after unloading.

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Author and adventurer William Holt set up a holiday camp, Hawden Hall Holiday Camp and Tea Gardens, in the early 1920's. He ran it for a year before selling out to an ex-soldier.
Hawden Hall is sometimes described as Hebden Hey in the early…

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This photo shows a general view westward along Heptonstall Slack with Taylor Farm immediately on the right. Postcard.

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The procession is going up Smith Well Lane. The banner indicates the Wesleyan Sunday School at Heptonstall. Notice the Union Jack flags from several houses and the decorated arch at the top of Towngate in the distance. Postcard.

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The procession is going up Smith Well Lane. The ladies and gentlemen are carrying books which might be hymn books suggesting they are singing as they go. Notice the Union Jack flags from several houses and the decorated arch at the top of Towngate in…

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Similar photos exist for the same time. This would be a starting point for people visiting Hardcastle Crags. The rear of the picture has the words "Dad & Samson & Twinney" probably indicates one of the drivers and two of the horses. Notice the sets…

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It's not clear where this is; the gable end of a house/barn in the distance and the slope of the fields might offer a clue. The cart is a more traditional two-wheel cart with iron rimmed wheels. The load appears to be about complete and the man…

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A traditional mummer's play. The Pace Egg Play, performed annually on Good Friday at various venues around Hebden Bridge. Revived locally around 1931and broadcast by the BBC. It's not clear who is in this photo, which is taken in St George's…

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William Greenwood farmed at Owlers Farm, Shackleton Hill, just outside Hebden Bridge, from the late 19th century into the 20th century; he is described as a Dairy Farmer in the 1911 census. At the time of the 1901 census he was employing two farm…

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This Post Card is printed by C Westerman of Hebden Bridge. The reservoir bank in the middle ground is the middle bank at Walshaw Dean Reservoirs. Walshaw Dean Lodge can be seen to the left of the picture partly hidden by smoke from the engine which…

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This Post Card, one in the Valentine's Series, is quite a well known photo. In the 1950's local teenagers would gather to swim in the Green Lady pool which formed around the remains of the stone foundations used to support the structure (which was…

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On 5th September 1905, this engine was involved in a tragic accident at Walshaw Dean where the stoker, James Taylor was scalded by steam from the boiler and later died. The engine, driven by John Leech had left the rails and fallen on its side whilst…

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Named after the town of Dawson City in The Yukon in Canada which experienced the Klondike Gold Rush towards the end of the 19th century, this place, above Whitehill Nook, Heptonstall, was well established by the time of the 1901 census.
There were…
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