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Possibly an Engine Crew - EIL00100
The iron gear wheel also suggests a maintenance role. This is part of a postcard that required ½ penny postage.
Lane Ends Cottage, Midgehole, Hardcastle Crags - EIL00101
Towards the end of the 19th century this housed a number of Wood Cutters working on the Savile Estate. Postcard.
Fisherman's Hut, Hardcastle Crags - EIL00103
This was once a well known spot in the Crags. Postcard.
Taylor Farm, Heptonstall Slack - EIL00104
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…
Haymaking at Taylor Farm, Heptonstall Slack - EIL00106
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.
Hawden Hall. - EIL00107
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…
Hawden Hall is sometimes described as Hebden Hey in the early…
Taylor Farm at Heptonstall Slack. - EIL00108
This photo shows a general view westward along Heptonstall Slack with Taylor Farm immediately on the right. Postcard.
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession in Heptonstall, 1897 - EIL00109
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.
Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee procession in Heptonstall, 1897 - EIL00110
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…
The Old White Lion Hotel, Hebden Bridge - EIL00111
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…
Haymaking in fields above Hardcastle Crags - EIL00113
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…
Pace Egg Play, St George's Square, Hebden Bridge - EIL00114
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…
Milk Delivery Cart - EIL00115
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…
Walshaw Middle Dam - EIL00117
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…
Blake Dean Trestle Bridge - EIL00118
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…
Crew and visitors on train (Baldersdale) en route from Dawson City - EIL00119
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…
Dawson City, Heptonstall - EIL00121
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.
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Close up of another crew in train cabin. - EIL00122
This snapshot might indicate this crew were working later in the decade as the format in the early 1900's would have been Post Card.
Train with cargo. - EIL00123
This train appears to be at a passing point on the track. The fields in the background might be useful in determining the location. The two men working the engine are possibly also represented in photo 21PC, although the engine doesn't appear to be…
Train with three of the crew. - EIL00124
The steep hillside behind this engine might help determine where it is, but it is believed to be an engine used in the building of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs. The hut behind the engine might indicate a stopping point of some sort.