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Foundation of the old turnpike at Mayroyd - HLS01060
Hebden Bridge Local History Group members investigated the turnpike road at Mayroyd, Hebden Bridge. It was abandoned in 1825. It proved to be made entirely of apple sized sandstone.
Flood Prevention Work, Mytholmroyd - HLS01061
Flood prevention work at County Bridge, Mytholmroyd reveals timber foundation of the bridge built 400 years ago.
Packhorse Route - HLS01062
Rochdale Gate' - the packhorse route from Hebden Bridge to Rochdale, near Lumbutts.
Toll Bar House - HLS01064
Commercial Street, Hebden Bridge built 1786
Hebden Bridge UD Secondary School 1911 - HLS01070
Information from Miss Olga Smith who was a pupil at the school from 1925(?) - 1932. 'Morton Wager - front row - Headmaster from 1908 to 1927. I think the man in the middle of the back row must be Hamlet Helliwell who was still Chemistry master…
Charabanc - HLS01072
Postcard.
Wood Lane in West Sowerby - HLS01073
Pencil sketch
English 'Great Wheel' - HLS01074
Postcard from Textile Department of Bankfield Museum.
E.B. Gibson Memorial Bird Bath & Seat - HLS01075
The bird bath and seat in the Memorial Gardens, Hebden Bridge with the houses of Fairfield and the Catholic Church in the background.
E. B. Gibson Memorial - HLS01076
HBLSS Jubilee Booklet 1905-1955. At the 42nd AGM held on the 4th Sept 1947 a lasting memorial to Mr Gibson was proposed, and it was suggested placing a bird bath in the gardens at New Road at an approximate cost of £60.
The Village Pump, Heptonstall - HLS01077
Sketch by Chapman.
Weavers Square, Heptonstall - HLS01078
Sketch by Chapman (post 1967).
Foster Mill Cutting Room - HLS01083
Taken about 1957/58. Pickles Band Knives (push cut). The cuttings were put down holes in the floor to be collected for sale after sorting. The mill closed in 1979 and was pulled down a few years later.
Foster Mill was originally a fulling mill…
Foster Mill was originally a fulling mill…
Charlestown Curve Rail Disaster - HLS01084
On 21 June 1912, the Manchester to Leeds express literally 'burst the rails asunder' on the already notorious Charlestown Curve between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden killing four people.'
Charlestown Train Crash - HLS01085
June 1912.
Charlestown Rail Crash. - HLS01086
June 1914.
Charlestown Rail Crash. - HLS01087
June 1912.
Old Bridge 1973 - HLS01088
Old Gate, Hebden Bridge.