A Peppercorn A1 60118 engine Archibald Sturrock built at Doncaster in 1948. This image was probably taken in September 1950 when 60118 was exhibited to celebrate Doncaster Works centenary.
Stone laying ceremony, 1904, for Foster Lane Methodist Chapel, Hebden Bridge. The finished chapel was a fine building, designed by William Henry Cockcroft which replaced the tin tabernacle, it was officially opened 28th June 1905 and demolished in…
Commissioned in the 1850s by Captain Joseph Edwards, this fountain with its Talbot dogs was previously in the courtyard of his house at Castle Carr, Luddenden. After the house was demolished in 1961 the fountain was neglected, but was rediscovered…
Photo was used in 'Aspects of Calderdale', edited by John Billingsley. Although the print was captioned by the late Lloyd Greenwood's mother as being Ted Hughes, it is in fact Gerald Hughes, his brother. It has appeared in several publications as…
Nick Wilding is pictured in conversation; it looks as though work has started on the conversion of the building to apartments. The building on the left is the former Calder valley club.
The new building is under construction at the same time as the old building is being demolished. The red brick building is the Trades Club on Holme Street.
During the course of the 18th century Halifax came to occupy a prominent place in West Yorkshire as a cloth market, and the Piece Hall, opened in 1779, is a striking monument to the pre-factory age. ‘Pieces’ or lengths of cloth, handwoven in Pennine…
This building housed Alice’s photographic studio and darkroom at the back of her shop at 25 West End, Hebden Bridge. It was one of the first studios in the West Riding to be lit by electric light as well as the daylight provided by the windows in the…