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A. Probert, Caterer - RAW00112
Hebden Bridge or Todmorden?
Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge - RAW00116
Taken in the 1960s. The road is now pedestrianised and the single story buildings centre right have been demolished.
Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge - RAW00117
Taken in the 1960s. The open shed building on the right has now been opened up into a small square with shops.
Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge - RAW00118
Taken in the 1960s. The single storey buildings on the right have been demolished.
Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge - RAW00150
The end of the White Swan Hotel
Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge - RAW00151
The shops on the left have since been demolished.
Bridge Lanes, Hebden Bridge - RAW00130
This picture was taken in December 1958 when demolition of the north side had just started. Above it is Hugh Street which has also been demolished.
Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge 1960s - RAW00129
A warren of tenements Buttress Brink was declared unfit for human habitation and demolished in 1967.
Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge in the 1960s - RAW00131
The gentleman standing in the archway is Hebden Royd UDC Surveyor, Mr Moyse. The tenements on Old Gate at the bottom of the Buttress were demolished in 1967 as being unfit for human habitation.
Cuckoo Steps, 1960, Hebden Bridge - RAW00128
The steps, which are still there, lead from Bridge Lanes up to the now demolished High Street. There used to be a small stream that ran down the hillside which was also known as the cuckoo.
Flood, Hebden Bridge. - RAW00127
After the flood at the junction of Moss Lane and Hanginroyd Lane. The building on the left has had many uses: Pentecostal Church, at the time of this picture a school, and later an ice-cream factory.
Footbridge under Construction, Hebden Bridge. - RAW00108
The bridge over the Rochdale Canal, next to the Picture House, was constructed preparatory to the opening of the Memorial Garden in 1938 connecting it to Calder Holmes.
General View over Hebden Bridge - RAW00103
Date unknown but between construction of Riverside School in 1908/9 and the Picture House in 1921. The dark wooden building on the other side of the road to Hope Chapel was the Black & White Cafe.
General View over Hebden Bridge - RAW00111
Date unknown. Noticeable in the centre are the arches of Stubbings School and next to it on the left is St John's Church, demolished in the 1980s. The 4 storeyed mill bottom centre was known as Melbourne Mill, which was demolished in 1983, now the…
Hebden Bridge Centre. - RAW00141
View from the bottom of School Street over Lees Yard and down Crown Street.
Mick Shepley believes the girl in the picture may well be his now wife, when she was about 13/14 in 1970. Her name then was Margaret (Maggie) Calver and she lived at 10…
Mick Shepley believes the girl in the picture may well be his now wife, when she was about 13/14 in 1970. Her name then was Margaret (Maggie) Calver and she lived at 10…
Hebden Valley - RAW00107
Looking up towards Hardcastle Crags. Far right Peckett Well War Memorial on Smeakin Hill. In the valley bottom New Mill at Midgehole is just discernible and the white building diagonally above it in the woods is Cosy Corner Guest House, now site of…
Hebden Water, Hebden Bridge. - RAW00142
Looking from West End Bridge towards Old Bridge with Old Gate on the left and the rear of buildings on Bridge Gate on the right.
Jack Bridge Mill and Weaving Sheds - RAW00110
At the top of Colden Clough was Jack Bridge Mill. Production at the mill ceased early 20th century but it wasn't demolished until many years later. Colden School is to the left of the road. On the left of the picture you can just make out Broadstone…
Lees Yard, Hebden Bridge - RAW00136
The site of the White Horse Hotel which was demolished in 1962.
Lees Yard, Hebden bridge. - RAW00121
Looking down from Birchcliffe Road. Crown Street going off centre left with a gap between buildings where there has been demolition.
Machpelah May, Hebden Bridge, 1911 - RAW00124
Road improvements, view before widening. Note the cobbled road with tram lines and power lines above. The Halifax Corporation trams reached Hebden Bridge in 191/2 and ceased in 1936.