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Machpelah, Hebden Bridge, June 1911 - RAW00126
View after road widening. The bunting would have been for the coronation that month of George V.
Machpelah, Hebden Bridge, June 1911 - RAW00125
Congestion at the junction with Commercial Street after road widening. Note the open topped Halifax Corporation tram.
Old Bridge, Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge - RAW00120
Taken from Bridge Gate looking over to the site of the tenements known as Buttress Brink which were demolished in 1967. Both buildings seen here have also been demolished and the area opened up.
Old Bridge, Hebden Bridge. - RAW00135
On the right the Council Offices. The timber building on the left and the tall building the other side of the bridge have been demolished and the area opened up.
Old Bridge, Hebden Bridge. - RAW00145
On the left is the wall of the Hole in the Wall pub, over the bridge is Bridge Gate. In the centre is the Co-op building but this view cannot be seen today as as a new building has been constructed in the gap on Crown Street.
Old Bridge, Hebden Bridge. - RAW00149
On the left the Hole in the Wall pub and the building on the right over the bridge has been demolished.
School Street & Birchcliffe Road, Hebden Bridge. - RAW00133
Looking down onto Lees Yard Car Park.
Smoke over Hebden Bridge - RAW00152
Looking over the roof tops of High Street.
St George's Square, Hebden Bridge - RAW00114
The VW Beatle was registered in 1966.
St George's Square, Hebden Bridge - RAW00115
The VW Beatle was registered in 1966.
St George's Square, Hebden Bridge - RAW00119
Taken in the 1960s. Crown Street going off to the left.
St George's Square, Hebden Bridge, c1960 - RAW00113
Note traffic in the Square which was pedestrianised early 2000s.
St Georges Square, Hebden Bridge. - RAW00146
Taken from the end of Crown Street, on the other side of the Square The Shoulder of Mutton is on the left and Bridge Mill the right.
Steps in Hebden Bridge - RAW00148
Can anyone identify.
The Old Bridge, Hebden Bridge. - RAW00
On the left is the Hole in the Wall and next to it the chimney of Hebden Bridge Mill. The building partly visible on the far right has now been demolished. Postcard.
Top Withens, Haworth. 'Wuthering Heights' - RAW00105
The ruined farmhouse on the moors above Haworth is believed to have been the setting for Emily Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights'. Postcard,
Tram at Machpelah, Hebden Bridge, 1911 - RAW00123
Halifax Corporation tram in May 1911 just prior to the Hebden Urban District Council road widening improvements. Not much shelter from the elements for the driver. Commercial Street going off to the right.
View over Hebden Bridge - RAW00106
Looking over to the Birchcliffe hillside with the distinctive arches of Stubbings School in the centre. To the left of the school is St John's C of E Church consecrated in 1931 but closed in the 1980s.
View over Old Town, Hebden Bridge. - RAW00104
Centre left is Acre Mill of Cape Asbestos which was demolished in 1979 by which time it was disused. Postcard.
West End, Hebden Bridge - RAW00132
Date unknown but before the building in the centre at the junction of Bridge Gate and New Road was demolished in the 1930s for road widening. Blackburn's Ironmongers is on the end of the row of shops, and the window of Alice Longstaff's shop,…
West End, Hebden Bridge. - RAW00153
Where Old Gate meets the main road.
White Horse Car Park, Hebden Bridge - RAW00122
Following demolition of the White Horse Inn in 1962 the site was converted into a car park.