Postcard with September 1922 postmark. Looking up to the junction with Burnley Road with the bridge over the River Calder in the foreground and then the bridge over the Rochdale Canal further on.
Loco number 11279 taking up water on the troughs between Sowerby Tunnel and Luddendenfoot as it heads towards Sowerby Bridge. Water troughs such as these enabled steam engines to take on water without stopping.
Postcard date stamped May 1916. Looking down the road from the canal bridge; over the river, past the Goods Yard and then over the railway and up to St Mary's Church. The church was built in 1873, closed in 1977 and its 126ft spire was demolished in…
Undated postcard. Although the paved causeway is known as 'Blackstone Edge Roman Road' it is the subject of debate with consideration to it being a packhorse route or even possibly part of the 1735 turnpike, or even a later quarry road. However it is…
Undated postcard. The image top right shows the tram lines on Burnley Road with a policeman seemingly on point duty at the junction with New Road. Top left photo shows Cleveley Gardens.
Postcard with 1953 postmark. The foundation stone was laid in 1847 and the church was consecrated in 1848, was enlarged in 1887 and the following year the foundation stone was laid for a new chancel. Distinctively it has a small octagonal spire on…
Postcard with 1958 postmark. The foundation stone was laid in 1847 and the church was consecrated in 1848; it was enlarged in 1887 and the following year the foundation stone was laid for the new chancel. The mosaics were added in 1928/9.
Undated postcard. The building in the centre with name boards is the Sportsman Inn, now a private house, on Cragg Road. Below the building on the right is the road dropping down to St John's Church and the Hinchliffe Arms.
Undated postcard. Right of centre is the Dodnaze Estate with steel fabricated houses built in 1947 fronting onto Wadsworth Lane. In the centre is Calder Mill with its landmark chimney; the mill was gutted by fire November 1964.
Postcard with July 1954 postmark. Bottom left is the Hangingroyd area and above it the Birchcliffe Hillside. Right of centre is the station area with the large station warehouse, Victoria Mill and the gas works, all now demolished.
Undated postcard. The junction of Scout Road, left, and Cragg Road. The building behind the signpost is the Library; note the drinking fountain, which was donated by Sir Charles Robertshaw.
Undated postcard but Calder High School, top centre, is under construction and although work on the school started before the war, it did not open until 1950, it was the West Riding's first comprehensive school. Redman's Scarbottom Mill, with its…