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Thorntons Tea Rooms, above Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH01055
Undated Postcard. Originally Hebden Farm but by the 1890s the occupiers, like several others in and around Hardcastle Crags, had started providing refreshments for the thousands who visited the ‘Beauty Spots of Hebden Bridge’ and it then became known…
Cosy Corner and Camp Site, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH01061
Undated postcard. Cosy Corner, on the south hillside above Hardcastle Crags, started life as Hebden Farm but by the 1890s the occupiers had, like several others in and around Hardcastle Crags, started providing refreshments for the thousands who…
Hawden Hole, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge - WMH01068
Hawden Hole on today's Lee Wood Road is situate on the south Hebden Dale hillside between Midge Hole and Hebden Hey above Hebden Water and the lower part of Hardcastle Crags. It was the site of the locally infamous murder of Samuel Sutcliffe in…
Hawden Hole, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH01099
Postcard with April 1949 postmark. Hawden Hole is situate on the south Hebden Dale hillside on today’s Lee Wood Road between Midgehole and Hebden Hey and above the lower part of Hardcastle Crags. It was the site of the locally infamous murder of…
The Tennis Court, Hawden Hall Holiday Camp, Hardcastle Crags, He - WMH01102
Undated postcard. Hawden Hole is situate on the south Hebden Dale hillside on today’s Lee Wood Road between Midgehole and Hebden Hey and above the lower part of Hardcastle Crags. It was the site of the locally infamous murder of Samuel Sutcliffe in…
Hawden Hole, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH01110
Undated postcard. Hawden Hole, sub-titled 'The Better Hole' here, is situate on the south Hebden Dale hillside on today’s Lee Wood Road between Midgehole and Hebden Hey and above the lower part of Hardcastle Crags. It was the site of the locally…
Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH01115
Undated postcard. A church group outing to the Crags. Just visible behind the trees top left is the Pavilion Tearoom.
An Outing to Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH01117
This postcard is annotated "Bank Holiday Mon Aug 2nd 1920" on address side.
Meeting in Hardcastle Crags - WMH01119
This is at Blake Dean, just on the Widdop side of the bridge. It is possibly an organised walk in protest at Halifax Corporation's actions to close footpaths following the construction of the Walshaw Dean reservoirs, or against plans to build another…
A Visit to Hardcastle Crags - WMH01122
Possibly at the start of the First world War.
Saucy Postcard of Hardcastle Crags - WMH01125
Undated postcard but the sender writes that "there was a railway accident here last Friday" which would have been the Charlestown Curve disaster of 21st June 1912. Another card with the same image is postmarked 17 July 1912.
The Lovers Walk, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH01128
undated postcard.
Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge - WMH01131
Undated postcard. Looking down the path between Hawden Hole and New Bridge, Midgehole, with New Bridge Mill in the centre.
Lumb Falls, Crimsworth Dean, Hebden Bridge. - WMH01176
A promotional postcard published by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) but unusually it was posted in Ghent, Belgium, to a Ghent address in November 1913. On the reverse as well as their usual discreet promotional message there is a red…
Lumb Falls, Crimsworth Dean, Nr. Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge, c1900 - WMH01224
Undated postcard. Still a popular spot for both locals and visitors bathing in the pool created by the falls.