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Now the site of Hebden Hey Scout Hostel, this was a popular camping venue in the early 1900s.

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NEW BRIDGE spanning the Hebden near the entrance to Hardcastle Crags is a stone bridge of one arch built probably in the middle of the eighteenth century.

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The former cotton mill, demolished in the 1970s, was below Midgehole Road to Hardcastle Crags. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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The charabanc is leaving Midgehole going towards Hebden Bridge. The road to the left goes down to New Bridge, and the mill when this was taken, and the road on the right to Hardcastle Crags gates. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society…

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Off the photo bottom right is the entrance to Hardcastle Crags. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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On the left Lee Wood Road bends round the corner at Whitehill Nook. The chimney and Midgehole Dye works can be seen towards the bottom of the picture. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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The road going off to the left goes in to Hardcastle Crags. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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On the left Lee Wood Road bends round the corner at Whitehill Nook. The chimney and Midgehole Dye works can be seen towards the bottom of the picture. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Kathy Townsend has commented - this looks like the bridge on the way to Upper Wood Cottage Hardcastle Craggs. From Gibson Mill carry on up the track towards Blakedean, when the tracks split bear left and this takes you down a gradual slope to this…

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This Post Card probably dates from the 1940's. The property is now a Scout Complex. Notice the man's head carved high on the side gable. (Postcard Lilywhite Ltd, Brighouse, copyright HCS 35).

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Probably early 20th century picture, before the mill was converted for dancing and refreshments. Later photos have windows let into the roof, possibly to light the dance hall.

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The proprietor at the time was Edwin Crossley (hand coloured postcard, copyright E. H. Lord, Hebden Bridge).

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Looking down over Midgehole. This Post Card from the "Lion" Series has been hand coloured (no colour film at the time). The postage required is 1/2d or 1d if foreign.

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Author and adventurer William Holt set up a holiday camp, Hawden Hall Holiday Camp and Tea Gardens, in the early 1920's. He ran it for a year before selling out to an ex-soldier.
Hawden Hall is sometimes described as Hebden Hey in the early…

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This was once a well known spot in the Crags. Postcard.

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A favourite beauty spot and bathing pool. From a stereographic photograph.

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Possibly Hardcastle Crags. From a stereographic photograph.
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