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A view of the main road and the canal from a high vantage point.

An interesting view of the many roads: Heptonstall on the left, and Burnley Road on the right. The very many terraces lining the road no longer exist.

St Thomas's on the hilltop top centre, with St James's centre left. The glats centre right look to be new and the garage at Bankfoot stands where there are now houses.

The red brick houses stand on Stubbing Drive, bottom centre and the Rochdale Canal can just be seen in front. To the left of the road are cottages, now gone, as is the mill and factory behind. The houses in the field on the left of of the road are…

The River Calder on a day after heavy rainfall.

A view of the town from the road above Market Street. It really demonstates the density of the housing and the amount there was. The mill in the centre was demolished - at very short notice - in the early 1980s , and a supermarket was built on the…

The Mythlom area of the town looking east. Centre of the shot is the clearance of the housing at Bridge Lanes, dating this photo from the mid 1960s.

The A646 and the Caldervale Railway line taken from high above the (unseen) arches. The river can just be seen to the left of the of the road.

A view of Mytholm showing the canal bottom left, and the many mills and factories which no longer exist.

This imposing chapel was on Market Street until it was demolished in the 1970s and a new chapel was built on the site.

The building on the left is the back of Salem Chapel, wheras the one on the right is Melbourne Mill. The base of the mill chimney can just be seen on the right.

The canal bridge leading up to Fairfield, the curve on the left showing how the bridge has been recently reinstated after the canal has been restored in the 1980s.

Primrose Terrace on the left.

Looking towards Market Street with the River Hebden in view.

The main street out of the town. Before the M62 was built in the 1960s this was one of the main routes from Yorkshire to Lancashire. In wintry weather was often the only one which remained open.

A traffic free view of the junction of New Road, Bridgegate and Holme Street.

A very quiet Crown Street.

The entrance to the park with the grand iron gates. The houses of Fairfield visible on the hillside above the treeline.