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Entrance - Calder High School, Mytholmroyd - DEF00237
When the school had openrd in 1950 it was the first comprehensive in the West Riding.
Calder high School Theatre, Mytholmroyd. - DEF00236
When the school had openrd in 1950 it was the first comprehensive in the West Riding.
Site of Park Fold Wood, Mytholmroyd. - DEF00232
Calder Civic Trust tree planting project.
Mytholmroyd - DEF00215
Our Man at Large was a Calder Civic Trust project, c1970, the aim of which was to draw attention to squalid places and litter which detracted from the attractions of the area, by using the contrast between the smartly dressed gentleman and the…
Mytholmroyd - THB00177
Cragg road runs across the bottom of the picture, and Dean Hey is to the bottom right of the picture.
Aerial View of Mytholmroyd - THB00176
Showing the Thornber breeding pens. Note the railway sidings.
Aerial View of Mytholmroyd - THB00162
Elphaborough is on the bottom left of the picture, Hall Bank Lane winds its way across and up the picture. The fields are divided into neat areas for controlled breeding.
Aerial View of Mytholmroyd - THB00161
Elphaborough is on the bottom left of the picture, Hall Bank Lane winds its way across and up the picture. The fields are divided into neat areas for controlled breeding.
Aerial View of Mytholmroyd - THB00160
Bottom left are the brooder houses at Elphaborough and centre is Scarbottom Mill. Towards the top on the left is Square Works, which was originally part of Maude's Clog Soles, but after the death of James Maude the mill was bought by Thornbers and…
Brooder Houses at Elphaborough - THB00157
Scarbottom Mill is beyond the poultry houses. The footpath in the foreground was affectionately known as Duck Muck Lane.
Construction of Brooder Houses at Elphaborough - THB00147
The original brooder houses were made of timber but after the war they were gradually replaced by brick and concrete houses which each had a capacity og 12,000 birds.
Coffee Break, 1964 - THB00137
Enjoying their coffee break are Hilda Pickles, Anne Woodworth, Nellie Preston, Lyn Jeffery, Marian Lord, Elizabeth Cell, Mary Critchley, Anne Cheatmam and Gwen Toothill.
Model Hatchery - THB00136
The incubators are on the right, the chicks are hatched, checked, sexed and packed for delivery all inside one day.
Demonstrating Pneumatic Egg Handling - THB00131
Marian Lord at New House hatchery, Mytholmroyd. This ingenious device, copied from an American device, made egg handling quicker and easier and with less risk of breakages.
Mrs Thornber in her kitchen at Rose Mount - THB00129
Mrs Dorothy Thornber in her state of the art Kitchen.
