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Bull Fall, Cragg Vale - CVH00146
Where did that name come from, can anyone help? St johns Church is at the bottom of the picture, with Church Bank Mill behind, beyond that Cragg School.
Scout Road School, c1930 - CVH00137
Eric Wilkinson holding the ball.
Cragg Vale - CVH00117
An interesting shot with St John's church in the valley, and Church Bank Mill with the school behind it. Note how bare the hillside looks. Turvin Mill is to the right.
Ferny Lee, Todmorden - RDA00210
North of Burnley Road opposite Centre Vale, seen here looking over to Buckley Wood. The large building left of centre was Todmorden Grammar School and is now Ferny Lee Primary School.
Mytholmroyd, c1900 - RDA00171
View over the town from the north hillside. Scout Rocks are on the left, with Scout Road School below.
National School, Todmorden - RDA00170
Todmorden National School, built on part of the church burial ground, had 153 scholars at the official opening ceremony in 1845. By 1851 this had increased to 294, although this figure included the Sunday School. There were 90 pupils in the day…
National School, Todmorden - RDA00169
National Schools were founded in 19th century by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education, to provide elementary education for poor children based on the teaching of the Church of England.
Todmorden National School opened in 1851 on…
Todmorden National School opened in 1851 on…
Walsden - RDA00133
Walsden from the south hillside. Centre left is the village school and below it an eastbound train heading away from the station.
Gauxholme Viaduct & Bridge. - RDA00114
A rambling viaduct of 17 stone spans of 35ft and 1 of 60ft plus the iron span bridge over the Rochdale Canal, much plainer than its more famous neighbour to the east of the viaduct.
Aerial view of Hebden Bridge c1982 - CBC06060
The playground of Riverside School is at the bottom of the picture, with the Memorial Gardens to the right of it. Heptonstall Road is to the left with Queen's Terrace. Ref 419157
Crossley & Porter School. Halifax, c1978 - CBC06075
The school was originally founded in 1857 as an orphanage. It became a school in 1887. In 1919 it admitted day pupils for the first time. The current school is known as Crossley Heath, this is because it merged with the former Heath Grammar school…
Calder High School, Mytholmroyd - DEF00143
When it opened in 1950 it was the first Comprehensive School in the West Riding, not to be confused with West Yorkshire which didn't come into existence until 1974.
Mytholmroyd Town Scenes. - WAO00170
Pre-1961 postcard. Top left the War Memorial in front of Grange Dene House, now site of the Health Centre. Bottom left Calder High School, opened 1950.
Cornholme Board School - MCR00127
Taken after 1916 and before 1923. A lot of these pupils came from Robinwood. Sitting front left is Alice Crowther.
Cornholme Board School c. 1922 - MCR00118
Teachers: Mr J. Briggs and Miss Townsend
Back row - L to R
Lilian Crabtree, Florence Thomas, Vera Hirst, ? , Alice Dawson, Violetta Greenlees, Rebecca Holden?, Elizabeth Higgin, Alice Greenlees, Millie Jowett (next to Mr. Briggs)
Between…
Back row - L to R
Lilian Crabtree, Florence Thomas, Vera Hirst, ? , Alice Dawson, Violetta Greenlees, Rebecca Holden?, Elizabeth Higgin, Alice Greenlees, Millie Jowett (next to Mr. Briggs)
Between…
Vale School Play - MCR00112
"A Midsummer Night's Dream". Mabel Ormerod, Janet Mallison, Vera Hirst, Alice Dawson.
Black Pit Lock, Hebden Bridge - JET00117
Work on the Rochdale Canal prior to its re-opening for navigation.
Central Board School, Hebden Bridge, 1900 - ALC05181
Central Board School was the second Board School in Hebden Bridge. (Stubbings, 1878 was the first), and was opened in July 1884 as the Todmorden United District Hebden Bridge Central Board School. Originally it was a one—storey building and the…
Jack Bridge Mill 1910 - ALC05168
In the foreground is Colden Water, the houses top right are Lower Smithy. Colden school is to the right of the mill chimney
Todmorden Secondary School, Ferney Lee Road - ALC05137
The building was originally Todmorden Grammar, which brought us two Nobel Prize winners. In the late sixties or early seventies, Scaitcliffe School on the opposite side the Burnley Road was opened as a Secondary Modern School. Later the grammar…