He represented West End Ward for Labour on Hebden Royd Town Council and was Mayor in 2010-2011, 2010 being a landmark year which marked the 500th anniversary of the town’s historic packhorse bridge,…
Postcard with August 1909 postmark. Looking down the Drive towards the Lodge and Gates.
The Drive, built by Lord Savile in the mid-19th century runs the length of the Crags from the Lodge at Midgehole, past Gibson Mill, to the Savile's shooting…
Undated postcard but the image is probably 1920s. Cosy Corner on the south hillside above Hardcastle Crags started life as Hebden Farm and by the 1890s the occupiers had, like several others in and around Hardcastle Crags, started providing…
Postcard date stamped June 1906. Looking down the valley in the direction of Hebden Bridge. The entrance to Hardcastle Crags was a short distance to the left. The large lettering on the building on the right would have been visible from the entrance…
Originally Hawden Hole it was developed after the First World War for camping and tea rooms. The white building has long been demolished and the other building extended and re-named Hawden Hall.