Buildings on the north side of Bridge Lanes and High Street ready for demolition in 1964. In the foreground Calder Mill destroyed by fire in November 1964. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
The steps, which are still there, lead from Bridge Lanes up to the now demolished High Street. There used to be a small stream that ran down the hillside which was also known as the cuckoo.
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…
Soon after demolition of the High Street and Back High Street houses, c1966. This area stayed derelict for about ten years before it was landscaped. The white building on the left of the picture is the Fox and Goose.
Bridge Lanes going down on the right and Heptonstall Road going up in the centre. Taken in the 1960s, post demolition of High Street houses and houses on Bridge Lanes north side..
The Bull Inn is on the right. The rest of the dwellings on the north side of Bridge Lanes were demolished in the mid-1960 and the site left derelict for many years as can be seen here.
The mill on the left was Barbreck which burnt down in the…
On the left the River Calder with Stubbing Holme Road. On the right is Calder Place, early 19th century 'bottom' houses, some single storey, with barreled arched stone ceilings, beneath the 'top' houses fronting Bridge Lanes.