The original Salem Chapel, built 1885, replaced an earlier chapel built 1824 which only had seating for 750 with a schoolroom underneath. The new chapel had seating 1050. Falling membership after the Second World War meant eventual amalgamation with…
For original picture see ALC02142. The lad watching in a cap was Harry Victor Barker, Alan Brook’s mum’s dad. He was so fired up by watching these recruits that he subsequently signed up himself, lying about his age to do so. He went to France and…
The junction of Keighley Road and Birchcliffe Road. Originally Keighley Road was much closer to Lees Yard, now the site of Hebden bridge’s weekly markets. A house, Hollins Place, which was also a fish and chip shop, was demolished to improve the…