Browse Items (1547 total)
Sort by:
Looking from Heptonstall road to Bridge Lanes - ALC05858
In the 1960s the houses between Bridge Lanes and Heptonstall road were demolished.
New Road, Hebden Bridge - ALC05857
A wonderfully evocative picture of a time when road works only needed a Keep Right sign. Hope Baptist Church is on the left and the Picture House to the right. The bridge over the road between the two parts of Crossley Mill can be seen.
Hebden Bridge from Birchcliffe road - ALC05850
Over the wall from the mini-bus is the White Lion Hotel with Bridge Mill behind it. To the left of the mill the Shoulder of Mutton faces St Georges Square.
St George's Square, Hebden Bridge - ALC05848
Looking across the square to the Shoulder of Mutton, with the Council Offices behind. Note the shop on the left, Innovation, which opened here on 7th Nov 1969 and then moved to Bridge Mill in June 1976.
White Lion, Hebden Bridge - ALC05847
Situated on the corner of Keighley Road and Bridge Gate, this is one of the oldest buildings in Hebden Bridge.
Hole in the Wall sign c1895 - ALC05186
This sign was on the old Hole in the Wall inn at the bottom of Buttress. The building was demolished in the late 1890s and replaced with the present building, which opened its doors in 1899.
Buttress and Hole in the Wall Inn - ALC05185
Ref: 045 Buttress and Hole in the Wall Inn. The man in the doorway of the"Hole" is actually J.C. Hardman
Hebden Bridge from Fairfield - ALC05164
c1910. As we come down the hillside and along Heptonstall Road we pass Cross Lane Chapel (United Methodists) on the right of the picture. Further down the road we approach Queens Terrace and Albion Terrace.
On the left of the picture, beyond the…
On the left of the picture, beyond the…
Halifax Road, Todmorden - ALC05154
Looking towards the centre
Bridge End, Halifax Road, Todmorden - ALC05140
Corn Mill on left. During the war they kept a fire engine inside the mill so that if the bridge was bombed or put out of action they would have an engine on that side of the bridge. Cross Stone church is on the skyline.
Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge - ALC05095
Buttress Brink on the left looks unoccupied so this is probably just before demolition started in the 1960s. Royd Terrace on the right still stands.
Looking down the Buttress, Hebden Bridge - ALC05094
Buttress Brink is on the right with the Hole in the Wall beyond. Probably taken just before demolition of Buttress Brink started in the 1960s.
Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel, Mytholmroyd - ALC05023
1st September 1960
Eat More Fruit and Keep Fit. 1925 - ALC05009
The message of Eat More Fruit and Keep Fit was certainly better than another fad of the 1920s, which advised people to actively smoke instead of eating, as it was though to help some physical problems. Many began using them as an appetite suppressant…
Circus Parade in Hebden Bridge c1897 - ALC05005
The Co-op building is on the left and to the right you can just see the White Horse Hotel, now the site of Lees Yard Car Park.
Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge - ALC04604
At the bottom of The Buttress opposite 'The Hole in the Wall' Buttress Brink was a warren of apartments and demolished in the 1960s. The garage on the left has also now gone.
The Old Bridge, Hebden Bridge, c1900 - ALC04603
Old Bridge with the 'New' Hole in the Wall Hotel on the right.
The bridge was built about 1510 to replace a wooden bridge. It carries inscriptions recording repairs in 1602 and 1657 when it was described as being "In Great Ruin and Decay".
The…
The bridge was built about 1510 to replace a wooden bridge. It carries inscriptions recording repairs in 1602 and 1657 when it was described as being "In Great Ruin and Decay".
The…
Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge - ALC04602
Buttress Brink
Buttress and Buttress Brink - ALC04597
At the bottom of the Buttress opposite 'The Hole in the Wall' Buttress Brink was a warren of apartments and demolished in the 1960s. Seen here is Buttress climbing it and Royd Terrace.
The Hole in the Wall from the Buttress - ALC04592
Formerly AT303
Foster Lane Cottages - ALC04499
These are the original "Spring Grove" cottages at the end of Foster Lane, Hebden Bridge.
Goods Train at Thistle Bottom, Hebden Bridge - ALC04491
The railway track has been straightened, but the line of the infamous Charlestown curve can clearly be seen. Oakville Road is on the right.