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The mill was demolished to facilitate the widening of the junction of Midgley road and the main road,

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The mill was demolished to facilitate the widening of the junction of Midgley road and the main road,

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Enjoying their coffee break are Hilda Pickles, Anne Woodworth, Nellie Preston, Lyn Jeffery, Marian Lord, Elizabeth Cell, Mary Critchley, Anne Cheatmam and Gwen Toothill.

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Queen Marilyn Wadsworth. Attendants in blue: Janet Hodkinson, Sandra Walker. In front is the retiring Queen, Pauline Lord, and just in the shot is Jeffrey Fowler. Mayor is Harold Powell.

Pictured on Brown Birks Street.

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Queen is Freda Whittaker, big attendants are Janet ? and Patricia Boyle

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The Mayor, Councillor Eunice Shaw performed the ceremony. The queen is Kathryn Lord, right is the retiring Queen, Janet Brierly. Attendants are Christine Kidd nee Crowther and Anne Bairstow, and front row Ann Veevers and Barbara Anderton.

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Through the left hand arch of the bridge the Elphin Brook joins the River Calder. The building on the very left of the picture was the Mytholmroyd Co-op.

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The mill on New Road and next to the Rochdale Canal was destroyed by fire in December 1964. By that time it was used to store Moderna blankets.

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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.

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The Calder Civic Trust instigated the planting of trees to create Park Fold woods.

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The building on the right was at one time a toll house.

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Douglas Houghton, M.P., at the opening of Park Fold Wood.

Douglas Houghton, (11 August 1898 – 2 May 1996) was a British Labour politician. He was the last British Cabinet minister born in the 19th century.

Houghton was a great believer in…

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LYRS 6034 - General view from above station looking north east towards Hebden Bridge. The passenger station had closed 12 years earlier and goods facilities were to be shortly withdrawn when this photo was taken in August 1963.

The station half way…
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