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Postcard stamped November 1907. On the right is the lodge at the entrace to Hardcastle Crags. On the left above the houses is New Bridge Mill, originally a water powered cotton mill but in the 1890s part converted into Lello's Tearooms to cater for…

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Postcard date stamped September 1917. Second of a series published by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway using this photo promoting cheap rail fares to Hebden Bridge for Hardcastle Crags. The promotional text on the reverse of the card…

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Undated postcard. To the right of centre is Lee Mill, a former cotton mill demolished in the 1970s, and above it Midgehole Road to Hardcastle Crags. Just discernible to the mill's left amongst the trees is the chimney of Midgehole Upper Mill or…

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Undated postcard. Visitors walking up Keighley Road to Hardcastle Crags from the railway station early 20th century. All in their Sunday best for a day out in the country! At weekends and particularly at holiday times visitors to Hardcastle Crags and…

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Taken from behind Boothroyd looking over Hardcastle Crags at the Shackketon hillside.

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Also known at sometime in the past as Cosy Corner. It is the present site of the Halifax Scout's hostels and camp site.

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The pool below the falls in used as a wild swimming site.

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Postcard dated 1904 The remains of the Fisherman's Hut still can be found on the river bank some waY up stream from Gibson Mill
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