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Undated postcard but the image is probably 1920s. Cosy Corner on the south hillside above Hardcastle Crags started life as Hebden Farm and by the 1890s the occupiers had, like several others in and around Hardcastle Crags, started providing…

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Undated postcard. One of four sets of stepping stones at Hardcastle Crags three of which are still useable when the river is low. The Pavilion Tearoom, about 250 metres downstream from Gibson Mill on the opposite bank of the river, was one of…

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Postcard with April 1912 postmark. One of four sets of stepping stones at Hardcastle Crags three of which are still useable when the river is low. The Pavilion Tearoom, about 250 metres downstream from Gibson Mill on the opposite bank of the river,…

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Postcard with July 1935 postmark. One of four sets of stepping stones in Hardcastle Crags three of which are still useable when the river is low. The path on the opposite side of the river comes down from Hebden Hey, today site of the scout hostel.

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Postcard with July 1933 postmark. One of four sets of stepping stones in Hardcastle Crags, three of which are still useable when the river is low. The path on the opposite side of the river comes down from Hebden Hey, today site of the scout hostel.…

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Postcard date stamped August 1908. Upstream from Gibson Mill with the people standing on the riverside path. The small weir was to control the flow above the weir for Gibson Mill.

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Undated postcard. The women's dresses suggest that the photo is pre-First World War. Would hitching their dresses above the knees to paddle have been considered risque at the time?

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Postcard with July 1909 postmark. The Fisherman’s Hut on the river bank next to the Riverside Path upstream from Gibson Mill.

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Undated postcard.
The Fisherman’s Hut on the river bank next to the Riverside Path upstream from Gibson Mill.

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Postcard date stamped June 1906. Looking down the valley in the direction of Hebden Bridge. The entrance to Hardcastle Crags was a short distance to the left. The large lettering on the building on the right would have been visible from the entrance…

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Brisbane Moss Corduroys: Dyers and Finishers of velvets, velveteens, cords and suedettes, Bridgeroyd Mills, Eastwood. Cutting velveteens at Moss Bros, around 1900.

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Building the extension to Rise Lane Municipal Offices, now apartments.

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Back row holding the cross is John Hodgson. Other choir members identified include Marion Barker, Herbert Green, Joy Tootell, and Florence Kershaw. The church closed in 1992 and is now in private hands.
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