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The tram terminus on New Road, near the junction with Holme Street, left, and Bridge Gate, right looking towards West End. The white sign on the right-hand building points to C Westerman, Photographer, on West End and the signs on the left-hand…

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New Road junction with Holme Street, left, and Bridge Gate, right looking towards West End. The signs on the left-hand building, below the lamp, point up Bridge Gate to Keighley and Hardcastle Crags. The policeman on point duty at the junction, a…

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ALC00350. Looking towards West End. Timothy Whites was taken over by Boots in 1968 and most stores closed and in 1976 the one seen here became the Tourist Information Centre and is now AJs Fish & Chips. Next to it is the Yorkshire Bank, now…

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About 1960 but a slushy New Road is still cobbled. Holts building originally jutted further out and the other buildings had gardens but all removed to widen the pavement.

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The Memorial Gardens on the official opening day 10th August 1938, many years after neighbouring War Memorials had been opened.

The public had subscribed £5,000 for the scheme which had been instigated by Cllr Arthur Holt and his daughter, Miss…

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Shops on New Road at the junction with Crown Street, Hebden Bridge.

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The junction of Crown Street and New Road. Spencer's building on the left was demolished and the gardens also removed when New Road was widened in the 1930s. The opening on the right is now Holt's yard.

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ALC00346. East side of the festival arch for the coronation of George V in June 1911 looking through to Westbourne House. This side was lit by electricity whilst the other was lit by gas.

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ALC00345. West side of the festival arch for the coronation of George V in June 1911 looking through to Holme House. This side was lit by gas whilst the other was lit by electricity.

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Greaves shop c1855, at the corner of Bridge Gate and New Road, now demolished. Chamber’s shop on the right later became Thomas Blackburn, Ironmongers.

Greaves Draper and Hosier later became Zacharias Spencer Florist. Spencer’s later moved to the…

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Taking part in the Pace Egg play on the Marina, Hebden Bridge. c.2009

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Crown Street at its junction with New Road. The gardens seen here and the buildings at the end demolished when New Road was widened in the mid-1930s. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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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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c1966, this was one of Calder Civic Trust's first projects - creating a small garden on a piece of long derelict land in the ownership of British Rail. The relic of this garden remains (2014) in front of the Catholic Church, which has replaced the…

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Taken from the junction of Burnley Road and New Road.

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The arch which was illuminated by gas on this side and electricity on the far side, spanned New Road at its junction with Holme Street and Bridge Gate. The edge of Mr Crossley Westerman's advertisement can be seen on the right. This photo must have…
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