This traditional play is performed annually around the area on Good Friday Here pupils from Calder Hight School are performing outside the Post Office.
Mr Hope was the Head Master. Derek was naturally left handed but was made to write with his right hand, so school days were not particularly happy. He can be seen here on the back row 2nd from left. Middle row from left: Mabel Pollard, Sheila…
Todmorden National School, built on part of the church burial ground, had 153 scholars at the official opening ceremony in 1845. By 1851 this had increased to 294, although this figure included the Sunday School. There were 90 pupils in the day…
National Schools were founded in 19th century by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education, to provide elementary education for poor children based on the teaching of the Church of England.
Undated postcard but Calder High School, top centre, is under construction and although work on the school started before the war, it did not open until 1950, it was the West Riding's first comprehensive school. Redman's Scarbottom Mill, with its…
Pre-1961 postcard. Top left the War Memorial in front of Grange Dene House, now site of the Health Centre. Bottom left Calder High School, opened 1950.
St. James, Parish Church of Hebden Bridge School. Angels from L to R: John Buckley, Joan Crabtree, Kathleen Hey, Beryl Stocks, June Fielding, Lily Bolton, not known, Gillian Uttley, Derek McMahon. Three Kings L to R: Kenneth Hawks, Gordon Smith,…