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By this time it was no longer a station and was an empty building. It now (in 2026) houses the Local Motive Arts Centre.

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We have this photo dated 1961, but Jonathan Greenwood comments: “I have a copy of this print because the building in the centre used to belong to my great grandparents, Thomas (Tommy) & Harriet Louisa (Louie) Knight, who ran it as a bakery. They both…

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The big warehouse under construction is the Orchard Business Park. Mytholmroyd Farm is to the left of the picture. The buildings to the top left were part of Thornber Chicks. The open ground is now (2026) the community centre.

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Taken from Fairfield the railway warehouse is prominent, with to the left of it many wagons in the sidings.

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The bridge carrying Station Road over the River Calder dates from 1850 and replaced a wooden trestle bridge.

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The buildings on New Road at the junction with Station Road.

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The bridge carrying Station Road over the Rochdale Canal with Machpelah Works above. The bridge was widened in 1913/4 after many years of wrangling between successive Local Authorities and the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. The extension with the…

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The bridge carrying Station Road over the Rochdale Canal with Machpelah Works on the left.

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The road arch under the tracks leading up to Crow Nest and Palace House Road. The wall to the right is part of Victoria Mill, now long demolished.

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The arch under the tracks coming down from Palace House Road, the road in much better condition than it is today.

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Looking across Hebden Bridge from Fairfield, Palace House road is in the foreground with the railway station behind. Note all the trucks in the sidings. Behind the station on the far side of the field, next to the canal, the large Crossley Mill…
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