HEPZIBAH Baptist Church now known as Steep Lane Chapel, Sowerby, c1965.
The first chapel on this site was built in 1751 as an Independent Church, but in 1779 it was affiliated to the Baptist movement. A new chapel was built in 1820 and was known…
On the right hand edge of the photo is Todmorden Town Hall. The viaduct takes the former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway through the centre of Todmorden as the railway line approaches Todmorden station.
Clearly visible is the Dean Clough Mill (where the words Crossley Kosset are visible). The bus appears to be a 681, a service to Bradford that still runs today (2017).
On the left is Hope Baptist Church and on right is the number 15 bus from Leeds to Burnley, its destination indicator shows the principal intermediate points on the route - Dudley Hill, Halifax, Hebden Bridge. The winding handle for the destination…
Hebden Royd U.D. Leeds-Halifax-Preston Trunk Road A646, Caldene Bridge-Bridge Gate Reconstruction Scheme. Improvement at Memorial Gardens, Hebden Bridge. 1951/52 Estimates. The bridge across New Road connected the two parts of Crossley Mill.
A wonderfully evocative picture of a time when road works only needed a Keep Right sign. Hope Baptist Church is on the left and the Picture House to the right. The bridge over the road between the two parts of Crossley Mill can be seen.
The big red brick building is the bus garage, on the left is the Shannon and Chesapeake Inn, and on the right is the destructor building which contained an incinerator. The gas works is just off picture to the right.
The junction of Lower Kirkgate and Berry Lane, Halifax. Mackintosh's factory is in the background, the chimney is still there. The coal shoots were just off the picture to the right.
A Leyland demonstrator working on the Burnley Road route, passing under the old Hungry Wood Arch, Cornholme. Even though this bus had a full roof the staircase was still open. The terrace behind is Jobling Terrace.
Halifax Town Hall was designed by famed architect Charles Barry (who also designed the Houses of Parliament) although he died before the building was finished, the work being completed by his son. It was opened in 1863 by the then Prince of Wales,…