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Flower gardens fronted the busy Burnley Road before the road was widened in 1931, which necessitated the demolition of the building on the left fronting onto Bridge Gate; it was replaced with a shop on the truncated corner, now Holt’s greengrocers.…

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Bus No 2 takes a photo call on a very muddy road leading to Portsmouth. The Trade plate letters depict 'B' for Lancashire and 'P' for the manufacturer, Pilkingtons.

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The 3 chaps with the penny farthings –
R) Edward Jones Crossley
Centre) Arthur Riley Crossley (his brother)
L) I think this is Hamlet Riley (their cousin)

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30th October 1920. An outing of 37 people from the Robin Hood Inn at Pecket Well to Keighley ended in disaster when their charabanc overturned on a bend coming down from Cock Hill to Oxenhope. Five people were killed and four seriously injured. The…

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Peter Killick Principal Keeper of the Horses at Work museum seated on the right. Tourism Officer Jane Brantom. Photo donated by Ann Kilbey

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Todmorden No.23 bus first registered in 1924

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Todmorden No.4 bus first registered in 1907.

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Outside the White Lion & Greyhound, Shade.
An early open top bus with external stairs at the rear to the upper deck and solid rubber tyres. Open top buses were not popular in winter and started to be replaced by covered top deck models from the…

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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…

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Slide 16 - Like so much at Kirklees, the two old vehicles, pictured on the screen, tell of long descent in one line, of permanent ownership and of the preservation of the odds-and-ends possessions of previous generations.

Very quaint and curious…

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Probably late 1950s, early 1960s, prior to demolition.

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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).

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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.

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The busy junction of New Road, Holme Street, Bridge Gate and West End.

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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. Looking towards Todmorden before improvement.

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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.

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c.1960. The station platforms not only straddled the viaduct but also overhung it supported by massive brackets seen here looking towards Burnley Road. Both vehicles have Halifax registration plates.
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