Originally a water powered cotton mill, by the time this photo was taken it was used by Frank Leelo as Tea Rooms to cater for the vast number of visitors to Hardcastle Crags. The Lodge at the gates into the Crags is on the right hand side.
Undated postcard. The name Mitchell on the imgae presumably refers to the proprietor although other photos from about the same time show the proprietor as Ernest Greenwood.
The Pavilion Tearoom, about 250 metres downstream from Gibson Mill on the…
Part of Lee Mill can be seen on the left, the far chimny is of Midgehole Upper Mill, later Midgehole Dyeworks and the monument on the horizon is Pecket War Memorial.
On the left Lee Wood Road bends round the corner at Whitehill Nook. The chimney and Midgehole Dye works can be seen towards the bottom of the picture. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Slide 3: At a bend in the road we cross the Swale at Downholme Bridge, opposite to which rises the wooded cliff called Red Scar, from the top of which is another famous view point.
Continuing our way along a tree-shaded lane, we soon reach the…
Slide 4: Facing it is a fine lime tree avenue, a portion of which we shew. The situation of Marske is strikingly picturesque at any season, but especially so when the glorious summer sunshine floods the verdant slopes, towering scars, and…