Undated between the wars postcard looking down the Calder Valley in the Halifax direction. Scout Road School can be seen left of centre, and to the left of that Scout Bottom Farm and cottages.
Kathy Townsend has commented - this looks like the bridge on the way to Upper Wood Cottage Hardcastle Craggs. From Gibson Mill carry on up the track towards Blakedean, when the tracks split bear left and this takes you down a gradual slope to this…
Taken from Hell Hole rocks below Heptonstall, the Ragley road, from Mytholm to Jack Bridge, can be seen on the left; the chimney of Lumb Mill is in the bottom of the valley, with Lumb Bank, a former home of Ted Hughes, to the right.
Alice Longstaff walking down the footpath to Salt Pie Farm. Rodmer Clough Farm is on the other side of the valley and on the skyline Scotland and Greenland farms can be seen.
The town has changed a good deal since this photo was taken. Several of the mills have gone, along with the Bridge Lane houses, running from bottom left to right. Looking at the Birchcliffe area, centre right, a good many more house have been built.…
The chimneys of Lumb Mill show above the trees, with Lumb Bank in the centre of the picture, and top left the houses of slack. Postcard, published by Lilywhite Ltd, Brighouse