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Parade coming from Market Street to Bankfoot, possibly celebrating George V's Coronation. Card addressed to Mr J Stansfield, Melbourne St Hebden Bridge. Sent by S Pickles. General banners and horse pulling a "Golden Horse" (a model of the Gold State…

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Gala Queen - Nellie Speak, later Mrs Dawson. Attendants from left to right - Ida Burton, Clara Sutcliffe, Nellie Sutcliffe, Margaret Shaw, Alma Riley, Alice Greenwood, Norman Parker and Jonathan Forest. They had just got down from the float.

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Can anybody identify the entertainers or the event?

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Situated below Scout Rocks, this was a popular spot for children to climb on and have picnics. It was covered under tons of rubbish when the area was used as a council tip.

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Situated below Scout Rocks, this was a popular spot for children to climb on and have picnics. It was covered under tons of rubbish when the area was used as a council tip.

Pictured here are cousins Christopher, Bernard and Monica Stell.

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Lifeboat Saturday procession, 7th July 1906. The RNLI lifeboat 'Busbie', from Fleetwood, is being turned at the end of Richmond street to complete its voyage through the town.

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The Demonstration of the Band of Hope Union c.1908. Most of the chapels took part in this annual parade in July. The photograph shows the procession leaving Hazlewood Street.

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Electricity cables being laid along Halifax Road, 1905-6. Roomfield Buildings are seen on the right.

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The Collinge and Greenwood families, of Cornholme, outside their boarding house in Blackpool during the annual wakes. John Collinge is standing at the left of the group and Luther Greenwood at the right.

Cotton workers had one major annual holiday,…

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Children of Roomfield Baptist Sunday School waiting to join the annual Band of Hope procession, at Anchor Street, Halifax Road.

In the late 19th Century every Chapel and Sunday School had its library, Mutual Improvement Society, Debating Society,…

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A typical Sunday Service at Roomfield Baptist Chapel in the early 1900s.

In the late 19th Century every Chapel and Sunday School had its library, Mutual Improvement Society, Debating Society, lectures and Musical Events. All social events and…

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General view of Burnley Road, Cornholme, dominated by Wilson Bros' mill and their factory clock, 1905

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Three hundred years ago, most of the population would be found in the farms and cottages on the upland "shelf", in areas such as Shore, Mankinholes and Bottomley. Families were self-sufficient, growing and producing most of their own food and…

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Group of children being photographed at end of platform at Hebden Bridge Station by the car park
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