Derek Pollard identified the chimney as that of Crossley Mill, which is beside the canal in Hebden Bridge. Have these people a ringside view of something happening on what is now Calder Holmes Park, a football match perhaps?
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
A handsome structure which, occupied for the most part by men of culture and substance, has changed little since it was built. It was erected in 1769, the…