Arthur Robertshaw, Stonemason at Oldfield Watson, Hebden Bridge.
Paul Watson recalls: I was working with Arthur when this photo was taken, he was putting the finishing touches to the parapet wall of the newly widened bridge. Arthur was probably…
Due to the increase in the weight of traffic many bridges had to be strengthened around this time. Hebden Bridge Council Offices are in the background.
The building on the lower right of the picture was originally Hebden Bridge Grammar School, now Riverside Junior School, whilst towards the bottom left is the imposing Central Street School. On the Birchcliffe hillside the destinctive arches of…
The opening of the new Hole in the Wall in 1899. This replaced an earlier Inn which had been demolished a few years earlier and temperance groups unsuccessfully fought to prevent it being replaced.
Showing the rear of the 'up' Manchester Platform across the viaduct. The platforms not only extended across the viaduct but overhung it supported by massive brackets as seen here. This was not without incident and on more than one occasion flags and…