Junction between Commercial Street and the Leeds to Preston Trunk Road, at Hebden Bridge. Photo taken 18/3/53 for Hebden Royd U.D.C. to show the condition of the road before/during reconstruction work. Looking down New Road is the bridge connecting…
The building in the foreground is New Bridge Mill which was demolished in the 1950s. Above it is the Lodge at the gates into Hardcastle Crags. At the top of the picture is the war memorial on Smeakin Hill at Pecket Well.
View across the main road from Caldene Avenue at approx 9 am when the water had just covered the road. The car was abandoned by the gentleman who took refuge on the house steps of the house, the car was eventually swept along as far as the New Road…
View across the main road at approx 9 am when the water had just covered the road. The car was abandoned by the gentleman who took refuge on the house steps of the house, the car was eventually swept along as far as the New Road bridge.
The first school was built in 1806, followed in 1825 by the present chapel. The school as we see it was opened in 1872. Hall Bank Lane goes off to the right, and Mytholmroyd Farm is on the left. Thornber's hatchery can be seen on the left behind the…
Are these people just watching the spectacle or are they stranded waiting for the water to recede? The buildings with roof vents are part of Thornber's hatchery.
Pictured outside the Dusty Miller this is reputed to be the last working horse on the streets of Hebden Royd, although horses were worked on some farms in the area for several more years. The man is Lewis Feather.
Demolition of the houses of Hollins place is nearing completion. Keighley Road goes off to the right, whilst the White Lion and White Horse vie for business.
Hope Baptist Church is in the middle of the picture, and Queens Terrace on Heptonstall Road is in the distance. The Railway Inn is on the right of the photograph.
On the left is Hope Baptist Church and on right is the number 15 bus from Leeds to Burnley, its destination indicator shows the principal intermediate points on the route - Dudley Hill, Halifax, Hebden Bridge. The winding handle for the destination…