The second policeman from the right is Mark Andrews, PC 123, who was the Heptonstall policeman during and just after the war. He lived at 2 Hepton Drive and had two sons, Peter and Paul (born 1945). The ladies on the left are Miss Shackleton (Nanny)…
Heavy snow had prevented provisions being delivered to Blackshaw Head, so this team is delivering 'relief' supplies to Blackshaw Head Co-op. They have come up Ragley and have just passed Hudson Mill on the way to the Devil's Elbow.
Nos 1-5 Cally Hall Cottages, no 5 being nearest the camera. It is taken looking east, and Cally Hall Farm and cottages is the lower roof beyond, set back from the road, with the three chimneys of Bracewell Hall beyond that.
1933. The bowstring bridge over the Rochdale Canal; when built in 1840 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway it was one of the first such in the country. It was replaced in 1939 with the metal trough bridge we see today. To the left Canalside Mill…
About 1960 but a slushy New Road is still cobbled. Holts building originally jutted further out and the other buildings had gardens but all removed to widen the pavement.