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Work People's Trip to Blackpool - ALC06379
Messrs Astin Bros, Hebden Bridge, June 3rd 1919. Photo taken on the market ground, Hebden Bridge.
Hebden Bridge Grammar School, Class 3A - ALC06365
An article in the Hebden Bridge times of 29th November 1996 gave the following identification: back row, left to right: Geoffrey Greenwood, Peter
Rushworth, Roland Greenwood, Geoffrey Peter Naylor (who lives in Manchester), Norman H. Wilcock (now of…
Rushworth, Roland Greenwood, Geoffrey Peter Naylor (who lives in Manchester), Norman H. Wilcock (now of…
Nazebottom, Hebden Bridge - ALC06356
This photo features the newly built (1875) Prospect Terrace, the space to the left of it is where Nazebottom Baptist Church will be built in 1908. The extremely tall chimney was for Calderside Mill. The houses centre right are Thistle Bottom.
Wedding Party - ALC06355
This photo looks to be taken on Holme Street with the school on the left and Holme House on the right. Were they on their way to Westerman's studio for the wedding photograph? The shed in the background advertising cement would probably have been…
Looking down Bridge Lanes, Hebden Bridge, c1910 - ALC06352
The double-fronted shop in the centre was a grocer's shop run for many years by Nancy Swain.
Bankfoot, Hebden Bridge - ALC06350
Bankfoot House on the left and Mill on the right.
View over Hebden Bridge c1920 - ALC06347
The town has changed a good deal since this photo was taken. Several of the mills have gone, along with the Bridge Lane houses, running from bottom left to right. Looking at the Birchcliffe area, centre right, a good many more house have been built.…
Mytholm, Hebden Bridge - ALC06345
Savile Road climbs up the hillside, the River Calder is in the foreground.
View over Hebden Bridge - ALC06342
The houses in the left foreground are opposite the Marina. The two storey building being the Railway Hotel, the right hand end of the building next to it is Croft House. The tall chimney to the right will be at Crossley Mill.
Salem Wesleyan Chapel, Hebden Bridge, c1910 - ALC06329
The original Salem Chapel, built 1885, replaced an earlier chapel built 1824 which only had seating for 750 with a schoolroom underneath. The new chapel had seating 1050. Falling membership after the Second World War meant eventual amalgamation with…
Brass Band in Hebden Bridge - ALC06325
Playing outside the bank at the junction of Albert Street and Hope Street.
Stubbings School, Hebden Bridge - ALC06304
Photo taken in the late 30s/early 40s
Mr H Potts, headmaster in the centre.
Mr H Potts, headmaster in the centre.
Aerial View of Hebden Bridge, 1950 - ALC06005
The railway line runs diagonally across the picture, with Fairfield on the left and Calder Holmes Park on the right.
Aerial View of Hebden Bridge, 1950 - ALC06004
Taken from the Keighley Road side of the town, Calder Holmes Park is at the top of the picture.
View over Hebden Bridge, c1910. - ALC06003
Looking over Valley Road to the Stubbings hillside.
St John's Church, Hebden Bridge - ALC06002
The church became redundant in 1984 and was converted into private dwellings.
St John's Church, Hebden Bridge - ALC06001
The foundation stone for this church was laid on 26th June 1929. The church opened on 6th May 1931. Those who gave money for the building included Mary Sowden.
The church became redundant in 1984 and is now private dwellings.
The pulpit and…
The church became redundant in 1984 and is now private dwellings.
The pulpit and…
WWI Recruits - ALC05996
For original picture see ALC02142. The lad watching in a cap was Harry Victor Barker, Alan Brook’s mum’s dad. He was so fired up by watching these recruits that he subsequently signed up himself, lying about his age to do so. He went to France and…
Birchcliffe Road, Hebden Bridge - ALC05859
The junction of Keighley Road and Birchcliffe Road. Originally Keighley Road was much closer to Lees Yard, now the site of Hebden bridge’s weekly markets. A house, Hollins Place, which was also a fish and chip shop, was demolished to improve the…
Looking from Heptonstall road to Bridge Lanes - ALC05858
In the 1960s the houses between Bridge Lanes and Heptonstall road were demolished.
New Road, Hebden Bridge - ALC05857
A wonderfully evocative picture of a time when road works only needed a Keep Right sign. Hope Baptist Church is on the left and the Picture House to the right. The bridge over the road between the two parts of Crossley Mill can be seen.
Bridge Gate Mill, Hebden Bridge - ALC05856
Photo taken at the junction of Old Gate and West End, showing the rear of Westbourne House and Bridge Gate Mill. Nickie's cafe stood oat this junction but was pulled down in the 1960s as part of a road widening and improvement scheme.
St Georges Bridge and the Council Offices, Hebden Bridge - ALC05853
To the left of the photo the building adjoining the Hebden Bridge Council Offices at one time housed the Hebden Bridge Library, it was removed as part of the Town Hall development, with the official opening of the new Waterfront Hall taking place on…
White Horse Hotel, Hebden Bridge c1960. - ALC05852
The White Horse Hotel was an inn at least since 1851, although Barry Ledgard tells us that a licensee of the White Horse Inn, William Jackson, was charged with running a stage carriage without a licence, every Market day, to Halifax, and was caught…