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Hebden Bridge gas works under construction on 7th November 1912. The gas works were a municipal undertaking and remained so until nationalisation of the gas industry in 1949.

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Under construction on 6th November 1912. The gas works were a municipal undertaking and remained so until nationalisation of the gas industry in 1949.

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Hebden Bridge gas works under construction on 3rd August 1912. The gas works were a municipal undertaking and remained so until nationalisation of the gas industry in 1949.

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Hebden Bridge gas works under construction on 2nd November 1912. The gas works were a municipal undertaking and remained so until nationalisation of the gas industry in 1949.

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Buttress Brink on the left looks unoccupied so this is probably just before demolition started in the 1960s. Royd Terrace on the right still stands.

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Buttress Brink is on the right with the Hole in the Wall beyond. Probably taken just before demolition of Buttress Brink started in the 1960s.

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Probably taken in the 1960s not long before demolition started.

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The message of Eat More Fruit and Keep Fit was certainly better than another fad of the 1920s, which advised people to actively smoke instead of eating, as it was though to help some physical problems. Many began using them as an appetite suppressant…

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The Co-op building is on the left and to the right you can just see the White Horse Hotel, now the site of Lees Yard Car Park.

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At the bottom of The Buttress opposite 'The Hole in the Wall' Buttress Brink was a warren of apartments and demolished in the 1960s. The garage on the left has also now gone.

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Old Bridge with the 'New' Hole in the Wall Hotel on the right.

The bridge was built about 1510 to replace a wooden bridge. It carries inscriptions recording repairs in 1602 and 1657 when it was described as being "In Great Ruin and Decay".
The…

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Buttress Brink was a warren of dwellings near the end of Old Bridge and facing the old Hole-in-the-Wall Inn. When the buildings were scheduled for demolition many said they should be preserved, but no-one wanted to live there.

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On the right the Hole-in-theWall pub and on the left the tenements of Buttress Brink, demolished 1960s.

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At the bottom of the Buttress opposite 'The Hole in the Wall' Buttress Brink was a warren of apartments and demolished in the 1960s. Seen here is Buttress climbing it and Royd Terrace.

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At the bottom of The Buttress opposite 'The Hole in the Wall' Buttress Brink was a warren of apartments and demolished in the 1960s.

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At the bottom of The Buttress opposite 'The Hole in the Wall' Buttress Brink was a warren of apartments and demolished in the 1960s.

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At the bottom of The Buttress opposite 'The Hole in the Wall' Buttress Brink was a warren of apartments and demolished in the 1960s.

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Formerly AT305. Buttress Brink, was a warren of dwellings on different levels at the bottom of the Buttress, off Old Gate opposite the Hole-in-the-Wall Inn. Occupants had to walk through a gloomy ground floor tunnel lit by gas lamps, climb steps set…

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The Hall is situated just above the A646 opposite the station and the former Mayroyd Mill.

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Postcard addressed to Miss Eliza Stott, postmarked October 15 1908, with the message 'Many happy returns of your birthday, with love'.

F & H Sutcliffe Mill and offices is centre right of picture, with the awning to the railway platform to the…
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