Celebrating the end of the war in Waterside shed, 1945. From left to right, Tommy Hudders, Sid Parton, Gladys Thomas, Vera Bailey, Clifford Mattison, Evelyn Lord, Arnold Brainbridge; front row, Connie Butterworth, Charlie Hartley and Muriel…
Weavers celebrating the Silver Jubilee at Dawson's Albion Mill, May 1935. Dawson's had just acquired a new flag for the occasion. The names are, back row, left to right: Mrs Barker, Maud Walton, Blanche Waddington, Kathleen Marshall (behind),…
Chaffers Wheelwright's shop at Salford. A scene inside the wheelwright's shop at Salford, 1905-10. This staged photograph taken by Herbert Hardaker shows the process of 'hooping the wheel'. The middle figure is Young Chaffer who, with his brother,…
NAME: Chapel Field Mill, Ripponden
LOCATION: Elland Road, Ripponden
REF: RY 20
GRID REF: 042 197
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Fully used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: 20C (site earlier)
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: The present three storey,…
Behind the viaduct is Calderside Mill built in the 1820s by John Whiteley, after whom the viaduct came to be named. Reputedly it had the tallest chimney in the valley.
The bridge over the canal was a very early skew bridge and also one of the very…
Re-aligned tracks and line of the notorious Charlestown Curve to its left. The curve was built as a temporary detour in 1840 and remained for over 80 years and was the cause of several derailments including a serious accident in 1912 killing four…
Callis Mill and dam looking down the valley. The mill was partially demolished in the 1970s. For further information see: www.hebdenbridgehistory.org.uk/charlestown/mills.
The mill wxas demolioshed and the site looked sad for several tears but in 2020 houses were built on it. The Rose and Crown next dooe closed as a pub in 2006, and was for a while aBig D's biker bar and attracted motor cyclists from a wide area.