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Looking up Hangingroyd Road from Salem Chapel, possibly late 1950s or early 1960s. The building extreme right is where the Co-op is today.

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Looking from West End and Market Street is still the town's main shopping street. Shops on the left: unnamed selling fire surrounds; J E Greaves, Baker & Confectioner, with his van outside; J Robertshaw, Newsagent & Stationer; C L Shaw followed by…

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c1910. Shops from the right: Hilber Brothers Fruit & Potato Merchant; the Post Office, clock showing 10.15; the Lancashire Bank; Lellos Central Dining Rooms which is seemingly recommended by the Cycling Touring Club; Arthur Smith but then all too…

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Christmas 1909. Shops: on right Haberghams Costumery, Millinery and Dressmaking advertising 'Christmas Presents' and 'New Year Gifts' and next to him Hilton Crossley. With one exception some very middle class shoppers.

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Market Street looking towards West End in the 19th century. The building at the far end is Jackson Merchant Tailors. The horse drawn vehicle on the left is a two seater carriage but that on the right too indistinct. The shop bottom left is Joe Jagger…

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ALC00335. 1855/6. West End at the junction with Bridge Gate, left, and New Road, right. Chambers shop on the right later becomes Blackburn Ironmongers and Greaves Draper and Hosiry is later Z Spence florist who later moved to the corner of New Road…

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Relaying sets at West End near the junction with Bridge Gate, left, and New Road, right. Note the last building on Bridge Gate, this was later pulled down to enable widening of the main road.

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Sydney B. King,Gent's Outfitter. The building is now demolished. Note the old cross roads sign for the junction with Bridge Gate and Holme Street.

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ALC00332. West End shops in the 1920s; Blackburn Ironmongers still there as in the 1910 photograph. The gabled building on the left on the corner of Bridge Gate and New Road was demolished in 1931 for widening New Road; the cut back corner building…

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West End looking towards New Road. Date unknown but the car has a post-1921 Leeds registration number. From the far end the shops are: first three Blackburn Ironmongers; Haighs Music Shop; Westerman's Photographic Studio; Cockcrofts and Watsons. On…

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Horse and cart crossing West End Bridge in to Market Street. Jackson Merchant Tailor's at the junction with Old Gate looking down Market Street. Building now demolished.

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With a special promotion of Andrews Liver Salts.

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ALC00328. The dwellings on the north side of Bridge Lanes being demolished in April 1964.

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The dwellings on the north side of Bridge Lanes being demolished in April 1964.

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1959. The gas works at Crow Nest being dismantled. The single storey mill buildings visible beyond have all now been demolished.

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The gas works at Crow Nest next to the railway station were completed in 1912. Across the valley is Mayroyd House.

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1962. Salem Methodist Chapel on Market Street opposite Hangingroyd Road. Built in 1885 it was demolished in 1973 and replaced by the present Methodist Church.

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The 1843 extension to Bridge Mill does not show in this picture, therefore this picture was taken before that date. The road is now wider and has been raised. This is one of the oldest photos of Hebden Bridge.

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The Royal Electric Theatre' on New Road opened in 1913 on what is now the Memorial Gardens. It ceased as a cinema June 24th 1921 when the present day Picture House opened.

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An open top tram on Burnley Road looking up Station Road to the large station warehouse, early 20th century. The Halifax Corporation trams reached Hebden Bridge in November 1901. This postcard may have been taken to commemorate the inaugural run.

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The terrace far left is Nursery Nook on Keighley Road with below it Lee Mill Road and going off that to its right is Windsor Road and below that Foster Mill Dam with Foster Mill.

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The houses bottom right at Calder Bank now demolished and the field above them now the site of Riverside School which opened 1909. To its left across the river is Central Street School.
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