Centre right the site of the former White Horse, demolished 1962, now Lees Yard then looking over St George's Square to the Shoulder of Mutton on Bridgegate. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Prior to its re-alignment Commercial Street ran to the front of the White Lion as seen here with a right turn for Keighley Road. The building on the extreme left is part of the White Horse, demolished 1962, and the building centre right was…
Re-alignment of the junction of Commercial Street and Keighley Road nearly complete. Prior to this Commercial Street ran to the door of the White lion and then turned left to go down Bridgegate or right to join Keighley Road. The open road seen here…
The buildings on the right are part of the White Lion and the cobbles going up to the left join onto Birchcliffe Road, now blocked off at the top other than for pedestrians. Prior to demolition of the buildings at the bottom in 1959 Keighley Road…
Looking down from about the bottom of Birchcliffe Road. Demolition started on 26th November 1962. The site now Lees Yard and the holly trees remain in 2015. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
The hotel in course of demolition in 1962. Above it the Co-op Building, now Carlton Buildings, and clock tower. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
The hotel in course of demolition in 1962. Above it the Co-op Building, now Carlton Buildings, and clock tower. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
On the left the 'Hole in the Wall' pub with the buildings of Buttress Brink demolished mid-1960s. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
The Hole in the Wall is on the right, and Cross Lanes Methodist Chapel can be seen towards the top of the picture. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
At the bottom of the buttress, opposite the Hole-in-the-Wall pub, Buttress Brink was a warren of dwellings demolished in the 1960s. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
The bottom of the old route up to Heptonstall. The Hole in the Wall is on the left, and on the far side of the Old Bridge is the White Swan. The road to the right is old Gate. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Hebden Bridge in the 1950s, with Buttress Brink on the left, Royd Terrace in the centre, Hole in the Wall on the right and Cross Lanes Chapel on the hill. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Ladies of Heptonstall Methodist Chapel at a village fete in Weavers Square, at a stall with a nautical theme. L to R: Vera Ingham, Marian Greenwood, Eileen Longbottom, Margaret Harwood, Dorothy Smith, Emma Longbottom.
Similar photos exist for the same time. This would be a starting point for people visiting Hardcastle Crags. The rear of the picture has the words "Dad & Samson & Twinney" probably indicates one of the drivers and two of the horses. Notice the sets…
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…
Over the wall from the mini-bus is the White Lion Hotel with Bridge Mill behind it. To the left of the mill the Shoulder of Mutton faces St Georges Square.
Looking across the square to the Shoulder of Mutton, with the Council Offices behind. Note the shop on the left, Innovation, which opened here on 7th Nov 1969 and then moved to Bridge Mill in June 1976.