General view across to the Stubbings hillside. Centre left the Board School which opened in 1878 and along from it the partially constructed Zion Particular Baptist Chapel which was constructed in 1881 and opened for worship in 1882.
This photograph was taken in the closing years of the 19th century or the beginning of the 20th. The Rochdale Canal running from the bottom to the top right makes a useful guide to the town as it was then. The road over the narrow bridge at the…
From left to right across the picture, Calder Holmes Park, Riverside School, Blackpit Aqueduct, Melbourne Mill, and the former Neptune Inn. From a Geoff Boswell calendar, 2004. PH84.
The playground in the foreground is for Riverside School on Holme Street, and immediately beyond that is the junction between the River Calder and Hebden Water, and beyond that is Central Street School.
The foundation stone laying ceremony for the Hebden Bridge Grammar School, 1908. Cllr Joseph Greenwood officiating. Sitting behind the lady in white and wearing a cap and gown is the first headmaster of the Secondary School, as it was then, Morton…
Information from Miss Olga Smith who was a pupil at the school from 1925(?) - 1932. 'Morton Wager - front row - Headmaster from 1908 to 1927. I think the man in the middle of the back row must be Hamlet Helliwell who was still Chemistry master…
The Time They Won the Shield, but can anyone say when and what for?
From Mr Joe Thomas per Mrs Mary Crabtree. L to R. Back Row - Edith Warmsley, Martha Lord, Nora Crowther, Doris Bankcroft, ?, Nellie Moss, Gladys Wild, Winnie Hamer, Ive Coals,…
L to R. Back Row - Miss Lottie Eastwood, Selwyn Berkley, Albert Parker, Fred Bramall, Ronald Greenwood, Edward Astin, Eric Shaw, James Stansfield, Denis Parker, Kenneth Wilcock, Mr George Seel. Middle Row - Raymond Pickles, Hida (Hilda?) Jackson,…
L to R. Back Row - Mr George Seal, George Croad, Terence Mitchell, Joe Thomas, Willie Wade, George Horsfall, Harold Horsfall, Howard Thomas, Ronald Craven, Jimmy Ackroyd (Stumpy Jim). 3rd Row from front - Ida Windle, Mary Ashworth, Gwen Pickles,…
This photograph was taken in the closing years of the 19th century or the beginning of the 20th. The Rochdale Canal running from the bottom left to the top right makes a useful guide to the town as it was then. The road over the narrow bridge at the…
c.1912. In the foreground the large station warehouse which had been extended in 1884 and the sidings. The warehouse was demolished in 1969 following serious fire damage but goods facilities had been withdrawn in 1966.
The building on the lower right of the picture was originally Hebden Bridge Grammar School, now Riverside Junior School, whilst towards the bottom left is the imposing Central Street School. On the Birchcliffe hillside the destinctive arches of…
Situated on Holme Street, the brick building is the Trades Club, and behind the trees is Riverside School. The old Little Theatre has been demolished and preparations are starting for building the new one.
1993, and there has been a disastrous fire at Edmondsons on Valley Road. Fortunately the Fire Brigade were able to prevent the fire spreading to Shepherds Garage next door.
The building on the right of the picture is Bridge Mill and behind it can…