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Looking down Hebden Water towards its confluence with the Calder. The buildings immediate right have been replaced by purpose built shops and offices and above them the former Council Offices. The chimney of Bridge Mill on the left.

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Across the river the rear of Bridge Mill and outside seating at Innovation Cafe.

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Buzy Lizzy - an ancient flower woman carrying her colourful cargo of fragrant flowers and foliage.

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St Gearges Bridge over Hebden Water with the council Offices on the left of it and the chimney of Bridge Mill on the right.

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The sculpture, by Mike Williams, is of a “fustian knife”, which also serves as a giant sundial gnomon (shadow caster). Fustian knives were used in the manufacture of corduroy, a fabric for which Hebden Bridge was known throughout the world.

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Among those present are Diana and Paul monahan, David and Hilary Fletcher, David and Margaret Shutt, David Storr. More identification would be welcome.

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NAME: BRIDGE MILL

LOCATION: Huddersfield Road, Holmfirth

REF: HU 24

GRID REF: 144 088

CLASSIFICATION: C

CONDITION: Mostly used

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid 19C/early 20C (site earlier)

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Just outside…

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Bridge Mll is on the left and the shops of St Georges Square are in the foreground Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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On the left the Council Offices under construction in about 1897 and on the right the rear of the Shoulder of Mutton and Bridge Mill. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Postcard with July 1978 postmark. Bridge Mill is on the right; over the bridge can be seen the Council Offices, with Cross Lanes Chapel behind it on the hill.
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