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This started as the Ritz Cinema in 1937. The cinema closed in 1963 but reopened as a bingo hall in 1965. The venue was then bought and renovated as a dance hall in 1981 before being taken over again in 1987 by a couple who had it for 27 years. Glen…

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A very derelict looking Brighouse Station, date unknown. The first station here opened with the line in October 1840 and was to the east of Huddersfield Road and at the time was called 'Brighouse and Bradford Station' as there as then no railway to…

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Bottom right is the Central Methodist Church, and the impressive building towards the top of the picture is Brighouse Library and the Smith Art Gallery.

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RASTRICK BRIDGE, Brighouse, The Borough of Brighouse derives its name from this ancient bridge. An ancient house or houses stood near the bridge over the Calder between Brighouse and Rastrick. hence the name Brighouse, or Bridge-house, and for a time…

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CLIFTON BRIDGE carries the road from Brighouse over Clifton Beck and is mentioned at least three times in the West riding Quarter Sessions Records. In 1445 is the entry ‘Brighouse tenants to repair the way between Brighouse and Clifton brig.’ The…

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BRIGHOUSE CALDER BRIDGE. In 1823 an Act of Parliament sanctioned the making and maintenance of a turnpike road from Wibsey Bank Foot through Brighouse to Huddersfield. The stone bridge over the Calder at the site of the ancient ford from Snake Hill…

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LYRS 2667 - Barton Wright 4-4-0 heading a westbound train on the 'up' Manchester platform. . The first station opened in 1840 to the east of Huddersfield Road and new station, seen here, to the west of Huddersfield Road was opened in the 1890s. It…

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PH/25. The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.

The Rydings (original name of the building) was built in 1821 as a mansion for Mr John Brooke who was in…

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The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.

Set in one of the walls of the cottage 115 Towngate, Clifton is a sundial which bears the date 1783 and the inscription…
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