Date unknown but probably late 1940s/early 1950s as the first steel pre-fabricated houses at Dodnaze on Wadsworth Lane can be seen. Central Street and Riverside Schools feature prominently
ALC00415. Looking across to Nursery Nook and Spring Wood Terrace at the junction of Midgehole Road and Keighley Road with Hurst Road going off diagonally left. Early 20th century pre First World War.
Visitors to Hardcastle Crags walking past Lee Mill; demolished about 1970 but by then no longer used as acotton mill. Peckett Well War Memorial on the skyline. Postcard
The buildings in the foreground are Regent Street / Sackville Street / Cleveland Place / Oak Street as they were initially developed. The deeds to 2 Regent Street and 6 Sackville Street indicate the properties were built in the1890's. The houses 2…
The junction of Keighley Road and Birchcliffe Road. Originally Keighley Road was much closer to Lees Yard, now the site of Hebden bridge’s weekly markets. A house, Hollins Place, which was also a fish and chip shop, was demolished to improve the…
The buildings on the right part of the White Lion and below re-alignment of Commercial Street and its junction with Keighley Road about complete. Prior to re-alignment Commercial Street ran to the door of the White Lion and turned right for Keighley…
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…
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…
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…
Hebden Water below the huge retaining wall supporting Keighley Road. When the turnpike was built c.1815 a shelf was cut out of the cliff to accommodate it.
Looking down Hebden Water to first St Georges Bridge and then the Old Bridge. On the left the huge retaining wall supporting Keighley Road which at this point is on a ledge cut out of the cliff side. The buildings on the right-hand river bank have…
Looking up Hebden Water to Nutclough Mill top right. Keighley Road is supported above the river by a huge retaining wall at this point. When constructed as the Lees & Hebden Bridge Turnpike in about 1815 it was built on a shelf cut out of the cliff.
The hotel on the left is the former Nutclough House pub and above it the double-decker Eiffel Buildings on the road which runs down to join Keighley Road where vehicles can be seen.