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The parish church of St James is in the centre of the picture. In the middle distance is Lumb Bank, the former home of Ted Hughes, with the houses of Slack on the skyline.

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The Parish Church of Hebden Bridge, was consecrated on 5th October 1833.

The church is dedicated to St James the Great, and was built on land given by the Revd James Armytage Rhodes and his wife Mary, who lived at nearby Mytholm Hall.

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The church on the left is dedicated to St James the Great and is the parish church for Hebden Bridge although unusually well out of the town centre.

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Looking up the Calder Valley from Hell Hole Rocks above Mytholm. The factory centre left has been demolished and towards the top are Whiteley Arches carrying the railway over the road, canal and river.

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St James Mytholm the parish church of Hebden Bridge can be seen in the middle of the picture.

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View from fitting shop into a machine shop. The drawing office can be seen through the glass window, note the heating pipes in the roof truss.

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Derek Pollard on left, Roy Baker on right, both fitters working on a two drum sanding machine. In background is the centre lathe turning department. Roy later became the dynamite worker on the building of the M62.

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Vertical bandsaw, part of machine shop, and old mill bottom in the background.

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Large planing machine for Mersey Docks and Harbour Board for making lock gates, in fitting shop looking towards old mill bottom. Eric Warrington and Herbert Ellison are both in the picture.

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Machine/fitting shop. See the big crane, the driver was John Cockroft whose father was the architect of the trestle bridge at Blake Dean.

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Double ending tenoning machine in fitting shop

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Large planing machine for long beam, mqade for the Mercy docks and Harbour Board. Herbert Ellison and Eric Warrington, on left , Albert Cockroft with his back to the camera. c 1961

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Machine for head rounding and bevelling barrel lids, in the packing bay.

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Multi spindle moulder, used for making skirting boards etc. Douglas Parker holding the sheet.

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Machine in fitting bay, the despatch bay is in the background

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View over Mytholm showing Mytholm Hall, and the King Street cottages that were prone to flooding. Right hand end of two storey house opposite was a Co-op. Bungalow in centre bottom was originally a Dawson City hut that was stone clad.
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