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The BBC broadcast a Worker's Playtime from the canteen in the 1950s. Part of the mill can be seen in the background. Lily Young is front row left hand side, back row left hand side is Mrs Gough whose husband worked in the mill..

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The BBC broadcast a "Workers Playtime" from the canteen in the 1950s.

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Across the centre is Acre Mill of Cape Asbestos. Known as 'The Killer Mill' after the asbestosis suffered by its workers due to breathing in asbestos dust. It closed in 1970 and was demolished in 1979 apart from the building seen down the centre of…

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Acre Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge

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The Hare and Hounds Inn is in the foreground and Acre Mill in the background. The mill was originally built as a textile mill but was taken over by Cape Asbestos in 1939. The company moved to Westmorland in the 1970s leaving a legacy of crippling…

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Brian Collins in the driving seat of his Bullnose Morris.

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Old Town Cricket Club now has what was once the grounds for this splendid house.
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