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Buttress, Hebden Bridge 1966 - AGW00109
Part of an ancient packhorse route from Burnley to Halifax, as it descends into Hebden Bridge from the village of Heptonstall.
Rededication of War Memorial, Mytholmroyd - AGW00165
In September/October 1992, vandals twice attacked the statue of the soldier on Mytholmroyd’s Grade 2 listed War Memorial. The first attack removed the soldier’s rifle (subsequently found in bushes close by); in the second attack, he lost his head.…
Rededication of War Memorial, Mytholmroyd - AGW00167
Dedication and unveiling of the new head on the memorial to the unknown soldier at Mytholmroyd, Sunday 16th October 2011. Jade Smith of Royd Regeneration, seated in wheelchair. Some names of people present: Cllr Scott Tricket, Mayor of Hebden Royd…
Rededication of War Memorial, Mytholmroyd - AGW00168
Dedication and unveiling of the new head on the memorial to the unknown soldier at Mytholmroyd, Sunday 16th October 2011. Adults L to R: Unknown man, Mrs Amy Tricket, Mayoress of Hebden Royd, Clive Gregory, Cllr Scott Tricket, Mayor of Hebden Royd,…
Rededication of War Memorial, Mytholmroyd - AGW00169
Dedication and unveiling of the new head on the memorial to the unknown soldier at Mytholmroyd, Sunday 16th October 2011. Group includes Coucillor Scott Tricket, Mayor of Hebden Royd and Mrs Tricket, Mrs Jeffrey, Councillor Nadir Nekri and Mrs Fekri.…
Barry Suthers - AGW00231
The firm of Foster and Suthers Ltd was located on Valley Road, Hebden Bridge. They were pattern makers but had a side line of engraving trophies etc. This photo was taken on 4th March, 2006, a few days before the firm closed. The building is now…
Exhibition Stand, c1910 - CWS00101
Sam Moore, Commercial Traveller for the Hebden Bridge Fustian Manufacturing Co-operative Society Ltd, standing beside an exhibition stand that was taken all over to shows and exhibitions. The stand took to pieces for ease of transportation.
Annual Stocktaking Dinner - CWS00102
Taken at the back of the White Lion Hotel, Hebden Bridge. The event was a dinner to celebrate an Annual Stocktaking, probably in the early 1890s. Back row standing: Fred Greenwood, John Hollingrake, Lloyd Greenwood, James William Blackburn, William…
Fustian Cutter - CWS00104
Possibly John Hartley, hand cutting corduroy. Taken in the yard of C.W.S. Nutclough Mill. Photo donated to Mr Barker of the C.W.S. by S.G. Hellowell of Cragg Vale.
Group of Men - CWS00105
Photo possibly taken outside Cliff House, c1916. Standing left to right: John Stansfield, James Dawson, Tim Helliwell, Egbert Howarth, J. Holt (Todmorden), William Harry Eastwood, William Ingham (Luddenden). Sitting left to right: William Baxendale…
Works Outing to Sherwood Forest - CWS00106
This photograph of a group of men with the famous Major Oak, was found in the Cutting Room at Nutclough Mill in June or July 1968, when the works on Valley Road were being cleared prior to vacating the premises. As Leonard Stocks is not on the photo…
Nutclough Mill Workers, c1914 - CWS00107
There are various names on the back of this picture, but it is not clear to whom they refer: Lloyd G.M. Hampton, Sam Green, Miss Kitchen, James Cockcroft, Fleta Barnes, Craven, mary Greenwood. At the front: William Hartley, John Greenwood.
Beaming or Warping at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00110
The picture shows the Warping or Beaming department, technically this is back beam warping, the usual practice in the cotton industry, as opposed to section warping in the woollen and worsted trades. A very large unit!
Weaving at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00111
Ethel Crabtree at Work. On her right is a dobby, a mechanism for pattern weaving.
Beaming at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00112
Winding the warp yarns, in one winding operation, onto the weaving beam.
Winding at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00113
These machines are bobbin winding frames. The front one is probably made by Joseph Stubbs Ltd, Manchester, who specialised in winding machinery and had works at Ancoats and Openshaw. The nearest machine is 'assembly winding' ie winding two ends from…
Machine Knotting (Warp Tying) at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00118
Machine manufactured by Barber-Colman
Intermediate Roving Frame at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00119
This shows a later process in the Cardroom, the machines are flyer frames, specifically,either intermediate or roving frames. Bobbins from the previous process, eg the slubbing frame, are placed in the creel and pass through the drafting system,…
