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Not the usual computer technician! - THB00109
Paper tape readers in the computer room at Thornbers.
Aerial view of Mytholmroyd - THB00104
An aerial view showing Thorber's breeding pens. Banksfield Estate is top left; the railway line crosses the picture and the sidings with many trucks can be seen.
Nikki Harvey - JAE00525
c.2009
Unusual View of Heptonstall - ALC00782
Photographed from the Valley View area of Heptonstall. The strange, tall, lean-to building with 12 battlements on one side can be seen when walking up to Heptonstall. Heptonstall Road runs across the centre of the picture between the building on the…
F & T Lumb's Hatchery, Hebden Bridge - LLG00135
In the foreground is Victoria Mill, now demolished. F & T Lumb's hatchery can be seen on the other side of the railway.
Children's Playground, Calder Holmes Park, Hebden Bridge, 1962 - HBC01007
Watson's Hatchery can be seen.
Hoo Hole, Mytholmroyd - HBC00929
Judging by the writing on the van outside the mill, Ascot Cages, this was probably when Thornbers used this site for production of battery cages.
The Elphin Brook in Flood, 1954 - HBC00926
Footbridge across Elphin Brook behind the 'Shoulder of Mutton'. The wooden buildings housed Thornber's ducks.
Caldene Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Floods 1954 - HBC00910
Are these people just watching the spectacle or are they stranded waiting for the water to recede? The buildings with roof vents are part of Thornber's hatchery.