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Righthand corner Victoria Bridge over the River Calder leading up to the large station warehouse which was demolished in 1969 following a serious fire. To the front of the station building the demolition site of part of Victoria Mill and above the…

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Demolition of dwellings on King Street, just outside Hebden Bridge on the A646 looking towards Todmorden. On the left is the bridge over the river to The Stubbing Wharf inn. The building on the left with the sign for the Stubbing Wharf Hotel was the…

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The mill was demolished following a disastrous fire in 2019. Postcard dated 1990.

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The joining of the River Ryburn and the Calder, there is evidence of a mill on this site in 1274. Postcard dated 1992.

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Long Wall is the name of the road with an embankment on the left and a cutting on the right. Elland Bridge can be seen on the left hand edge of the photo spanning the River Calder

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Clearly a mill town. In the foreground is Pallis House and to its left smoke from a train in the cutting and above the smoke Holme House. On the left hillside Cross Lanes Methodist Chapel and dominant in the top centre Foster Mill.

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Clearly a mill town. In the foreground is Pallis House and to its left smoke from a train in the cutting and above the smoke Holme House. On the left hillside Cross Lanes Methodist Chapel and dominant in the top centre Foster Mill.

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Postcard published G.H. Greenwood, The Post Office, Todmorden. The Rochdale Canal is in the foreground.

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On the left is the brick built extension to Sowerby Bridge Mills on piers over the River Calder. The tall centre one is Carlton Mills, this is the only surviver in this image and is now appartments. The far one is LockHill Mills and was occupied by…

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James Watson Ltd. Weavers of cotton sateens, twills and similar fabrics, 1960.

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Looking towards Hebden Bridge with far left the cobbled double side sloping track up to the station. The track is still there but the station closed to passengers in 1951.

The street facing you is Valley Street. In front is James (Jimmy) Mitchell's…

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Behind the viaduct is Calderside Mill built in the 1820s by John Whiteley, after whom the viaduct came to be named. Reputedly it had the tallest chimney in the valley.

The bridge over the canal was a very early skew bridge and also one of the very…
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