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Opened in 1921.

The History of Cinema-going in the Upper Calder Valley

ONCE there were six cinemas in the Upper Calder Valley. Now there’s just one - the Picture House in Hebden Bridge.

Not all were purpose-built (shows were held in venues…

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Taken from West End Bridge with Old Gate on the left and the former Moorland Rescue Post on the right. The chimney of Bridge Mill can be seen in the distance

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In the centre is the large chimney of the former Calder Mill which was largely destroyed by fire in the 1960s.

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Looking down the valley in the Todmorden direction. The tall chimney of the former Calder Mill is in the centre. The Halifax Wireform Company were based in the mill premises until they were forced out by yet another flooding in (2015). In 2018…
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