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Under the Bridge at Mytholmroyd, known as The Long Tunnel- DBC00131
Under the Bridge at Mytholmroyd - known as The Long Tunnel.
Cricket 'Pavilion', Mytholmroyd - DBC00132
Mytholmroyd Methodists CC pavilion, Scout Road.
Now sadly demolished and no longer used as a cricket ground.
Now sadly demolished and no longer used as a cricket ground.
Cricket 'Pavilion', Mytholmroyd - DBC00133
This is Mytholmroyd Methodists' pavilion (on Scout Rd, Mytholmroyd). The building was used as a changing rooms, home on one side, away on the other.
The photo was probably taken in the 1980s, and out of season judging by the trees.
Now…
The photo was probably taken in the 1980s, and out of season judging by the trees.
Now…
Sheep Feeding - DBC00134
Ted described the Pennine sheep that he remembered as 'the sluttiest sheep in England'.
Sheep Feeding - DBC00135
Ted described the Pennine sheep that he remembered as 'the sluttiest sheep in England'.
Moorland Track - DBC00138
Image to illustrate Ted's words 'There come days to the hills'.
Stoodley Pike - DBC00139
Image to illustrate Ted's words 'There come days to the hills'.
Disused Mill at Mytholmroyd - DBC00142
Formerly occupied by Broadbent Machine Tools. This mill reminded Donald of Ted Hughes' poem 'Under the world's Rim'.
Canalside Mill at Mytholmroyd - DBC00143
Formerly occupied by Broadbent Machine Tools. This mill reminded Donald of Ted Hughes' poem 'Under the world's Rim'.
Southfield House, Mytholmroyd - DBC00144
Southfield was occupied, up to his death in 1976 by Walter Farrar. Walter was the uncle of poet laureate Ted Hughes and the subject of some of his poetry relating to Walter's service in the Great War. "My Uncle's Wound" and "Under High Wood" told of…
Southfield House, Mytholmroyd - DBC00145
Southfield was occupied, up to his death in 1976 by Walter Farrar. Walter was the uncle of poet laureate Ted Hughes and the subject of some of his poetry relating to Walter's service in the Great War. "My Uncle's Wound" and "Under High Wood" told of…
Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Mytholmroyd, 1950 - ALC06378
The war memorial plaque to the right of the pulpit is now in Scout Road chapel.
Filming in Redacre Wood - DBC00127
L to R: George Wilding, Lloyd Greenwood, Stanley Boocock and Nick Wilding. On the site of the ancient Briton's grave. Gabriel Wilding took the photograph.
Burnley Road School, 1937 - DBC00107
Coronation Pageant. Ted Hughes is fourth from the left in the back row.
Mount Zion Chapel, Mytholmroyd, 1950 - DBC00115
The building on the left was the Co-op, to the right of it is No 1 Aspinall Street. Mount Zion Chapel has since been demolished. The bridge over the canal was known as 'Navie Brig'.
Burnley Road School, 1937 - DBC00121
Ted, in dark clothes, playing the part of a nobleman, is to the left of the bigger boy with the cushion. Last but one girl on the right is Barbara Gibson, she married Russell Dean. A bespectacled Donald Crossley is front left, playing the part of a…
Burnley Road School 1935 - DBC00140
Ted is second row, dark jacket, 5th from right. Donald is 7th from right, wearing spectacles. Ted's sister Olwyn is in the third row down, sixth from the left.
Gerald, Olwyn and Ted Hughes - LLG00107
Ted, or Teddy as he was known to his friends, wanted to go by the name of E.J. Hughes. Ted Hughes, 1930 to 1998.
In The Times, 20th February, 2016, Alan Johnson wrote: The future poet Ted Hughes and I were good friends at Mexborough Grammar…
In The Times, 20th February, 2016, Alan Johnson wrote: The future poet Ted Hughes and I were good friends at Mexborough Grammar…