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Huddersfield Station c.1900 - DNT00276
The magnificent Grade I listed station building; the imposing frontage was described by John Betjeman as 'the most splendid in England' and Nikolaus Pevsner considered it to be one of the best stations in the country. Its grandeur owes much to the…
Bradford Forster Square c.1914 - DNT00214
In the centre the single storey entrance to the Midland Market Street Station which had been rebuilt and enlarged in 1890 largely to accommodate the increased traffic from the MR’s recently completed independent Anglo Scottish line, the…
Keighley Station Frontage c.1920 - DNT00199
The Leeds & Bradford Extension Railway, later a part of the MR, between Shipley and Colne opened through Keighley in 1847 giving the town its first station. The station seen here dates from 1883 and is on the opposite side of Bradford Road to the…
Leeds City Square Looking East - DNT00135
In the centre the War Memorial which was dedicated in 1922. To the left with the clock is the now demolished Royal Exchange Chambers and on the right the old Midland Railway’s Queens Hotel and to the right of that the gates into Wellington Station.…
Tithe Barn, Mayroyd, c1910 - JNB00557
Looking towards Hebden Bridge.
Demonstration - MCH00159
Taken from "Clough Mill" which was at the bottom of Midgley Road, Mytholmroyd, looking towards County Bridge. Demonstrations were the forerunner of Mytholmroyd Gala.
Tram Terminus, Hebden Bridge - MCH00125
Postcard dated 1926, addressed to Miss Mary Barker, Williamsville, Roobey, Westport, C/o Mayo. Message reads: Dear Mary, Hope you will like this card. Do you know the little boy you can see so well, it is Cyril but he will have altered since you saw…
Commercial Street, Halifax - DPC00150
Commercial Street, Halifax
Burnley Road, Luddendenfoot. - WAO00247
Looking along Burnley Road in the Halifax direction. The Halifax Corporation trams were withdrawn in the mid-1930s and all the buildings seen here on the left were demolished probably late 1970s.
Dusty Miller, Mytholmroyd, - WAO00183
Halifax Corporation trams reached Mytholmroyd in 1901 and were withdrawn in 1936.
Tythe Barn, Mayroyd, Hebden Bridge, c. 1909. - WAO00182
The gentleman with the horse is George William Thomas, son of James Farrar Thomas. The building on the right was the Tythe Barn. It became a pub and restaurant of that name, later changed to The Thirsty Turtle, now a private house. Behind it is…
Mytholmroyd Scenes. - WAO00129
Undated postcard. The centre picture shows tramlines on Burnley road, trams were withdrawn in 1936.
Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00104
Undated postcard but after erection of the War Memorial in 1922. Behind the Memorial is Grange Dean, now site of the Health Centre; note that the main road is still cobbled. The cobbles far right lead onto County Bridge.
Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00103
Looking in the Halifax direction with the junction onto County Bridge on the far right. The Halifax Corporation Tramway reached Mytholmroyd in 1901 and trams ceased running in 1936.
Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00102
Postcard postmarked 1913 looking in the Halifax direction. The Halifax Corporation Trams came to Mytholmroyd in 1901 and ceased running in 1936.
Machpelah, Hebden Bridge, June 1911 - RAW00126
View after road widening. The bunting would have been for the coronation that month of George V.
Machpelah May, Hebden Bridge, 1911 - RAW00124
Road improvements, view before widening. Note the cobbled road with tram lines and power lines above. The Halifax Corporation trams reached Hebden Bridge in 191/2 and ceased in 1936.
Fallingroyd Bridge, Hebden Bridge - ALC08234
The tram tracks can be clearly seen in the photograph of Fallingroyd Bridge which takes the road over the Rochdale Canal. This bridge was an accident blackspot and was demolished to be replaced by a culverted section of the canal, which allowed some…
Black & White Cafe, New road, Hebden Bridge - ALC08055
The price of fish, chips, tea and bread and butter is 8d. in the cafe nick named Mrs Cuddys on New Road. It was moved to the canal side on Holme Street and converted into a garage later becoming Southwells Coaches, which later became the site of the…
Evercreme Toffee Works, Brearley - ALC06362
Burnley Road at the top of Brearley Lane was the site of the Evercreme Toffee Works. On every 'Toyplane' toffee was printed a letter from the word 'Toyplane'. When you had collected all the letters you could send in the wrappers in exchange for a…