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Local History Society
Photos with thanks to Hebden Bridge Local History Society, Milltown Memories and the Charlestown History Group
Hebden Bridge History Pages
The history of Hebden Bridge is fascinating and moving. It was our Pennine hills and valleys which powered the mills and factories of the first Industrial Revolution - the overgrown ruins of these old mills can still be seen in many of our valleys.The 19th century saw the roots of the coop movement. In the middle of the 20th century came the asbestos tragedy.
Memories of past times
Boarding at a Pecket Well farm, Peter Kelly taught at Calder High from 1958 to 1961, and has sent the Hebden Bridge Web some of his memories.
Updated: Sunday, 23 August 2009
Milltown Memories
- was a magazine based upon the history of the Upper Calder Valley which ran from 2002-2006
Other Articles
- The Fustian Weavers' Strike 100 years on from July 1906
- The Queens Terrace Squat - mid 1970s
Dozens of newly arrived homeless people squatted a large Hebden Bridge terrace - Queens Terrace. 30 years ago, both Hebden Royd and the newly Conservative Calderdale Council, decided they should be evicted. - Trying their luck in South Africa: Letters from the Boer War - Peter Thomas investigates the story behind the brass plaque at the entrance to the HB Town Hall, one that is dedicated to the young men of Hebden Bridge who died in South Africa. Wednesday, January 2, 2002
- More Memories of 1940 evacuee, Stan Pierce, pieced together by Frances Robinson. (July 2001)
- Memory of 1940 - Stan Pierce's memories of being evacuated from London to Hebden Bridge. (October 1999)
- Billy Holt
- Wartime evacuees make contact with Hebden Bridge family - updated, Tuesday, May 8, 2001