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During World War I, the show was suspended and was revived on 31st
May 1919.
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Doc Shire
Closed in March 1952.
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Band of Hope
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Hebden Bridge Nursing Institute
In the local elections of 1894, the Temperance Association put up 7
candidates who wanted the Hole in the Wall, Hebden Bridge to
close.
Only 1 was returned.
Evolved into the Hebden Bridge & District Band of Hope Union
Officers of the Club have included
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Hebden Bridge AFC Memorial
Recorded in 1913, when
the membership was 130
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Hebden Bridge British Legion Memorial
Recorded in 1897
It is recorded in 1881
Question:
When was the paper resurrected after its demise in 1856?
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Antiquarian and
Hebden Chronicle
Their productions include
At a special meeting on 2nd June 1888, it was decided to wind up the
company
Recorded in 1912, when
the membership was 299.
In 1917, Herbert Henry Pepper was secretary
On 1st May 1908, they were refused a stage-play licence by the West
Riding General Purposes Committee
The company was registered in September 1882
A branch on Albert Street opened in 1???
The had capital of £50,000 in £10 shares
The fire station at Hangingroyd – built at a cost of £15,000
and opened on 7th May 1966.
It closed in 2006.
In June 2009, it was demolished and a car park created on the site.
This was a successful workers' co-operative established in 1870 by a
group of workers for the production and sale of fustian
In 1874, William Blackburn was Manager.
Hebden Bridge Gas Works was completed in 1912.
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Hebden Bridge & Mytholmroyd Gas Company
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Heptonstall Co-operative Society
The Club was built in 1899 [?].
It was designed by Jesse Horsfall.
The corner stones were laid by Daniel Jones Crossley in 1893.
Members and Officers of the Club have included
In the 1950s, it became Hebden Bridge Civic Hall.
Around 1980, it became the Greenwood Inn.
On 8th June 1903, Andrew Carnegie gave £2,000 for the
construction of a free library at Hebden Bridge.
In 1908, the building was extended.
On 20th March 1934, a new branch library opened, the first in the
town.
The library was restored in 2010
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Edward Binney Gibson and
Dent Sutcliffe
The modern theatre has a capacity of 120
It subsequently became the Hebden Bridge Local History Society
Members included
James Willie Barker and
Clement Speak
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St James the Great Church, Hebden Bridge
It closed in 1964 as cinema attendances fell.
It was reopened privately, and was used by the Hebden Bridge Light Opera Society, amongst others.
In November 1972, Hebden Royd Town Council bought the building.
When it subsequently passed to Calderdale Council, major
refurbishment was carried out and over £50,000 was spent on
stone cleaning, rewiring and new facilities.
In September 1996, when closure threatened, The Friends of Hebden Bridge Picture House was formed to save and promote the cinema.
It is now run by Calderdale MBC, and is one of the largest
civic-owned cinemas in the country.
The building and neighbouring shops are listed.
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Royal Electric Theatre & Hippodrome, Hebden Bridge
In January 1863, a grant of £650 was recommended to build a
police station at Hebden Bridge.
The first stone was laid on 28th
September 1863.
In September 2012, this was one of a number of local police stations
which were to be closed and sold off in order to cut costs.
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Sunday Sing
Rev James Armytage Rhodes insisted that the station should be at
least 1 mile from his home at Mytholm Hall.
A wooden trellis bridge was built to allow passengers to cross the
Calder.
In 1850, this was replaced by the Victoria Bridge
The first train arrived at the station on 5th October 1840.
The Summit to Littleborough section was completed later in the
year – see
Summit Tunnel.
The station was used for visitors to Hardcastle Crags.
There were special excursions from the station.
A horse-bus service carried passengers on to Keighley and Skipton.
On 7th March 1908, the Shunters' Cabin at the station burned down.
On
7th January 1928,
the wife of the stationmaster was killed by a motor car.
Most of the buildings at the station are listed.
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Railway Hotel, Hebden Bridge,
Alice Wood and
Henry Woollven