HEBDEN BRIDGE Past & Present

[@Anne1Gail]

My Gran and my Mum.were born there. Really enjoyed this. Thanks.

[@MrImarcus]

What a lovely way to spend 10 mins. Thankyou.

[@mohammedatteeqanwaraneducation]

Excellent upload 👌 👍 Thank you 👌 😊

[@ruthm3813]

Thank you for this. I was born in Hebden Bridge(well Halifax Infirmary(😉) in 1948 and lived there till I was 18. I remember some of the old houses being pulled down. Also old mill fires. All helped to make a more green and tree filled town. We walked up and down Buttress many times, everywhere was hilly! My parents lived there till the early 80's so we visited, but I didn't miss the place at all. Great to reminisce though.

[@Alanhock75]

Was born there in 1952 , was good to look back

[@tgpok4r]

great video, to me it shows not all changes are for the better

[@bremnersghost948]

As Hebden Bridge is part of the Barony of Wakefield, Did the Same Architect design Hebdens Bridge as Chantry Bridge, Wakefield? Amazing that both have withstood at least 800 Years of Flooding when much more Modern Bridges have been washed away

[@andy530i]

Great video, thanks for uploading. Interesting opening shots of the river. It had never occured to me that the morons had actually narrowed the river - I wonder why Hebden Bridge gets so many floods ? - I know that mismanagement of the moors also contributes to this.

[@christinewood3909]

Love hebden bridge it brings back so many memories.

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

So can you explain why Todmorden floods when not a drop of water in the Walsden and Cornholme brooks has flowed off "managed" moorland ?

[@philiphoyle6289]

Would be great if you could something on Whitworth and surrounding area. Regards, Phil

[@allabouteve3290]

Hi Philip, i was thinking of doing a Rochdale version and the nearby areas at some time, so whitworth could be included in that one - hopefully in the near future ;-)

[@philiphoyle6289]

@@allabouteve3290 That would be great, my family on my dads side come from Whitworth and I believe the Hoyle named originated from that area so I have a keen interest, they were mainly stonemasons and farmers. I’m in Australia but visited once, lovely rugged landscapes. Appreciate your hard work in making these. Regards, Phil

[@RideBikes_Walkplaces]

What a brilliant video! Thanks for taking the time to make it. So much history and change. Just look at all the demolished houses! We need them back, drastically!

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

I remember them standing, and believe me, we don't ! The Buttress Brink area was known as "Wapping" and was a Dickensian slum. They were mostly "over and under" houses, so the lower ones were "back to earth" and consequently very damp. The upper ones were accessed via steep, narrow, slippery steps and bridges from the hillside behind. They had no proper sewers so outside "dry" toilets only and making them fit for continued habitation would have been virtually impossible. Cheaply built and badly maintained, they would have fallen down if they hadn't been demolished. Some of the Bridge Lanes houses *might* have been saveable, but likewise the area was Dickensian and the will to renovate didn't exist. Hebden Bridge was in decline, there were plenty of new and modern houses, so no-one wanted an old one.

[@johnnycolon3208]

@@Kevin-mx1vi Much the same in Colne. The area called "Wapping" was razed. There's only the Lord Rodney pub left. 100+ people to a toilet I have heard. Better gone :-)

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

@@johnnycolon3208 I agree. It's easy to get dewey-eyed about the past, or to see the photographs & think those houses were "quaint", but living in Heptonstall I walked past them often & even for my very young self it was hard to believe that people actually lived in those appalling conditions. The pictures simply don't capture the shabbiness & decayed condition of the buildings, or indeed the misery of those who through poverty were forced to live there.

[@johnnycolon3208]

@@Kevin-mx1vi Haha. I used to be one of those 'dewy eyed' ones funnily enough, regarding lost Colne. But I bumped into an old boy that grew up down Wapping and got chatting. He described what it was like living down there. Was a real eye opener. I was re-educated that day. It's a strange thing feeling reminiscent for something one has never experienced and that's a fact. Many thanks for sharing your memories from t'other side of the hill sir :-)