Ragley from above Heptonstall
The road from Mytholm to Jack Bridge. Back of photo says taken 1960.
Collection: Alice Longstaff Gallery
Alice Longstaff (née Speak) (d. 1992 aged 85) was a remarkable lady. Born at Little Lear Ings farm in Heptonstall on May 16 1907, she started work at 14 years old, in September 1921, as apprentice photographer at the Westerman Studio, 25 West End, Hebden Bridge. Crossley Westerman had established the studio in 1890; on his death in 1918 his daughter Ada took over the business, and it was Ada who trained the young apprentice. Alice remained there for the next 70 years. In 1935 she and her family bought the business, and her brother Clement became the framer and darkroom technician, until he died in 1963. In 1935 Alice married John Longstaff who joined the business as picture framer when Clement died, and they continued to work together until her death in 1992.
Collection Items
Railway to Walshaw
The road from Mytholm to Jack Bridge. Back of photo says taken 1960.
Railway Viaduct, Mytholmroyd
The road from Mytholm to Jack Bridge. Back of photo says taken 1960.
Ready for Church
The road from Mytholm to Jack Bridge. Back of photo says taken 1960.
Ready for the parade
The road from Mytholm to Jack Bridge. Back of photo says taken 1960.
Ready to Ride
The road from Mytholm to Jack Bridge. Back of photo says taken 1960.
Rebuilding Moderna Bridge
The road from Mytholm to Jack Bridge. Back of photo says taken 1960.
Rebuilding the canal bridge at Fallingroyd
The road from Mytholm to Jack Bridge. Back of photo says taken 1960.
Rebuilding the canal bridge at Moderna
The road from Mytholm to Jack Bridge. Back of photo says taken 1960.
Regent House, New Road, Hebden Bridge
The road from Mytholm to Jack Bridge. Back of photo says taken 1960.
Regent House, West End, Hebden Bridge
The road from Mytholm to Jack Bridge. Back of photo says taken 1960.
Rehobeth Baptist Chapel, Roomfield, Todmorden
The road from Mytholm to Jack Bridge. Back of photo says taken 1960.