Horse drawn ambulance in front of Macpelah Works, at the junction of A646 and Station Road, Hebden Bridge. From the 1897 Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Historical Almanack – p57 “The first of February 1896, will long be remembered by the residents of Hebden Bridge, the occasion being the reception and formal presentation of an ambulance carriage to the town by Councillor Josiah Wade, of Halifax – a native of Hebden Bridge. Mr Wade is well-known both in his native town and the town of his adoption as a large-hearted and generous man. The carriage is fitted-up with the most modern appliances, and capable of carrying two persons at a time. A procession of the local lodges of Odd-fellows and Foresters, fire brigade, ambulance carriage and ambulance men, and Hebden Bridge and Heptonstall brass bands, was formed at the station, and proceeded by way of Machpelah, Commercial-street, Bridge-gate, and Market-street to the top of Bridge-lanes. On returning a meeting was held in front of the White Lion Hotel, where Mr Wade presented the carriage to Mr H. Clayton, the secretary, and Mr J. Haigh, the treasurer of the demonstration committee. In the evening a meeting was held in the Co-operative Hall, when the ambulance carriage was handed over to the District Council in the presence of a large assembly.”
