Here is a image of one if not the biggest fires ever seen in Brighouse and was described at the time as the great fire at Alexander Mills 26 October 1903.

This photograph is courtesy of Betty Longbottom through Geograph 2009.

Have you ever wondered how old your house is and what was on the site before it was built. Let us use this street as an example. Oakroyd Close is a comparatively new cul-de-sac of modern family houses on Bradford Road, Brighouse but what was on this site before these houses were built.

Now here is a real mystery photograph for you. It was taken on the 25 February 1995. It is a narrow passageway which is not there now, in fact the low building on the left and the higher building on the right have been demolished and is now a car park.

The history of the seven-storey building in the distance and to the left dates back to the nineteenth century. This mill was second in size to the huge Alexander Mill in Mill Royd Street which burnt down in October 1903.

For those readers who attended St Martin's School in Church Lane, Brighouse, you might remember being given one of these blotters.  They were used for advertising the Yorkshire Bank school accounts that were being promoted through the bank and most local schools.