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Halifax Town Hall - CBC06085
Halifax Town Hall was constructed in the early 1860s and was formally opened in 1863 by the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII. It is now a Grade 2 listed building.
Halifax Town Hall c 1970s - CBC06084
The main entrance to Halifax Town Hall
Old Woolshops, Halifax, 1970s. - CBC06083
A view down Woolshops. All the buildings visible were later demolished and replaced.
Wainhouse Tower - CBC06082
This is the tallest building in Calderdale and is named after John Wainhouse, the industrialist who funded it. Although originally planned as a chimney it was never used as one and remained as a folly, reputedly the tallest one in the world. …
Halifax Railway Station - CBC06080
The main building of Halifax Railway Station, at the time this picture was taken the building was out of railway use along with the visible platforms (dismantled rails can be seen in the foreground). The building is now used by Eureka Museum.
Halifax Town Hall - CBC06079
Above the main entrance door way to Halifax Town Hall.
Gaol Lane, Halifax - CBC06078
All the buildings in this view (with the probable exception of the one visible in the gap between the buildings) have been demolished. As the name suggests, Gaol Lane was the location of the Halifax Debtor's Prison between 1662 and 1868.
Halifax Town Hall, 1977 - CBC06076
Halifax Town Hall was designed by famed architect Charles Barry (who also designed the Houses of Parliament) although he died before the building was finished, the work being completed by his son. It was opened in 1863 by the then Prince of Wales,…
Crossley & Porter School. Halifax, c1978 - CBC06075
The school was originally founded in 1857 as an orphanage. It became a school in 1887. In 1919 it admitted day pupils for the first time. The current school is known as Crossley Heath, this is because it merged with the former Heath Grammar school…
Marlborough Hall, Crossley Street, Halifax, c 1978 - CBC06074
This building has seen various uses. It was originally built for the Halifax Mechanics Institute in 1856. At various times it has housed the Halifax School of Art, the first Halifax branch of the Yorkshire Penny Bank, Halifax's first cinema, known…
Belle Vue Library, Halifax - CBC06073
1979. This building was used as the towns main library from 1899 until the opening of the current library in 1983. It was also used as the natural history section of Halifax Museum.
Belle Vue Library, Lister Lane, Halifax - CBC06072
This building was constructed in the 1850s as a home for Sir Francis Crossley (owner of the carpet manufacturers) and was converted into the towns main library in 1899. It served in this capacity until the current library was opened in 1983. By a…
Belle Vue Library, Halifax, 1979 - CBC06071
This building was constructed in the 1850s as a home for Sir Francis Crossley (owner of the carpet manufacturers) and was converted into the towns main library in 1899. It served in this capacity until the current library was opened in 1983. By a…
Belle Vue Library, Halifax 1979 - CBC06070
This building was constructed in the 1850s as a home for Sir Francis Crossley (owner of the carpet manufacturers) and was converted into the towns main library in 1899. It served in this capacity until the current library was opened in 1983. By a…
Brunswick House, Rhodes Street, Halifax - CBC06064
Ref 086251 Brunswick House was originally built as a church but was converted for industrial use when that closed in the 1930s. It has since been demolished and the area used for social housing. It appears to be derelict in this view.
Brunswick House, Rhodes Street, Halifax - CBC06063
Ref 086251 This was built as the Brunswick United Methodist Free Chapel. The chapel was closed in 1937 and the building was then used for industrial purposes until its closure. It has since been demolished and the site is occupied by social…
Brunswick House, Rhodes Street, Halifax - CBC06062
This was built as the Brunswick United Methodist Free Chapel. The chapel was closed in 1937 and the building was then used for industrial purposes until its closure. It has since been demolished and the site is occupied by social housing. Ref…
Brunswick House, Rhodes Street, Halifax - CBC06061
Ref 086251 This was built as the Brunswick United Methodist Free Chapel. The chapel was closed in 1937 and the building was then used for industrial purposes until its closure. It has since been demolished and the site is occupied by social…
Edmondson's, Valley Road, Hebden Bridge - DEF00297
This building is believed to have come from Dawson City, above Heptonstall, which was the hutted village for the workforce building the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs. Seen here as a hardware shop, prior to this it housed the offices of a coal merchant.
Hebden Bridge Houses - DEF00294
Queens Terrace on the road up to Heptonstall. Sir Bernard Ingham was born here.
Mytholm, Hebden Bridge c.1975. - DEF00269
Mytholm Hall had been demolished to make way for the apartments seen here, Hebden Bridge Parish Church of St James the Great is behind.
Mytholm, Hebden Bridge c.1975. - DEF00268
Mytholm Hall had been demolished to make way for the apartments seen here, Hebden Bridge Parish Church of St James the Great is behind.
Birchcliffe, Hebden Bridge - DEF00267
This was a General Improvement Area, c1972. The houses on Industrial Street were renovated and the street re-named Garden Terrace.
Stag Cottage, Heptonstall - DEF00262
Renovation work in the 1970s.
Our Man at Large - DEF00260
Honest John's mill at Hawksclough, Mytholmroyd.
Our Man at Large was a Calder Civic Trust project, c1970, the aim of which was to draw attention to squalid places and litter which detracted from the attractions of the area, by using the…
Our Man at Large was a Calder Civic Trust project, c1970, the aim of which was to draw attention to squalid places and litter which detracted from the attractions of the area, by using the…