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The view is from above Mount Tabor, Moor End Rd runs left towards Pellon & Heath Hill Road runs right to Warley and Norton Tower. West End Golf Course is centre left.

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Towards the top left of the picture can be seen the former railway viaduct at Wyke. This was part of the 'Pickle Bridge' line that linked the Halilfax- Bradford line with Brighouse. In this view it appears to be complete. It was partially…

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Once the home of Edward Akroyd (owner of the mill at Dean Clough and also MP for Halifax for 10 years) this building was later a library and is now a museum.

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Bankfield was previously the home of noted industrialist Edward Akroyd.

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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This shows the view down Broad Street showing the Odeon Cinema (now a bingo hall) and the now demolished Bowling Alley.

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This is a view up Broad Street. The then new bowling alley was later converted into a supermarket and has since been demolished. The bowling alley was opened in February 1964 by Coronation Street star Pat Phoenix who played Elsie Tanner. The large…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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.

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Free School Lane, opposite Crossley Heath School, the houses on the left are actually addressed Saville Park.

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The building on the right was the South End School. It was closed and demolished and is now the site of the Co-op. Some of the stone was used on the new building.

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Another view of the large amount of work that was done on Charles Street and Winding Road in the 1980s. The multi-storey car park is being constructed on the left.

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The building in the foreground has now gone but the building with Holt on it (which is on Chatham Street itself) is still in existence. The church building is St Mary's Catholic Church on Gibbet Street.

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The near road running L to R is New Street and the other is Towngate.

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This shows the view up Commercial Street, Rawson Street goes off to the right, the Post Office is on the left. The cupula on the top of what is now the Victoria Theatre can be seen.
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