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Tram Accident at Halifax - DPC00595
This happened on the 1st of July 1906, on North Bridge. Tram number 94 went out of control as it travelled down New Bank and overturned on North Bridge. Two people were killed and 12 injured. The driver was dismissed and a strike ensued. By 31st…
Halifax Station - DPC00593
This view of the approach to the station with its cobbled road remains much the same, but the frontage is of a more modern design today.
Halifax Station - DPC00591
View of the approach to the station with its cobbled. The frontage has been remodelled. This photograph is on a postcard with a mark of 1917. The houses clinging to the Southowram hillside have mostly gone.
Parish Church, Halifax - DPC00589
Old Tristram Poor Box. Postcard dated 1943 which says: I am writing this in the Queen Hotel, Halifax. We have just finished a lovely meal of bully beef sandwiches. I am very sorry but this is the best card I could get in this one-eyed Hole!
Parish Church, Halifax - DPC00587
There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years became a minster. This is a good shot of the interior.
Parish Church, Halifax - DPC00585
There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years became a minster. Postcard dated 1906.
Parish Church, Halifax - DPC00583
There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years it became a minster.
Parish Church, Halifax - DPC00582
There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years it became a minster. A moonlit view of the church.
Parish Church, Halifax - DPC00580
There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years it became a minster.
Halifax Parish Church - DPC00578
There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years became a minster. This is a nice line drawing by George Fossick.
Halifax Parish Church - DPC00576
There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years became a minster.
Halifax Parish Church - DPC00574
There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years it became a minster. There is an interesting glimpse of buildings to the right which are no longer there today.
Halifax Parish Church - DPC00572
There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years it became a minster.
North Bridge, Halifax - DPC00570
This view looks towards the road out of Halifax towards Leeds and Bradford. The Grand Theatre was demolished in the 1950s, the buildings on the left remain today. The mills and chimneys at the far end of the bridge no longer exist. All of the…
North Bridge, Halifax - DPC00568
This view looks towards the road out of Halifax towards Leeds and Bradford. The Grand Theatre was demolished in the 1950s, the buildings on the left remain today. The mills and chimneys at the far end of the bridge no longer exist.
Bull Green House - DPC00566
The cost of building this impressive structure is quoted on this card as £58,703 in the 1920s. It remains intact today but the public toilets (which became a bar called WC's in the 1980s!) have gone. Most of the area fronting the building is now car…
Wards End, Halifax - DPC00564
This view today is little changed with the exception of the Palace Theatre which was demolished and replaced by a modern building in the 1960s. The theatre at the top of the street has had a variety of guises over the years since, a cinema, a bingo…
Crown Street, Halifax - DPC00562
An atmospheric shot of Crown Street with a full moon highlighting the scene.
Top of Woolshops & Market Street, Halifax, 1830 - DPC00558
Postcard of a print drawn by Joseph Rideal Smith and printed by Stott Brothers, lithographers of Halifax, from Smith's series of a dozen views, "Old Halifax", the set selling for 50 shillings. So commercially successful were Smith's drawings that he…
The Wagoners' Inn, northgate, 1840 - DPC00556
Postcard of a print from 1893, drawn by Joseph Rideal Smith and printed by Stott Brothers, lithographers of Halifax, from Smith's series of a dozen views, "Old Halifax", the set selling for 50 shillings. So commercially successful were Smith's…
George Street, Halifax - DPC00554
This scene looks very different today, the lovely lawns and flowerbeds are now given over to car parking. There was for many years a row of cherry trees which were a wonderful sight in the spring. Unfortunately it was decided that they should be cut…
Silver Street, Halifax - DPC00552
This busy street in the town centre is largely unchanged today.
King Edward Street and Arcade Royale, Halifax - DPC00550
These impressive buildings were used for many years by the Cooperative and had many departments: clothing, furniture, a pharmacy and even a travel agent! The view down this street is unchanged today, apart from the road surface.
Town Hall, Halifax - DPC00548
This magnificent building was the main seat of the local council until the 'new' offices were built in the late 1970s on Northgate. The Town Hall was designed by the same architect who designed the Houses of Parliament, Charles Barry. The amount of…
Town Hall, Halifax - DPC00546
This view is largely unchanged today, The building on the right was demolished and the Burton Tailor group was based there, with the Alexandra dance hall above. For many years it was known as Palin's. Pearl Palin held dance classes there and it was a…