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  • Tags: Aerial view, Halifax

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06228.jpg
Taken in the early 1960s. Halifax Royal Infirmary is towards the right of the picture, and at the bottom is Crossley Heath School.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06215.jpg
Moor End Road runs down the right of the picture. Webster's Ovenden Wood Breweryis in the centre. To the left you can see Wheatley Viaduct on the Halifax High Level Railway. Halifax town centre is top centre.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06214.jpg
Moor End Road and Pellon.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06212.jpg
Beacon Hill is in the centre with Southowram beyond. Shibden Valley is to the left and Halifax to the right.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06177.jpg
To the right centre of the view can be seen Hunger Hill with The Shay Stadium to the left of it and Shaw Lodge flats at the very left. In the foreground is the industrial area around Water Hill and the railway line can be seen crossing the picture…

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06176.jpg
Picture probably taken from Beacon Hill, shows Hunger Hill in the centre with The Shay Stadium (then both Football and Speedway) to the left and below that the industrial area around Water Hill. To the top right of the picture can be seen the then…

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06059.jpg
The roundabout on the top right is Bull Green, and People's Park towards bottom left. Ref 415430

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06040.jpg
Aerial view of Halifax. Left of centre is Halifax General Hospital.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06110.jpg
David Howe has attempted to date this photo. He has one showing the construction work associated with Burdock Way/New Bank taken in the summer of 1972, in which the power station and associated cooling towers were still present. Moreover his photo…

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06109.jpg
Looking at the rate of fall from Halifax side.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/LYR00175.jpg
LYRS2700. Date unknown but probably about 1970. The connections to the GNR platforms to the station front have gone as has the Platform 3 line to the rear but the track to North Bridge is still there. The only railway activity today centres on the…
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