West End at the junction with Bridge Gate, left, and New Road, right. Chambers shop on the right later becomes Blackburn Ironmongers and Greaves Draper and Hosiery was later Z Spence florist who later moved to the corner of New Road and Crown…
West End at the junction with Bridge Gate, left, and New Road, right. Chambers shop on the right later becomes Blackburn Ironmongers and Greaves Draper and Hosiery was later Z Spence florist who later moved to the corner of New Road and Crown…
Ebenezer Particular Baptist Chapel, or Meeting House, was opened by John Fawcett in 1777. In 1858 it became the Sunday School for Hope Baptist Chapel and when a larger Sunday School was opened there in 1873 it was first leased and then sold becoming…
Possibly the oldest picture in the Pennine Horizons Archive.
Whit Monday 1856 with 3000 Sunday School scholars and teachers with banners, gathered in The Croft, or more correctly the White Horse Croft. Seen here looking over to the rear of…
This buidling was on the junction of Cow Green and Pellon Lane. It was closed in 1968 and demolished in 1971. The road in the centre of the picture leads to Gibbet Street, it was called Swine Market at this point. The area of town was also known…
The Princes Arcade was a covered shopping area in the centre of Halifax. It was opened in 1931. It was closed in the late 1970s at the same time as the old Woolshops which were adjacent, prior to demolition. This is now the site of W H Smiths.
This is a general view of Corn Market in Halifax looking down into Princess Street beyond. In the centre is the striking Art Deco Facade of Burton's tailors.
This view is looking down Gaol Lane from Market Street and shows the rear of the buildings in Woolshops. All the buildings in this view have long since been demolished.
This is the top of Woolshops Halifax. All the buildings in this picture have been demolished, apart from the 'Tudor' style one on the left, which was demolished but then rebuilt.