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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…
Wards End, Halifax - DPC00413
The Ramsden's Brewery building on the left of the picture was demolished and replaced by the very modern Halifax Building Society opened in the early 1980s. The roundabout is no longer there, traffic is controlled by lights today. Postcard dated…
Union Street, Halifax - DPC00419
The view along this street bears no resemblance to today's scene apart from the lower end of the Borough Market on the right. The only building that remained after the redevelopment in the 1980s is on the right with the two gable ends and is now a…
Union Street, Halifax - DPC00287
Unusually for old pictures, most of the buildings in this view are still there.
Union Street Tram Terminus, Halifax - DPC00429
This view is the lower end of Union Street with Westgate on the right (sign visible above the gent leaning on the lamp-post). The shop fronts on the left remain today, the date of the picture is probably the 1920s. The cobbles and tramlines have…
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…
The Post Office, Halifax - DPC00535
The very handsome Post Office building on Commercial Street, now disused, with the main office at present in the WH Smith shop at Woolshops. The shop on the left was for many years a very popular toyshop. Postcard dated 1019.
The Post Office - DPC00533
The very handsome Post Office building on Commercial Street, now disused, with the main office at present in the WH Smith shop at Woolshops. The shop on the left was for many years a very popular toyshop.
The Borough Market Halifax - DPC00415
This view is little changed today with the exception of the canopies and of course the carts and horses. And the stonework is considerably cleaner today. Postcard dated 1908.
Stafford Avenue, Halifax - DPC00369
This lovely tree lined avenue is near the hospital in the town and leads to Huddersfield Road. It was and still is, one of the many desirable residential areas in the town. Postcard dated 1907.
Southgate, Halifax - DPC00285
Postcard dated October 1913.
Silver Street, Halifax - DPC00552
This busy street in the town centre is largely unchanged today.
Silver Street, Halifax - DPC00477
This street is off Huddersfield Road and leads down to the town centre. The Victory Lounge on the right was a popular venue in the 1920s and 30s, probably when this image was captured. Most of the buldings remain today.
Salterhebble, Halifax - DPC00208
Postcard dated August 1916.
