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  • Date contains "1970s"

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Junction of Parkinson Lane and Queen's Road, Halifax.

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This is the bottom of Woolshops after all the property had been demolished. The road on the right was called Square (just Square) The area of land to the right had numerous buildings on it and was known as Hatter's Fold. King Street starts where the…

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These chimneys were part of Halifax power station, located roughly where Sainsbury's is today. Sometimes nicknamed 'Salt and Pepper' they were built in the late 1930s and demolished in 1975 although there had been a failed attempt to blow them up…

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This building was at one time the Race Relations Office for the town.

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Holly Bank House? This building was at one time in the 1960's the Youth Employment Office / Career's Centre. It was later purchased by Bass Charrington brewery and turned into a pub called "The Bass House".

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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…

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Looking at the rate of fall from Halifax side.

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Looking up Princess Street towards Halifax Town Hall. C 1980

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Looking up Princess Street towards Halifax Town Hall. C 1980

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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 road in the foreground is Wood Lane, leading through the arch to Ovenden Wood Road. On the skyline are houses in Moor End Road, left is the Corporation Development, given planning permission in April 1949, centre, private development pre-war,…

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Looking East beyond Lower High Sunderland. Salterlee Primary School is on the left with Kell Lane running down to Stump Cross on the right.

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CMBC Ref 087252. The Gibbet was a means of execution used in Halifax in the 16th and 17th centuries. This non-working replica was constructed on the site of the original in 1974.

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Looking North near Rodridge Farm, Shibden.

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Looking South East towards Staups Lane, Stump Cross
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