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Originally a cloth hall for selling pieces of cloth, it was ceremoniously opened on January 1st 1779. It flourished for 35 years but increasing mechanisation undermined the handloom weaver and the Piece Hall became redundant. In 1868 it was signed…

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Originally a cloth hall for selling pieces of cloth, it was ceremoniously opened on January 1st 1779. It flourished for 35 years but increasing mechanisation undermined the handloom weaver and the Piece Hall became redundant. In 1868 it was signed…

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Hot air balloon over the Piece Hall.

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Bi-centenary Whit Sing, 1979

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Visit by the Duchess of Kent

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This photograph must be pre 24th March 1974, the date on which the cooling towers were demolished. For more information about the power station see http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/community/nostalgia/towers-that-refused-to-die-1-1922270

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In 1871 the Piece Hall adapted to the times and bcame a Wholesale Fruit & Vegetable market. This photograph may have been taken in the 1920s or 1930s.

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Three films on this week, Pretty Ladies with Tom Moore, Go West with Buster Keaton, and Rose of the World.

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Two films on this week, Lon Chaney in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and The Passionate Adventure.

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Two films on this week, Pearl White in Know Your Men, and George K. Arthur and The Wheels of Chance.
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