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Piece Hall, Halifax - PNH00989
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
Piece Hall, Halifax - PNH00962
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.
Piece Hall, Halifax, during restoration - PNH00952
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…
Gauxholme, Shade School - PNH00833
The newly built Shade School in 1904. Righthand corner the skew bridge over the Rochdale Canal with its castellated buttresses.
Gauxholme Viaduct. - PNH00832
General view pre-1914 over the No. 1 Viaduct and canal bridge looking up towards Walsden.
Todmorden - 19th Century General View. - PNH00831
PNH00831. View across the town with the Railway Station centre left. The locomotive and wagons date the photo at around 1880.
Todmorden - Rochdale Canal. - PNH00830
PNH00830.March 1990. View over the Canal to Stoodley Pike.
Todmorden, Burnley Road. - PNH00829
Free Masons Arms, Blind Lane, Burnley Road. Date unknown but pre First World War.
Todmorden Town Hall. - PNH00828
PNH00828. C.1914. The town Hall was opened April 1875. "The town hall in Todmorden straddles the River Calder and was situated in both Lancashire and Yorkshire until the county boundary was moved on January 1 1888. Designed by John Gibson of…
Todmorden Town Hall. - PNH00827
Opened April 1875. "The town hall in Todmorden straddles the River Calder and was situated in both Lancashire and Yorkshire until the county boundary was moved on January 1 1888. Designed by John Gibson of Westminster, this imposing building has a…
Todmorden - View across to Stoodley Pike. - PNH00826
June 1981. The Town Hall facade covered in scaffolding.
Sowerby Bridge. - PNH00824
PNH00824. Looking down to Town Hall Street.
Halifax from the West. - PNH00822
PNH00822. View across People's Park. Date unknown.
Halifax, General View. - PNH00821
PNH00821 c.1970. Looking across the station and good yards. On the far right at the bottom of Horton Street is the large 1885 double bay entrance building, replaced in the 1980s. The sidings under the footbridge, centre, are in course of being…
Luddenden - Kershaw House. - PNH00819
PNH00819.: Kershaw House is an example of an F plan house: two bays projecting from one main structure. In the 1500s it belonged to cloth manufacturer John Beaumont. The house was rebuilt in 1650 by James Murgatroyd." (From Weaver To Web -…
Luddenden Village. - PNH00818
PNH00818. Village scene with Murgatroyd's Oats Royd Mill on the skyline. The Mill was severely damaged by fire in February 1989 and the six storey mill building seen here was totally destroyed.
Mytholmroyd - General View. - PNH00816
Date unknown but prior to the construction of Calder High School in 1950. Cragg Road in the foreground.
Mytholmroyd - Methodist Church. - PNH00814
November 1998. Re-roofing the Methodist Church on Scout Road.
Mytholmroyd - Burnley Road. - PNH00812
PNH00812. March 1998. Ready for a flood - shop doors protected by sandbags!
Mytholmroyd - 'Royd' Pavilion. - PNH00811
PNH00811. November 1999.
Heptonstall - Smithwell Lane - PNH00810
Looking down Smithwell Lane towards Towngate after the sets had been covered with tarmacadam in the 1960s.
Heptonstall - Slack Top - PNH00809
Slack Top Tea Room in the 1960s