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Photographed before conversion for residential purposes.

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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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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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The newly built Shade School in 1904. Righthand corner the skew bridge over the Rochdale Canal with its castellated buttresses.
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