Browse Items (237 total)

  • Collection: CMBC Conservation and Planning collection

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06106.jpg
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.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06107.jpg
Looking up Princess Street towards Halifax Town Hall. C 1980

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06108.jpg
Looking up Princess Street towards Halifax Town Hall. C 1980

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06109.jpg
Looking at the rate of fall from Halifax side.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06110.jpg
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…

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06121.jpg
On the left hand side can be seen the entrance to the Old Arcade which goes between Russell Street and Corn Market. This is the junction with Market Street.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06122.jpg
Top right is where this street crosses Southgate.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06124.jpg
This scene is almost unrecognisable from the Northgate of today as many of the buildings have since been demolished. The church building on the right appears to be Northgate End Chapel, built in 1871 and demolished in 1982.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06119.jpg
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".

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06120.jpg
This building was at one time the Race Relations Office for the town.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06128.jpg
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…

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06133.jpg
The road undergoing a large reconstruction before the redevelopment of this area.

http://www.penninehorizons.org/Omeka_photos/CBC06134.jpg
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…
Output Formats

atom, csv, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2