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Derelict properties, detail not known. - CBC06190
Probably the top of Siddal.
Dereliction, location (?). - CBC06193
Possibly Siddal top.
Elland - CBC06252
River Calder is on the left, Century Rd runs to the right of this picture. The area has now been restored and has woodland and riverside paths.
Elland Parish Church, 1979 - CBC06247
This church was first established arond 1180 and the main part of the building is believed to have been built in the 14th and 15th centuries.
Entrance to Princes Arcade, Halifax, early 1960s - CBC06173
The Princes Arcade was a covered shopping area in the centre of Halifax. It was opened in 1931. It was closed in the late 1970s at the same time as the old Woolshops which were adjacent, prior to demolition. This is now the site of W H Smiths.
Former Post Office, Commercial Street, Halifax - CBC06087
Ref 092251 The main part of the building was constructed in 1887 with an extension for a telephone exchange added in 1926.
Fountain at Spring Edge, King Cross, Halifax - CBC06161
The fountain was erected in 1884. The photo appears to have been taken from Free School Lane. Date unknown but possibly 1980s as the new housing estate at Spring Edge can be seen, looking new.
Gaol Lane, Halifax - CBC06078
All the buildings in this view (with the probable exception of the one visible in the gap between the buildings) have been demolished. As the name suggests, Gaol Lane was the location of the Halifax Debtor's Prison between 1662 and 1868.
Gaol Lane, Halifax, 1968 - CBC06171
This view is looking down Gaol Lane from Market Street and shows the rear of the buildings in Woolshops. All the buildings in this view have long since been demolished.
George Square, Halifax - CBC06024
Ref 092251
George Square, Halifax - CBC06025
The style of phone boxes pictured (known as K8) were introduced in 1968 so this picture can be no earlier than that.
George Square, Halifax, c1980 - CBC06021
Ref 092251
Grand Junction Hotel, Cow Green, Halifax, early 1960s - CBC06175
This buidling was on the junction of Cow Green and Pellon Lane. It was closed in 1968 and demolished in 1971. The road in the centre of the picture leads to Gibbet Street, it was called Swine Market at this point. The area of town was also known…
Halifax Central Area - CBC06019
Halifax Central Area from Haley Hill Flats 1978
Halifax - CBC06226
The junction is King Street on the right joining Charles Street from the bottom, and Winding Road runs up and left in front of the stone cleaned Old Post Office public house. The garage in the foreground is now a fast fit tyre business. Most of the…
Halifax c 1960 - CBC06221
The rear of the Nat West Bank which is on the corner of Waterhouse Street and Crown Street. The left part is the rear of Accapulco Night Club. The car park had 2 storey shops with another night club built on it in the late 60s, it is now (2020) a car…
Halifax circa 1970s - CBC06176
Picture probably taken from Beacon Hill, shows Hunger Hill in the centre with The Shay Stadium (then both Football and Speedway) to the left and below that the industrial area around Water Hill. To the top right of the picture can be seen the then…
Halifax circa late 1970s - CBC06177
To the right centre of the view can be seen Hunger Hill with The Shay Stadium to the left of it and Shaw Lodge flats at the very left. In the foreground is the industrial area around Water Hill and the railway line can be seen crossing the picture…
Halifax Cooling Towers - CBC06128
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…
Halifax Gas Works - CBC06191
The church of St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount, is prominent on the horizon
Halifax Post Office - CBC06015
Post Office, Commercial St., Halifax 1978