Winding Road was being rebuilt (to accomodate the new bus station?) at this time. On the right can be seen the start of construction on the multi-storey car park, with with the Industrial Museum beyond and the spire of Square Church.
Another view of the large amount of work that was done on Charles Street and Winding Road in the 1980s. The multi-storey car park is being constructed on the left.
This view is a view of the junction where Burnley Road and Rochdale Road meet leading to the then new Aachen Way, which was built to bypass the 'bottle neck' at King Cross.
The then new Aachen Way, which was built to bypass King Cross. The industrial buidlings in the background have since been demolished and is now the site of Tescos car park.
Halifax Station is at the bottom and the Mackintosh sweet factory is just beyond. The company was subsequently bought by Nestle and whilst confectionery is still produced in Halifax the number of buildings have been reduced.
The road/track across the foreground is Long Lane and is on the Shibden side of Beacon Hill. At the top of this picture is the area around Halifax railway station including the Mackintosh factory and the now demolished viaduct that linked the station…
Moor End Road runs down the right of the picture. Webster's Ovenden Wood Breweryis in the centre. To the left you can see Wheatley Viaduct on the Halifax High Level Railway. Halifax town centre is top centre.
This is a view up Broad Street. The then new bowling alley was later converted into a supermarket and has since been demolished. The bowling alley was opened in February 1964 by Coronation Street star Pat Phoenix who played Elsie Tanner. The large…
This view would have been taken somewhere close to North Bridge and shows the power station and other industrial buildings in the bottom end of town. Very few of the buildilngs in this picture still survive. The cooling towers were demolished in…