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Tram Accident at Halifax - DPC00595
This happened on the 1st of July 1906, on North Bridge. Tram number 94 went out of control as it travelled down New Bank and overturned on North Bridge. Two people were killed and 12 injured. The driver was dismissed and a strike ensued. By 31st…
Tags: Bridges, Halifax, North Bridge, Trams, Transport
Parish Church, Halifax - DPC00589
Old Tristram Poor Box. Postcard dated 1943 which says: I am writing this in the Queen Hotel, Halifax. We have just finished a lovely meal of bully beef sandwiches. I am very sorry but this is the best card I could get in this one-eyed Hole!
Parish Church, Halifax - DPC00587
There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years became a minster. This is a good shot of the interior.
Parish Church, Halifax - DPC00585
There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years became a minster. Postcard dated 1906.
Parish Church, Halifax - DPC00583
There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years it became a minster.
Parish Church, Halifax - DPC00582
There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years it became a minster. A moonlit view of the church.
Parish Church, Halifax - DPC00580
There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years it became a minster.
Halifax Parish Church - DPC00578
There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years became a minster. This is a nice line drawing by George Fossick.
Halifax Parish Church - DPC00576
There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years became a minster.
Halifax Parish Church - DPC00574
There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years it became a minster. There is an interesting glimpse of buildings to the right which are no longer there today.
Halifax Parish Church - DPC00572
There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years it became a minster.
North Bridge, Halifax - DPC00570
This view looks towards the road out of Halifax towards Leeds and Bradford. The Grand Theatre was demolished in the 1950s, the buildings on the left remain today. The mills and chimneys at the far end of the bridge no longer exist. All of the…
Tags: Bridges, Halifax, North Bridge, streets
North Bridge, Halifax - DPC00568
This view looks towards the road out of Halifax towards Leeds and Bradford. The Grand Theatre was demolished in the 1950s, the buildings on the left remain today. The mills and chimneys at the far end of the bridge no longer exist.
Tags: Bridges, Halifax, North Bridge, streets
Bull Green House - DPC00566
The cost of building this impressive structure is quoted on this card as £58,703 in the 1920s. It remains intact today but the public toilets (which became a bar called WC's in the 1980s!) have gone. Most of the area fronting the building is now car…
Tags: Bull Green, Halifax, Places, streets
Crown Street, Halifax - DPC00562
An atmospheric shot of Crown Street with a full moon highlighting the scene.
Tags: Crown Street, Halifax, Street Names, streets
Top of Woolshops & Market Street, Halifax, 1830 - DPC00558
Postcard of a print drawn by Joseph Rideal Smith and printed by Stott Brothers, lithographers of Halifax, from Smith's series of a dozen views, "Old Halifax", the set selling for 50 shillings. So commercially successful were Smith's drawings that he…
Tags: Halifax, Market Street, Places, Street Names, streets, Woolshops
The Wagoners' Inn, northgate, 1840 - DPC00556
Postcard of a print from 1893, drawn by Joseph Rideal Smith and printed by Stott Brothers, lithographers of Halifax, from Smith's series of a dozen views, "Old Halifax", the set selling for 50 shillings. So commercially successful were Smith's…
Tags: Halifax, Northgate, streets, Waggoners Inn
George Street, Halifax - DPC00554
This scene looks very different today, the lovely lawns and flowerbeds are now given over to car parking. There was for many years a row of cherry trees which were a wonderful sight in the spring. Unfortunately it was decided that they should be cut…
Tags: George Street, Halifax, streets
Silver Street, Halifax - DPC00552
This busy street in the town centre is largely unchanged today.
Tags: Halifax, Silver Street, streets
King Edward Street and Arcade Royale, Halifax - DPC00550
These impressive buildings were used for many years by the Cooperative and had many departments: clothing, furniture, a pharmacy and even a travel agent! The view down this street is unchanged today, apart from the road surface.
Tags: Arcade Royale, Halifax, King Edward Street, streets