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Halifax Station - DPC00593
This view of the approach to the station with its cobbled road remains much the same, but the frontage is of a more modern design today.
Halifax Technical Schools - DPC00269
Postcard dated July 1923
Halifax tram - DPC00383
One of the trams of the town heading towards the Old Station. A prominent advertisement for the building society. Halifax Corporation Tramways were in operation from June 1898 until February 1939.
Halifax Zoo - DPC00455
This short-lived business was very popular in the early part of the 20th C. It was situated in Exley.
Halifax Zoo and Amusement park - DPC00405
The zoo was situated at Exley and was open during the early part of the 20thC. The 'African Forest Bred Lions' look rather cramped in their tiny enclosure. Postcard dated September 1912.
Halifax, Southgate - DPC00371
The right hand side of the street here is very little changed since this photograph was taken. The fine facade of the Borough market remains intact today, although the street is pedestrianised. The clock tower of the Town Hall can be seen mid shot…
Hall End, Halifax - DPC00184
Postcard dated April 1905
Heath Grammar School, Halifax - DPC00627
This school was once known as the Free School, hence the name of the road on which it is situated. it is now a training centre. Postcard dated 1907.
Horton Street, Halifax - DPC00433
This street leads down to the railway station and is quite steep. Most of the buildings remain today and have had a variety of guises. The Albert Works building was at one time a furniture store and the building on the left was at one time one of…
Huddersfield Road - DPC00611
A marketing exercise for the short lived Halifax Zoo. The miserable looking elephant is being used as a sandwich board carrier. The view down this road is very similar today.
Huddersfield Road - DPC00615
The view along this road is little changed today apart from the type and amount, of traffic. The Stafford Arms was until recently still an inn. It is Indian restaurant today. Postcard dated 1938.
Huddersfield Road, Halifax - DPC00435
This is the main road from Halifax to Huddersfield and there are many fine houses lining it, probably residences of wealthy merchants and mill owners. The Stafford Arms Inn on the left is now an Indian restaurant.
John Mackintosh Memorial Homes, Halifax - DPC00643
These houses are on Savile Moor Road and were funded by the Mackintosh family of toffee fame. They are not as visible today because of all the trees which have grown up around the site today.
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.
Lady Firth Hut, Halifax - DPC00113
The original part of the complex we now know as Calderdale Royal Hospital at Skircoat, Halifax, was opened in 1901 as the Halifax Union Workhouse Infirmary, or Poor Law Hospital, but soon became a general hospital, St Luke’s. During the First World…