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Postcard dated November 1907
Bird's Eye view of Halifax West - DPC00301
Postcard dated 1915. Photo taken from Wainhouse Tower. Burnley Road is to the left and Warley Road is in th eCentre
Multi-view Postcard of Elland - DPC00309
Postcard dated October 1920.
Belle Vue Mansion, Halifax - DPC00331
The war memorial was moved from here to adjacent to the Minsteer in 1980.
The Palace & Hippodrome, Halifax - DPC00333
The Palace Theatre and Hippodrome in Halifax was referred to as the 'sweetest theatre in the north' as a result of the methods used in building it when, during bitterly cold weather, quantities of sugar were mixed with the mortar to prevent it from…
Akroyd Park, Halifax - DPC00337
The house on the left of this picture was originally the home of Colonel Akroyd, a Halifax industrialist.
The Rocks, Halifax - DPC00339
This area is near to Wainhouse Tower, seen to the left of the rock. Above right (unseen) is Albert Promenade, a road off Skircoat Moor Road which offers fine views over the Sowerby and Norland hillside.
Princess Street, Halifax - DPC00341
This is a view of the magnificent Town Hall, one of a series of fine victorian buildings in the town. The postcard is dated January 1913.
Victoria Hall, Halifax - DPC00343
Opened in February 1901, this fine building has had a number of names since that time. Its fortunes have varied over the decades, and was purchased by Halifax Borough Council in 1960. Amongst other things, it hosted pop groups in the 1960s, wrestling…
Belvoir Gardens, Halifax - DPC00345
This row of houses is in the Skircoat Road area of Halifax.
All Saints' Church, Salterhebble, Halifax - DPC00347
Postcard dated 1918. In November 1996, All Saints' celebrated the 150th anniversary. The infant Church of England parish was one of the new districts resulting from Sir Robert Peel's New Parishes Act of 1843, designed to make pastoral and other…