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  • Collection: Dave Pearson

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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.

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Various views around the town, with Wainhouse Tower taking centre stage. Legend has it that it was built so the owner could overlook his neighbour.

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Postcard dated February 1914.

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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!

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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.

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There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years became a minster. Postcard dated 1906.

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There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years it became a minster.

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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.

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There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years it became a minster.

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There has been a church on this site for many centuries and it became a Minster in the 2000s. On the left is Dispensary Walk. Postcard dated 1908.

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There has been a church on this site for many centuries and it became a Minster in the 2000s. Postcard dated 1930.

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This evocative view is largely unchanged today, though the buildings are significantly cleaner! Some well known names: Freeman Hardy Willis, Boots and the Union Hotel reputedly the oldest inn in Halifax. Some of the buildings at the top left were…

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This area of Halifax is high above the town. A reservoir there, opened in 1858, is a favourite local beauty spot. Postcard dated 1905.

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