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Embroidered Postcard - MCH00247
Message on the back reads: The visit to Halifax of the Welsh guards in June 1940 brings pleasant memories. D. Jenkins 1st Bn Weslsh guards.
Heptonstall Red Star Team - MCH00243
1911-12 season. They later became Heptonstall AFC and then joined with the Hebden Bridge team to become Hebden Royd Red Star.
Going Out to play - MCH00242
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Unknown Location - MCH00241
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Unknown Location - MCH00240
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Unknown Location - MCH00239
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Hawkridge's Refreshment Rooms, Mount Pleasant - MCH00238
This is on Back Lane, Ogden, Halifax.
Brewery, Ripponden - MCH00234
Ripponden Free Brewery Co. Ltd, Hanging Lee Mill, Hanging Lane, Ripponden, West Yorkshire.
Registered March 1900 as the Sowerby Bridge & District United Clubs Brewery Co. Ltd.
Wound up 17th November 1923 and a new company was registered as above in…
Registered March 1900 as the Sowerby Bridge & District United Clubs Brewery Co. Ltd.
Wound up 17th November 1923 and a new company was registered as above in…
Long Wall, Elland - MCH00233
Long Wall is the name of the road with an embankment on the left and a cutting on the right. Elland Bridge can be seen on the left hand edge of the photo spanning the River Calder
St Luke's Hospital, Halifax, 1900s - MCH00230
St Luke’s Hospital was built around 1897 as the Poor Law Union infirmary for the sick poor in Halifax. During World War I it became a military hospital. After the abolition of the Poor Laws in the 1920s the hospital was eventually transferred to the…
Soldiers Memorial, Halifax. - MCH00229
To be found at West View Park, Halifax, off Warley Road.
The land was given to the town by local mill-owners Henry Charles McCrea (Mayor of Halifax 1869-1871) and Enoch Robinson (Mayor of Halifax 1904-1905). The park was opened in 1897.
The war…
The land was given to the town by local mill-owners Henry Charles McCrea (Mayor of Halifax 1869-1871) and Enoch Robinson (Mayor of Halifax 1904-1905). The park was opened in 1897.
The war…
Mansion at Akroyd Park, Halifax. (Boothtown, Halifax?) - MCH00228
Akroyd Park's 8 acres and Bankfield House were built for Edward Akroyd (1810-1887), who lived there from 1837 to 1856. They were opened to the public after his death in 1887. He was the grandson of James Akroyd, who in 1811 founded the world's…
Bermeerside Hall, Skircoat Green, Halifax - MCH00227
Away from the industrial grime, the school would provide a space for children to be able to address breathing problems.
Halifax Sunday School Centenary Second Celebration Whit Tuesday 1890 - MCH00226
Being held in the Piece Hall, Halifax. The Spire of Square Church can be seen in the middle ground.
The Crossley and Porter Orphanage, Halifax. - MCH00225
In 1857, Francis, John and Joseph Crossley, of the Halifax carpet empire set up an educational college. The building was started in 1857 on 8 acre site off Free School Lane, Halifax. It was named after Heath School founded in 1600. It was changed to…
The Rocks, Albert Promenade, Halifax. - MCH00223
Wainhouse Tower can be seen on the left.
Clay House and Gardens, West Vale, Halifax - MCH00222
Clay House is a Jacobean building that is a fine example of 17th century vernacular architecture. It was built for John Clay and the Clay family around 1650, although a house owned by Robert Clay on the site is mentioned before in 1296. The grounds…