On the left hand side can be seen the entrance to the Old Arcade which goes between Russell Street and Corn Market. This is the junction with Market Street.
David Howe has attempted to date this photo. He has one showing the construction work associated with Burdock Way/New Bank taken in the summer of 1972, in which the power station and associated cooling towers were still present. Moreover his photo…
The building in the foreground has now gone but the building with Holt on it (which is on Chatham Street itself) is still in existence. The church building is St Mary's Catholic Church on Gibbet Street.
CMBC Ref 087252. The Gibbet was a means of execution used in Halifax in the 16th and 17th centuries. This non-working replica was constructed on the site of the original in 1974.
Halifax Town Hall was constructed in the early 1860s and was formally opened in 1863 by the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII. It is now a Grade 2 listed building.
This is the tallest building in Calderdale and is named after John Wainhouse, the industrialist who funded it. Although originally planned as a chimney it was never used as one and remained as a folly, reputedly the tallest one in the world. …