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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 in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years became a minster. This is a nice line drawing by George Fossick.

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There has been a church in this site for at least 700 years and in recent years 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. There is an interesting glimpse of buildings to the right which are no longer there today.

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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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This view looks towards the road out of Halifax towards Leeds and Bradford. The Grand Theatre was demolished in the 1950s, the buildings on the left remain today. The mills and chimneys at the far end of the bridge no longer exist. All of the…

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This view looks towards the road out of Halifax towards Leeds and Bradford. The Grand Theatre was demolished in the 1950s, the buildings on the left remain today. The mills and chimneys at the far end of the bridge no longer exist.

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The cost of building this impressive structure is quoted on this card as £58,703 in the 1920s. It remains intact today but the public toilets (which became a bar called WC's in the 1980s!) have gone. Most of the area fronting the building is now car…

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This view today is little changed with the exception of the Palace Theatre which was demolished and replaced by a modern building in the 1960s. The theatre at the top of the street has had a variety of guises over the years since, a cinema, a bingo…

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An atmospheric shot of Crown Street with a full moon highlighting the scene.

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Postcard of a print drawn by Joseph Rideal Smith and printed by Stott Brothers, lithographers of Halifax, from Smith's series of a dozen views, "Old Halifax", the set selling for 50 shillings. So commercially successful were Smith's drawings that he…

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Postcard of a print from 1893, drawn by Joseph Rideal Smith and printed by Stott Brothers, lithographers of Halifax, from Smith's series of a dozen views, "Old Halifax", the set selling for 50 shillings. So commercially successful were Smith's…

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This scene looks very different today, the lovely lawns and flowerbeds are now given over to car parking. There was for many years a row of cherry trees which were a wonderful sight in the spring. Unfortunately it was decided that they should be cut…

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This busy street in the town centre is largely unchanged today.

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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.

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This magnificent building was the main seat of the local council until the 'new' offices were built in the late 1970s on Northgate. The Town Hall was designed by the same architect who designed the Houses of Parliament, Charles Barry. The amount of…

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This view is largely unchanged today, The building on the right was demolished and the Burton Tailor group was based there, with the Alexandra dance hall above. For many years it was known as Palin's. Pearl Palin held dance classes there and it was a…

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This view is largely unchanged today, The building on the right was demolished and the Burton Tailor group was based there, with the Alexandra dance hall above. For many years it was known as Palin's. Pearl Palin held dance classes there and it was a…

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This magnificent building was the main seat of the local council until the 'new' offices were built in the late 1970s on Northgate. The buildings on the left remain and are now the Swan Hotel. Postcard dated 1909.

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This theatre is still in use today and is a popular entertainment venue. In the 1960s many of the upcoming pop bands played there and in the same decade, and the 1970s live wrestling marches were shown. At one time there were at least five or six…

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The very handsome Post Office building on Commercial Street, now disused, with the main office at present in the WH Smith shop at Woolshops. The shop on the left was for many years a very popular toyshop. Postcard dated 1019.

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The very handsome Post Office building on Commercial Street, now disused, with the main office at present in the WH Smith shop at Woolshops. The shop on the left was for many years a very popular toyshop.

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The view along this busy street is just the same today, nut the shops on the left side of the street are used today by Harvey's Department Store. The Clarks store was used by the Coop with many different departments for many years until the 1990s.…

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Alderman Hodgson resplendent in robes and hat along with several legal looking gentlemen on a temporary platform outside the Town Hall.
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