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Victoria Hall, Halifax - DPC00168
Postcard dated September 1906.
VE Day, June 18th 1945 - MCH00199
Southgate, Halifax packed with dancers and spectators at 10 p.m. During the war we had double summer time.
VE Day, Halifax, June 18th 1945 - MCH00205
Dancing in Southgate, Halifax at 10 p.m.
VE Day, Halifax, June 18th 1945 - MCH00204
A bird's eye view of the Freedom of the Borough Ceremony at Bull Green Halifax. Inset: Pte. R. Burton, V.C. and The Duke of Wellington
VE Day, Halifax, June 18th 1945 - MCH00203
The scene at Bull Green when the Freedom of the Borough was granted to the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. inset: Ald L. Chambers handing over the deed of Gift to Col. C.J. Pickering
VE Day, Halifax, June 18th 1945 - MCH00202
The "Dukes" marching through Halifax after the Freedom of the Borough ceremony.
VE Day, Halifax, June 18th 1945 - MCH00206
The crowd at the town Hall listening to the declaration.
VE Day June 18th 1945 - DPC00517
The title of this picture explains what is happening here. What a wonderful picture of how 'The Dukes' were appreciated by the large number of townspeople, who were on rooftops (on the left) and hanging out of the windows in the building on the…
VE Day June 18th 1945 - DPC00515
The celebrations continue in this lovely picture looking down Southgate. The Boars Head Hotel on the left no longer exists and the Rose and Crown Hotel was demolished to make way for the Marks and Spencers store, (now Wilkinsons).
VE Day June 18th 1945 - DPC00513
Unmistakable joy in this evocative picture. Double summertime during the war meant that there was still daylight at 10pm. The electrical store of Fred Moores was in the town for very many years until the 1990s. This street is now pedestrianised.
VE Day June 18th 1945 - DPC00509
The massed crowds on this fantastic images are here for a presentation of the Freedom of the Borough. Presumably it was presented to Pte R Burton, the Duke of Wellington (whose regiment many of the local men who joined the army will have entered) is…
Unknown location. - CBC06184
Can anybody help? Ref: 088264
Unknown Location - CBC06183
Unknown but possibly Northgate, Halifax prior to redevelopment. Can anybody help?
Unknown Location - CBC06182
Can anybody help?
Union Street, Halifax - DPC00419
The view along this street bears no resemblance to today's scene apart from the lower end of the Borough Market on the right. The only building that remained after the redevelopment in the 1980s is on the right with the two gable ends and is now a…
Union Street, Halifax - DPC00287
Unusually for old pictures, most of the buildings in this view are still there.
Union Street Tram Terminus, Halifax - DPC00429
This view is the lower end of Union Street with Westgate on the right (sign visible above the gent leaning on the lamp-post). The shop fronts on the left remain today, the date of the picture is probably the 1920s. The cobbles and tramlines have…
Union Mills, Halifax - HLS01408
1969 calendar. Situated on Pellon Lane it is a fine example of the substantial and impressive nature of the portals of many 19th Century industrial premises. Union Mills of S Highley & Company , worsted manufacturers, was largely rebuilt after a…
Union Cross Inn, Halifax - HLS01390
1979 Halifax Calendar. A 17th century inn, altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. PH16.