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Bull Green, Halifax - DPC00457
This view is very similar today except where the seats once were is now car parking. The building on the right no longer exists and the road junction is now a roundabout. The Crown and Anchor pub has had a variety of names over the years and the…
Halifax Zoo - DPC00455
This short-lived business was very popular in the early part of the 20th C. It was situated in Exley.
St Hilda's Church, Halifax - DPC00451
This church is on Gibraltar Road at West End.
Borough Market and arcades, Halifax - DPC00449
The date on the reverse of this card is 1940 and the buildings on the left remain today, although they are very much cleaner. The buildings on the right were all demolished to make way for the Woolshops development in the 1980s. The building to the…
Akroyd Park, Halifax - DPC00447
This park is next to what is now Bankfield Museum. This grand house was once the residence of Colonel Akroyd, a wealthy mill owner who built houses for his workers nearby in Boothtown and at Copley, near Sowerby Bridge. It seems it was a popular…
Akroyd Park, Halifax - DPC00445
This park is next to what is now Bankfield Museum. This grand house was once the residence of Colonel Akroyd, a wealthy mill owner who built houses for his workers nearby in Boothtown and at Copley, near Sowerby Bridge. Postcard dated August 1907.
The Orphanage, Halifax - DPC00443
This building is now Crossley Heath School, formerly Crossley and Porter. It is on one of the roads which lead down to the Huddersfield Road and remains today much as in this image. Postcard dated October 1906.
Ogden, Halifax - DPC00441
This area of Halifax is high above the town. A reservoir there, opened in 1858, is a favourite local beauty spot. Postcard dated 1905.
St Jude's Church, Halifax - DPC00439
This church is in the Savile Park area of the town, with Halifax Infirmary at the bottom of this road. The view is much the same today, though the trees have matured considerably.
Fountain at People's Park, Halifax - DPC00437
The group of admirers in this photo look on at the display here. The park was one of the very many philanthropic projects by the wealthy Crossley family who were one of the largest employers in the town at their carpet factory at Dean Clough.
Huddersfield Road, Halifax - DPC00435
This is the main road from Halifax to Huddersfield and there are many fine houses lining it, probably residences of wealthy merchants and mill owners. The Stafford Arms Inn on the left is now an Indian restaurant.
Horton Street, Halifax - DPC00433
This street leads down to the railway station and is quite steep. Most of the buildings remain today and have had a variety of guises. The Albert Works building was at one time a furniture store and the building on the left was at one time one of…
Halifax from Beacon Hill - DPC00431
This view is very different today, the main thing being the number of chimneys that have gone, along with many of the mills. The Piece Hall can be seen top centre and the clock tower of the town hall can be seen top right. The quantity of rolling…
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 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…
The Borough Market Halifax - DPC00415
This view is little changed today with the exception of the canopies and of course the carts and horses. And the stonework is considerably cleaner today. Postcard dated 1908.
Wards End, Halifax - DPC00413
The Ramsden's Brewery building on the left of the picture was demolished and replaced by the very modern Halifax Building Society opened in the early 1980s. The roundabout is no longer there, traffic is controlled by lights today. Postcard dated…
Bluecoat School, Halifax - DPC00409
Nathaniel Waterhouse (1585-1645) was born at The Hollins, Warley and lived at Wood Hall, Skircoat. He made a fortune in trading in oils, salt and dyestuffs. In 1636, he donated a large house in Halifax to be employed as a workhouse, so that the poor…
Halifax Parish Church, now The Minster - DPC00407
Postcard dated 1907.