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George Square, Halifax - CBC06024
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George Square, Halifax - CBC06025
The style of phone boxes pictured (known as K8) were introduced in 1968 so this picture can be no earlier than that.
George Square, Halifax, c1980 - CBC06021
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George Street, Halifax - DPC00554
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…
Godley Bridge - TWA00220
GODLEY BRIDGE dates from 1900, the designer being E.R.S. Escott, Borough Engineer of that time. The iron skew bridge was opened on January 27th, 1900, replacing a narrow stone bridge which had probably been erected at the time Godley Cutting was made…
Godley Brook, Halifax - TWA00221
GODLEY BROOK BRIDGE spanned the Red Beck at Stump Cross and part of it still exists in the bridge or culvert under which the brook flows. The following resolution appertains to this bridge. "At a vestry meeting of the in¬habitants of the township of…
Gold work - ATC00111
The old ABC cinema in Halifax still has its amazing ceiling decor in place
Graham and Normanton Machine Shop - DEP00257
Turning department.
Graham and Normanton Machine Shop - DEP00258
Horizontal boring department.
Grand Junction Hotel, Cow Green, Halifax, early 1960s - CBC06175
This buidling was on the junction of Cow Green and Pellon Lane. It was closed in 1968 and demolished in 1971. The road in the centre of the picture leads to Gibbet Street, it was called Swine Market at this point. The area of town was also known…
Gravestones by Wainhouse Tower - LLG00145
A number of myths have accumulated over the years around this unusual landmark which is often referred to as ‘Wainhouse’s Folly’ or the 'Tower of Spite'. The truth is simply that the octagonal tower was erected as a chimney for the Washer Lane Dye…
Green Hill Terrace, Halifax - HLS01404
PH15. 1969 calendar. Demolished in 1967 it was described as possibly the only complete example in Halifax of a terrace in the Regency style. The Regency influence was confined to the arch over the doorway, though the windows were originally small…
Halifax - DPC00493
These busy shopping streets are little changed today, apart from being considerably cleaner! The building on the left on Southgate was rebuilt and was for many years a Woolworth's. The Northgate view on the right shows the buildings which were…
Halifax - DPC00499
Various views around the town, the Orphanage is now Crossley Heath Grammar School and the handsome Post Office is now closed.
Halifax Central Area - CBC06019
Halifax Central Area from Haley Hill Flats 1978
Halifax Station High Level Access Bridge - DNT00248
The high level access was built in the mid-1880s when the station was considerably enlarged including sidings, lines and platforms to the front of the station now, as seen here, car parking and access road to Eureka Children’s Museum. To the right a…
Halifax - DNT00244
The viaduct from the station to Beacon Hill Tunnel on the Bradford/Leeds line and just off the image to the right the preserved coal drops. Centre right the lighter stone work covers the abutment to the former viaduct that carried the line to North…
Halifax - DPC00503
Most of the buildings in the foreground of this image have been demolished, along with the cooling towers. And the huge numbers of chimneys here no longer exist, along with the mills they were used in.
Halifax - Panorama of Station & Town - LYR00164
LYRS 2691 - An extract from an 1873 lithograph giving a rare view of the 1855 Station before it was extensively enlarged and modified in the mid-1880s. Access to the Station was by a curving carriage drive which is just discernible here turning down…
Halifax c 1960 - CBC06221
The rear of the Nat West Bank which is on the corner of Waterhouse Street and Crown Street. The left part is the rear of Accapulco Night Club. The car park had 2 storey shops with another night club built on it in the late 60s, it is now (2020) a car…