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Huddersfield Road - DPC00615
The view along this road is little changed today apart from the type and amount, of traffic. The Stafford Arms was until recently still an inn. It is Indian restaurant today. Postcard dated 1938.
Huddersfield Road - DPC00611
A marketing exercise for the short lived Halifax Zoo. The miserable looking elephant is being used as a sandwich board carrier. The view down this road is very similar today.
Lawrence Road, Halifax - DPC00609
This residential area of Halifax is as desirable today as when this picture was taken. Postcard dated 1920.
North Bridge, Halifax - DPC00570
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…
North Bridge, Halifax - DPC00568
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.
Bull Green House - DPC00566
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…
Wards End, Halifax - DPC00564
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…
Crown Street, Halifax - DPC00562
An atmospheric shot of Crown Street with a full moon highlighting the scene.
Top of Woolshops & Market Street, Halifax, 1830 - DPC00558
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…
The Wagoners' Inn, northgate, 1840 - DPC00556
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…
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…
Silver Street, Halifax - DPC00552
This busy street in the town centre is largely unchanged today.
King Edward Street and Arcade Royale, Halifax - DPC00550
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.
The Post Office, Halifax - DPC00535
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.
The Post Office - DPC00533
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.
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…
North Bridge - DPC00479
The Grand Theatre on the right was one of several in Halifax at one time, it was demolished in the 1950s. North Bridge (unseen) is to the right and the road leads to Leeds and Bradford. The building in the centre remains today, but the street on the…
Silver Street, Halifax - DPC00477
This street is off Huddersfield Road and leads down to the town centre. The Victory Lounge on the right was a popular venue in the 1920s and 30s, probably when this image was captured. Most of the buldings remain today.
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…
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…
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…
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…
