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1969 calendar. Swine Market once looked like this before the Grand Junction Hotel (right) and property on the South side of Gilbert Street was cleared to make way for a widened A58 trunk road. PH15.

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PH16. 1979 Halifax Calendar. Originally a Georgian House - now Local Law Society Offices.

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PH16. 1979 Halifax Calendar. Built in 1856-9 for Col. Akroyd and designed by Sir G. G. Scott who described it as his best church.

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PH16. 1979 Halifax Calendar. Originally a Georgian House - now Local Law Society Offices. Behind the 19th Century entrance is a 17th Century building where an upper room contains fine panelling and plasterwork.

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PH16. 1979 Halifax Calendar. Previously the Hanover Chapel it is now used by the Halifax Thespians.

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PH16. 1979 Halifax Calendar. The central stone part of this Georgian house was built in 1751 and the brick wings in 1760-64.

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PH16. 1979 Halifax Calendar. Dating from 1895 the building contains magnificent ironwork and a central clock standard under the dome.

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1979 Halifax Calendar. These older buildings are obscured by the present station approach. PH16.

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1979 Halifax Calendar. Designed by Sir Charles Barry (who also designed the Houses of Parliament) it was built in 1859-62. PH16.

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1979 Halifax Calendar. One of the oldest highways of Halifax, it is likely to disappear upon redevelopment. PH16.

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1979 Halifax Calendar. Mainly a 15th Century building but with Norman and Early-English remains. PH16.

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1979 Halifax Calendar. A 17th century inn, altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. PH16.

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1979 Halifax Calendar. The Theatre Royal was constructed in the early 1900s to a design by Horsfall. PH16.

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1979 Halifax Calendar. Celebrating THE Bicentenary of the Piece Hall, which was opened on the 1st January 1779 as a Manufacturers Hall for the sale of pieces of cloth. PH16.

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The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.

Seen from New Bank are the two approach lanes (inward and outward) of Halifax

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The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.

Old Sunnybank, as it is now known, has given its name to quite an area of the Greetland hillside facing across the…

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The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.

Now listed by the National Trust, this building bears the date 1632. Formerly known as Highley Hall, it is now much…

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The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.

Moves to establish a pedestrian precinct in Southgate, Halifax, were made in March 1972 when the Highways Committee…

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The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.

Set in one of the walls of the cottage 115 Towngate, Clifton is a sundial which bears the date 1783 and the inscription…

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The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.

The Elim church in Hall Street, Halifax which succeeded the former building in Bond Street incorporates many striking…

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The sketch and description are from The Calderdale Sketch Book by J. L. Berbiers, published in 1973 by The Halifax Courier Ltd.

The way into Elland over Ainley Top runs through the massive arch of the Whitehaughs Bridge which carries the six lanes…

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The Mayoress of Halifax, Mrs Sharp, discussing the value of orange juice with one of the bonny youngsters after the Welfare Foods meeting held in the Gas Showrooms, Halifax. PH21.
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