I live in Fixby, which today is in Huddersfield. According to Wikipedia, "Fixby is traditionally part of Huddersfield". This is not the case at all - the township of Fixby was traditionally part of Halifax. It was only transferred to Huddersfield (and Kirklees) when the M62 motorway was built and someone decided that the motorway … Continue reading Restoring Fixby To Its Rightful Place In The World
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No Stain On The Land
We've been taking Lucy up to Stainland Recreation Ground for her walks these last few weeks. It makes a change from the usual circuit of the Crematorium ("the circle of gloom", as Lucy likes to call it). You can look down on a green world from up there. It is Yorkshire at its best: a … Continue reading No Stain On The Land
Ten From The Pub 6 : Warts From A Saddle
Saddle Hotel, Market Street / Russel Street, Halifax (1965) Hidden behind the undoubted delights of the Mixenden Gala Queen on the back of a lorry, is the undoubted splendour of the Saddle Hotel. When I took this photo in 1965 it was an integral part of Halifax Borough Market, but a year later it … Continue reading Ten From The Pub 6 : Warts From A Saddle
Ten From The Pub 5 : Fallen Apples
North Bridge, Halifax (1966) You might need to search a little to find the pub in my photo of North Bridge in the mid 1960s, but there, at the end of the bridge on the left of the picture, is the eighteenth century Pine Apple Hotel. When Burdock Way ploughed its way down the hill … Continue reading Ten From The Pub 5 : Fallen Apples
Ten From The Pub 4 : Wither The Withens
WITHENS HOTEL, WAINSTALLS, HALIFAX (1965) It is not the best of photographs, but it has a certain historical interest as this old inn was gutted by fire in 2001 and converted into a private residence soon after. That, I think, was my late sister-in-law consulting the map, and that might even be me next to … Continue reading Ten From The Pub 4 : Wither The Withens
Ten From The Pub 3 : Old
OLD LANE INN, HALIFAX (c1970) An old advert for bottled beer painted on the side of an old pub in Old Lane in old Halifax. The pub had already closed when I took this photograph but rose again briefly in the 1980s, only to close again and eventually be demolished. It's an old, sad story. … Continue reading Ten From The Pub 3 : Old
Ten From The Pub 2 : Ring Them Bells
RING O'BELLS INN, HALIFAX (1960s) Other than a coat or two of whitewash and the addition of some in-your-face signage, little seems to have changed as far as the external appearance of the Ring O'Bells between when I took this photograph forty or fifty years ago and today. Dating back to God-knows-when (an appropriate expression … Continue reading Ten From The Pub 2 : Ring Them Bells
Ten From Halifax 10 : Counting Chimneys
VIEW OVER HALIFAX FROM GODLEY BRIDGE (1966) Old geography school textbooks would often feature a picture of Halifax from the early twentieth century and the challenge was to count the mill chimneys. By the middle of the century - I took this photograph in 1966 - there were less chimneys to count but you had a … Continue reading Ten From Halifax 10 : Counting Chimneys
Ten From Halifax 9 : Fire In Halifax
FIRE IN HALIFAX (c1968) I am not entirely sure where I took this photograph, but it must have been in the Lister Lane area as the other frames on the negative strip were taken in People's Park. There was a mill fire which seemed to attract a larger audience than the brass band in the … Continue reading Ten From Halifax 9 : Fire In Halifax
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