Tag: Halifax

Ten From Halifax 4 : Transition

HALIFAX IN TRANSITION - DEAN CLOUGH (c1985) I must have taken this photograph thirty or more years ago. It shows Dean Clough and All Souls' Church. It was a time of transition, a time when mill buildings were changing from carpets to car insurance, from weaver to web.

Ten From Halifax 3 : Piece Hall Now

HALIFAX PIECE HALL (2017) Luckily the 1970s plan to demolish the Piece Hall and build a new shopping centre was abandoned. After a recent refurbishment the Piece Hall is now one of the undoubted jewels in the architectural crown that is Halifax.

Wainhouse’s Iconic Tower

Ten From Halifax 1 : Wainhouse's Iconic Tower WAINHOUSE TOWER FROM ALBERT PROMENADE (2012) What better way to get this mini-series of images from Halifax, than one which incorporates one of the most iconic shapes of Halifax. Dyeworks chimney, spy-platform, radio transmitter, architectural folly: Wainhouse Tower has been all of these at one time or … Continue reading Wainhouse’s Iconic Tower

Headscarves And Boiled Sweets

1698 : Ten From The Archives 10 : Headscarves And Boiled Sweets HALIFAX BOROUGH MARKET (c.1967) One of my early photographs - this one was taken in Halifax Market more than fifty years ago. It was an age of headscarves and handbags, biscuit boxes and boiled sweets.

The Stone Gods Of Southowram

1697 : Ten From The Archives 9 : The Stone Gods Of Southowram STONE FIELD DIVISIONS, SOUTHOWRAM (1975) Like monoliths placed in tribute to the stone gods that gave these parts their economic meaning for centuries, these fine flagstones have paved the finest cities in the world.  On the bleak hills of Southowram they are … Continue reading The Stone Gods Of Southowram

A Collaborative Effort

Causey Hall, Halifax Minster - April 2017 (Alan Burnett and iPhone FCDQJ91YG5QW) I took this photograph on my mobile phone the other day as I was walking passed Causey Hall which is next to Halifax Minster. The building dates back to the mid-nineteenth century - it was built originally as a Parish School - but … Continue reading A Collaborative Effort