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This fascinating collection of over 200 old photographs illustrate scenes of people and events in the Parish of Halifax, one of the largest parishes in the country, from a period of more than one hundred years. One of the earliest photographs in the book shows the opening of the Borough Market in 1896 and there are scenes too from the early days of the Halifax Zoo, Sunny Vale Pleasure Gardens and Halifax rugby and football clubs. Early transport in the town is featured, including steam trains, trams, buses and motor cars and a host of people going about their daily activities. Also included are scenes from the neighbouring communities of Sowerby Bridge, Ripponden, Elland, Brighouse and Hebden Bridge, making this the largest sequence of old photographs of the area ever to be seen in print. Local people will not be surprised to hear that all of the images included here have been drawn from the author's own well-known and extensive collection of old photographs, ephemera and memorabilia of Halifax.

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The town of Halifax is full of magnificent buildings designed by famous architects such as Sir Charles Barry, John Carr, Sir George Gilbert Scott and other buildings designed by the town's own talented architects. The town has altered quite dramatically during the last 150 years. Some of the earlier views dating from the Victorian period would be unrecognisable without more recent pictures to compare against. Changes to transport from the days of horse and carts, to trams and motorisation have brought other more noticeable changes in terms of traffic schemes and street signs in abundance and of course, the 'one way systems'. Halifax Through Time brings these changes to life contrasting the 'old' and 'new' and if the reader was so inclined, by following the structured sequence of photographs, provides a fascinating reference for a stroll around the town.

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