EAW031408 ENGLAND (1950). Terraced housing and industrial buildings around Pellon Lane, Halifax, 1950

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Title [EAW031408] Terraced housing and industrial buildings around Pellon Lane, Halifax, 1950
Reference EAW031408
Date 26-July-1950
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Place name HALIFAX
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 408448, 425590
Longitude / Latitude -1.8719460651952, 53.726419583624
National Grid Reference SE084256

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23 Brook Street

mikeyH
Tuesday 13th of June 2023 03:28:25 PM

Doris
Saturday 18th of November 2017 02:35:04 PM
Cosy Cinema, Queens Road

DavidK
Monday 29th of August 2016 03:15:23 PM
As children we played in this area called "The Rocks"

June
Monday 23rd of February 2015 04:24:45 PM
Toilet block (there were no inside toilets or bathrooms)

June
Monday 23rd of February 2015 04:20:09 PM
Fitzwilliam Street

June
Monday 23rd of February 2015 04:13:37 PM
Hartley Street

June
Monday 23rd of February 2015 04:12:17 PM
This area of closely packed housing was known as Mount Pleasant. The houses were replaced in the 1960s by the new school which replaced Pellon Lane J&I School nearby. The new school was named Beech Hill J&I School after the nearby mansion.

Tonemart
Monday 9th of June 2014 06:09:18 PM
Samuel Highley's a worsted manufacturer employing hundreds of local women.

Tonemart
Monday 9th of June 2014 06:03:25 PM
The West Mount Wire Works of J&A Binns Ltd (later Carrington Binns). A large nursing home now stands on this site.

Tonemart
Monday 9th of June 2014 05:59:20 PM
This path, along the top of a deep valley, was always known locally as the Carriage Drive. It led to Birks Hall Mansion, a substantial residence about a mile away at Wheatley.

Tonemart
Monday 9th of June 2014 05:56:12 PM
Pellon Lane Junior & Infant School, always known locally as "the Board School". The building no longer exists; all that's left is part of the wall outside separating the playground from Pellon Lane.

Tonemart
Monday 9th of June 2014 05:53:40 PM
Ajax Domestic Appliances manufacturers of the Ada washing machine, a very popular post-war brand.

Tonemart
Monday 9th of June 2014 05:51:03 PM
Beech Hill, a fairly substantial mansion. It was demolished in the 1950s and the surrounding grounds became the playing field for the nearby Pellon Lane School.

Tonemart
Monday 9th of June 2014 05:48:23 PM
The only bomb to land on Halifax in World Ward II landed here in Hanson Lane. This was at about 9.00 p.m. on Friday, November 22nd 1940 and it killed eleven people (had it fallen just a few yards away hundreds of people in the Halifax Workhouse could have been killed and injured. As it was, the only real damage done to the Workhouse was to the external wall, which in this photo has been rebuilt. The pub just across Hanson Lane, the West Hill Tavern, was badly damaged but was later re-opened.

Tonemart
Monday 9th of June 2014 05:42:39 PM
Fletcher's Dyehouse. Now demolished.

Tonemart
Monday 9th of June 2014 02:33:50 PM
At the time of this photo, this was Whitley's mill. The Whitley's were a prosperous and influential family. John Henry Whitley, one of the sons, became Liberal M.P. for Halifax (1900 - 1918) and went on to become Speaker of the House of Commons. In the 1950s he gave his name to a local secondary school, J. H. Whitley's. One of his brothers, Percival, gave his name to the local further education college ( now Calderdale College). Later in the 1960s the mill was taken over by Kumfikar who made seat covers for motor vehicles.

Tonemart
Monday 9th of June 2014 01:12:49 AM
In the 1950s this empty piece of land was the Halifax fairground ( about 4 times a year).

Tonemart
Monday 9th of June 2014 12:53:51 AM
This empty site was the Halifax Cattle Market - incredibly busy on Fridays.

Tonemart
Monday 9th of June 2014 12:51:31 AM
St. Augustine's C. Of E. Church. It contained woodwork by Robert Thompson of Kilburn, Yorkshire who was known as 'the Mouseman' as he included small wooden mice hidden in his work. The church was demolished in the early 1970s I would guess.

Tonemart
Monday 9th of June 2014 12:50:00 AM
At the time of this photo, this was St. Augustine's Vicarage. Now a busy community centre.

Tonemart
Monday 9th of June 2014 12:43:19 AM
St. Augustine's Junior & Infants School. Still operating in 2014 as far as I know.

Tonemart
Monday 9th of June 2014 12:36:22 AM
St. John's Hospital - formerly the Halifax Workhouse.

Tonemart
Monday 9th of June 2014 12:34:00 AM
St. John's Hospital - formerly the Halifax Workhouse.

Tonemart
Monday 9th of June 2014 12:33:55 AM

User Comment Contributions

Here's one of The Aajx company's magazine and newspaper adverts for their washers.

Tonemart
Wednesday 11th of June 2014 05:43:44 PM