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The Corn Market is an area of Halifax town centre between Southgate and Princess Street, at the bottom of Crown Street.
In the 18th century, this was recorded as a market for corn, cheese, salt, and other goods.
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A medieval grave cover in the south porch dated 1150, depicting a pair of cropper’s shears, provides the earliest evidence for the textile industry in Calderdale.
Although plague, which claimed the lives of three later vicars, caused considerable economic and social dislocation
in the late fourteenth century, during the fifteenth century the church was substantially enlarged in a magnificent perpendicular rebuilding in order to offer more spacious accommodation for the growing population of the parish sustained by the expanding textile
industry.
Halifax is in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is the commercial, cultural and administrative centre of the borough, and the headquarters of Calderdale Council. In the 15th century, the town became an economic hub of the old West Riding of Yorkshire, primarily in woollen manufacture. Halifax is the largest town in the wider Calderdale borough. Halifax was a mill town during the industrial revolution.
From New Year's Day 1779, manufacturers and mercers dealt internationally in such articles through its grandiose square, the Piece Hall. Halifax is known for Mackintosh's chocolate and toffee products, including Rolo and Quality Street. The Halifax Bank was founded and has large offices in the town. Dean Clough, north of the town centre, was once one of the largest textile factories in the world at more than 1⁄2 mile (800 m) long; today the building has been converted for office and retail use including a gym, theatre, Travelodge and radio station.
Halifax Harbor provides year-round docking facilities for boaters seeking a permanent slip, as well as seasonal or overnight accommodations. Ideally located right off the Intracoastal Waterway, the Marina is just a short ride to the open ocean. Enjoy easy access to nearby shopping, restaurants, and entertainment — located just minutes from Daytona International Speedway, Daytona International Airport, the World’s Most Famous Beach and the quaint, picturesque waterfront Downtown.
On a very rare day out without our children, my husband and I went to the Piece Hall in Halifax (the super narrow shops and very expensive, breakable things they sell mean that we can't really take them with us!)
It's a beautiful Grade 1 listed old building with lots of history (built in 1779 as a place to trade and sell "pieces" of cloth) and I wanted to capture some of its character so I took this 3-shot panorama, stitched in Photoshop, in an attempt to get as much into the image as I could.
There is a lot of information about the history of the Piece Hall here: www.thepiecehall.co.uk/heritage
After a long day of rain, a view of the harbor at Halifax with a cruise ship cruising out of the harbor.
The third in a series from a visit in March 2013. Taken from a similar viewpoint to Bill Brandt's "Halifax, 1937". The railway is now disused.
Who is looking after your money?
In these days of low or zero interest on savings it's difficult
to know what to do.
Get on with things while you can.
(Who would have predicted a pandemic last Christmas?!)
A view of Downtown Halifax Waterfront from the deck of a ferry in Halifax Harbour in the Halifax Regional Municipality of Nova Scotia Canada
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After taking this photo, I was questioned at length by two plainclothes policemen who thought that I might be taking inappropriate photos of children and posting them online. They insisted in viewing all of the two hundred or so photos I had taken that day. After doing so they realized that I wasn't a threat. I also think they didn't understand my photography--many people don't. When explained that I was trying to make the people look like ants, they stared at me blankly...
Halifax Harbour is a large natural harbour on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada
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