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It was a nice sunny day for a change, so I decided because I had to go into town to take the camera and get a couple of shots of the Minster in the winter sunshine. I was intending to go inside but once there I could hear a lot of noise which sounded like children, so I stayed outside. I’ve taken several shots before but every time I go it looks slightly different depending on the weather and time of year.
Formerly Halifax Parish Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, the Minster was given its new status in 2009 by the Bishop of Wakefield in recognition of its important role in the civic life of the town and borough. It is a Grade I listed building built in the Perpendicular Gothic style.
Minster is taken from the Anglo Saxon word Mynster, which means a missionary church. Like York Minster, Halifax has a monastic foundation, Cluniac monks built the original church in the 12th century, but the present structure was completed in 1438. The north wall is thought to be from an older building from the Norman era.
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A pair of Macknade Mill's 2'0" gauge diesel hydraulics #16 (Clyde/1954) and 'Hobart' (EM Baldwin/1972) cross at Mahoney's loop, Halifax, Queensland, with loaded (left) and empty raw sugar trains travelling to and from the port at Lucinda - 29 July 2022.
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I brought my camera along last week when I did a book reading and craft session for kids at the new Halifax Central library. Grabbed a few shots of the awesome architecture. I love these stairs and walkways.
Halifax B Mk.III reconstruction at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington. This composite reconstruction started in 1984 and took 10 years to complete. It includes an 8 mtr section of fuselage from a 58 Squadron Halifax Mk.II ‘HR792’ which crashed on the Outer Hebrides in January 1945 and was subsequently used as a chicken coop for many years before being acquired for the restoration in 1984. The wings are from a Handley Page Hastings transport ‘TG536’, and the nose and tail sections were largely fabricated from scratch by the restoration team. The port side of this aircraft, visible on this photograph is painted to represent ‘LV907’ ‘Friday the 13th’ (NP-F) which completed 128 operations with 158 Squadron. The starboard side is painted as 'NP763' (H7-N) an aircraft of 346 'Guyenne' Squadron, Free French Air Force. This squadron was one of two French bomber squadrons based at RAF Elvington during WWII.
Halifax
Formerly Halifax Parish Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, the Minster was given its new status in 2009 by the Bishop of Wakefield in recognition of its important role in the civic life of the town and borough. It is a Grade I listed building built in the Perpendicular Gothic style.
Minster is taken from the Anglo Saxon word Mynster, which means a missionary church. Like York Minster, Halifax has a monastic foundation, Cluniac monks built the original church in the 12th century, but the present structure was completed in 1438. The north wall is thought to be from an older building from the Norman era.
The interior is very impressive with some wonderful stained glass, but the staff and the vicar were busy preparing everything for the Easter Day service, so I didn’t intrude with the camera. I’ll visit again at a later date.
Thank you for your visit and your comments, they are greatly appreciated.
Front of the town clock
The idea of a clock for the British Army and Royal Navy garrison at Halifax is credited to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, who arranged for a turret clock to be manufactured before his return to England in 1800. It is said that Prince Edward, then commander-in-chief of all military forces in British North America, wished to resolve the tardiness of the local garrison. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Town_Clock
The Halifax River is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, located in northeast Volusia County, Florida. The waterway was originally known as the North Mosquito River, but was renamed after George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (for whom Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada is also named), during the British occupation of Florida (1763–1784).