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Ex York Park & Ride B7RLE YJ08XYN proceeds along King Cross, Halifax. King Cross has seen some rapid changes in recent years, perhaps one of the most significant being the conversion of the Junction pub to a solicitor's offices. The Junction was originally a Whitaker's house. Richard Whitaker & Sons Ltd had its brewery in Corporation Street, near Dean Clough, and closed in the late 1960s after being taken over by Whitbread. The Junction had a chequered existence under a number of subsequent owners, but its pub days are now over.
Halifax, an Atlantic Ocean port in eastern Canada, is the provincial capital of Nova Scotia. A major business centre, it’s also known for its maritime history. The city’s dominated by the hilltop Citadel, a star-shaped fort completed in the 1850s. Waterfront warehouses known as the Historic Properties recall Halifax’s days as a trading hub for privateers, notably during the War of 1812. (wiki)
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.
On September 9, 1966, Low Moor Jubilee 45565 Victoria pauses at Halifax with an special passenger 1X16. Withdrawn some four months later in January 1967, 45565 had been the pride and joy of Bradford Low Moor Shed, kept in excellent external condition.. I travelled on a Bank Holiday Special in Spring of 1967 when Low Moor borrowed Jubilee 45593 from Leeds Holbeck for the train to Blackpool.
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Pesky bus stop! YJ58GNX climbs 'the Alps' towards Queensbury, with Halifax spreading out in the valley below.
Another ex Hebble bus transferred in 1971 at the closure of the Hebble bus fleet. AEC Regent V Weymann H40/30F formerly Hebble 621
Nova Scotia not Yorkshire! My new home for a year. Been here with my family now for a month and this was my first trip out with the camera. This was taken from Dartmouth looking across to the Halifax city skyline.
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.
On my morning photowalk, I explored some of the downtown, but also their wonderful wonderful waterfront. It's quite extensive, and I wasn't able to explore the entirety of it. Oddly, even though there are many world-class attractions there, I was QUITE taken by the little village of sea cans that were converted to shops.
Taken from a print in my collection, no further details known.
The first station in halifax was opened by the Manchester and Leeds Railway, later Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, on July 1st 1855 as Halifax Shaw Syke. The station was resited and renamed Halifax August 7th 1850, the old site becoming a goods depot. Perrmanent building at the new site opened June 23rd 1855. In the 1870s the Great Northern Railway built a line from Halifax LYR to their line from Skipton to Bradford. Between 1885 and 1886 the station was enlarged with separate facilities for the GNR and LYR. In June 1890 the station was renamed Halifax Old Station to distinguish it from the Halifax St Paul's and North Bridge stations. On 30th September 1951 the Old Station was renamed Halifax Town and on June 12th plain Halifax.
On our second day in Halifax for the Unison Choruses Festival, I started the day with a short walkabout in the downtown and waterfront prior to the start of the event as I had some time to kill before festival delegate registration began. There weren't any actual festival concerts until the evening, but I needed to connect with the organizers ahead of the busy days to come.
View from the MacDonald Bridge on Barrington Street, towards downtown Halifax, Canada.
Shooting this was very difficult: every time a car went by, the bridge shook! I had to limit the exposure time and shoot between the passing cars. At the same time I wanted some traffic on the streets below, which made timing extra difficult.
Shooting data: ISO 400, 20mm, f/16, 4s.
Halifax Nova Scotia New Look Fishbowl 513. Sadly there are none left in the fleet. This one retired in January '10.