Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion : Foldout
Broad Street, Halifax
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Broad Street, Halifax was constructed in the 1820s as an elegant
boulevard.
Until the 1930s, it ran from Northgate to Waterhouse
Street.
There was no way through for Broad Street to Pellon Lane and
Cow Green.
A new road was created between 1935 and 1937, and Broad Street then
ran through to St James' Road – The City and Cross
Fields had been cleared in 1926.
In 1950, property opposite the Town Hall was demolished to widen
Broad Street and Northgate.
Since the area was cleared in 1950, it has been the site for a
Bowling Alley and a car park.
There has been continual discussion about redeveloping the site, and
a multi-screen cinema has been on and off for years.
In Autumn 2003, there comes yet another proposal for a cinema, shops,
a hotel, restaurants, apartments and bars.
In a town which has more pubs and bars per capita than any
other town in the country, and which has growing problems of
drunkenness, rowdyism and violence, we really need more bars.
In the local paper, we see pictures of smug councillors
hovering over power-blue models of what the place is to look
like ... for a week or two.
In 2009, work began on the site.
The occupants of the properties here have included
- Unknown Address:
- Cawthra & Kitchen
- Halifax Tradesmen's Association
- Northgate Building, Halifax
- Alfred Ramsden
- Ramsden's Writing Institution
- J. Scholefield
- Michael Stocks
- Stringer & White
- Jabez Waterhouse
- William Birtwhistle [1829]
- David Mallison, joiner & carpenter [1829]
- Wesley's Chapel, Halifax [1829]
- Bottomley's School, Halifax [1834]
- Hannah Davies, milliner & dress maker [1834]
- John Dean, boot & shoe maker [1834]
- Thomas Hastings, tea dealer [1834]
- Thomas Johnson, pawnbroker [1834]
- Francis Edwin Macaulay [1834]
- George Gibson Macaulay [1834]
- Thomas Simpson, brass founder [1834]
- Mrs Grace Sutcliffe, [1834]
- Joseph Holdsworth, woolstapler [1837]
- William Keighley, farmer & cowkeeper [1837]
- Seth March, tailor [1837]
- Thomas Simpson, brass & bell founder [1837]
- Matthew Bland [1841]
- Mr Gledhill [1841]
- Benoni Carter [1845]
- Halifax Excise Office [1850]
- Roger Ives [1850]
- John Crossley & Company [1896]
- Builders' Decorative Company [1905]
- Exchange Café, Halifax [1905]
- J. Fleming & Son [1905]
- L. & Y. Varnish & Colour Company [1905]
- Martin & Sheard [1905]
- Verdun Meat Company, Halifax [1916]
- Halifax Bus Station [1954]
- Halifax Bowl [1964]
- Healey's Household Requirements [1970]
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- John Rayner, merchant [1837]
- John Gledhill & Son, button maker [1837]
- John Gledhill & Son, manufacturer & merchants [1837]
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Beerhouses & Pubs in Broad Street, Halifax |
Several beerhouses and public houses have been recorded in and
around Broad Street, Halifax, including
See
Northgate House, Halifax and
Portland Street, Halifax
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Malcolm Bull 2017 /
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Revised 16:02 on 29th November 2017 / qq_9914 / 14