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January
1st 1853 Halifax Exchange opened
1st 1948 Sir Harold Mackintosh created a peer, he took the title of Lord Mackintosh of Halifax
2nd 1906 First Issue of the Halifax Daily Guardian
2nd 1907 Motor buses inaugurated at Todmorden
3rd 1900 Miss Porter gave Halifax an organ which was placed in the Victoria Hall
3rd 1925 Buses ran to Pecket Well and Oxenhope
6th 1939 Halifax Palace figured in 'Famous Music Halls' broadcast
6th 1960 Corporation to buy Victoria Hall
8th 1853 Halifax Courier was first published
11th 1923 Amalgamation of Sowerby Bridge, Sowerby and Norland
11th 1971 Heptonstall designated as conservation area of special interest
12th 1869 Lightcliffe National School opened
14th 1914 Trams first ran to Elland from Huddersfield
16th 1917 Fire burnt out St. John's church leaving only the shell of the building
18th 1862 Halifax Chamber of Commerce - first meeting
18th 1870 Halifax Drill Hall opening ceremony
20th 1863 A youth was 24 hours in the stocks in Northowram for Sunday gambling
21st 1941 Heavy fire damage at Elland Dyeing Company works
22nd 1882 Salvation Army began work in Hx
23rd 1964 Modernised New Victoria (formerly Victoria Hall) opened by Viscount Mackintosh
25th 1938 Inquiry into Halifax application to borrow £62,500 for swimming baths at Clare Hall
26th 1910 Ald. W.Smith donor of art gallery, received freedom of Brighouse
28th 1950 Opening of the Denham out-patient ward at Halifax Infirmary
29th 1924 Ministry of Health inquiry into Sunday music in People's Park
February
2nd 1935 Death of JH Whitley, former speaker of the House of Commons and 28 years M.P. for Hx
3rd 1896 Opening of Elland Council offices
4th 1853 Permanent Benefit Building Society first opened for subscriptions
5th 1927 Damage amounting to £20,000 by fire to Halifax Theatre Royal
6th 1946 Premiere show in Halifax of film "We of the West Riding"
6th 1947 Poll on opening Sunday cinemas (9935 for and 8349 against)
8th 1901 Halifax Victoria Hall opened
10th 1971 Heavy fire damage at Mytholmroyd hatchery
14th 1939 Last tram ceremonially driven from Ovenden by Mr Whiteley Lumb
16th 1967 Announced Mytholm Hall Estate to be bought by County Council
22nd 1919 YMCA opened at Clare Hall
26th 1880 Electric light first used in a Halifax mill
28th 1933 Princess Royal opened Kirby Lees as centre for the Nursing Association and and new wards at Halifax Infirmary
March
1st 1877 John Abbott's Ladies Homes first occupied
3rd 1913 Stafford Square Methodist church opened
3rd 1951 Work started on Halifax Technical College extension (eventual cost £500,000)
5th 1947 Paton and Baldwin presented Spring Hall to the town
5th 1900 Fire at Danny Lane Mill, Ludd Foot £7000 worth damage
6th 1937 Bishop G. H. Frodsham, Vicar of Halifax and late Bishop of North Queensland died
7th 1865 Lord Savile sold rights to Halifax at a nominal figure of Savile Park
11th 1931 Opening of Alexandra Hall
12th 1903 Sir Henry Irving played in the Grand Theatre
12th 1923 Trams first ran to Brighouse from Huddersfield
12th 1925 Maternity Ward at Royal Halifax Infirmary opened by Princess Mary
13th 1965 Opening of Calder High School extensions
14th 1903 Centenary of Square School
21st 1926 Dean Head Church School destroyed by fire
21st/22nd 1948 Halifax civic centenary celebrations
23rd 1907 Boothtown Methodist Church opened
27th 1933 Archbishop of York (Dr Wm. Temple) opened new wing of Rishworth school
28th 1943 Last service at Hanover Methodist Church
31st 1932 First publication of 'Inheritance' by Dr Phyllis Bentley
31st 1937 Amalgamation of several local district councils came into force
31st 1958 Prime Minister (Mr Harold Macmillan) at Victoria Hall
April
1st 1965 saw a strike by 500 Halifax engineering workers that lasted 16 days.
1st 1970 The Square Church, Halifax was listed for preservation
1st 1980 More than 270 workers at John Stirk engineers at Boothtown were made redundant
2nd 1931 Midgley Pace Egg play was broadcast from Leeds
2nd 1941 Death of Mr Shaw Hardcastle, a well known Halifax draper
2nd 1946 Soldiers' home run by Halifax Free Church Council in Trinity Road Baptist School closed after six and half years
2nd 1960 Mytholmroyd-born poet Ted Hughes won the 1960 Somerset Maughan award worth £500
2nd 1962 Severe fire damage at Hebden Cord Company, Old Gate, Hebden Bridge
2nd 1967 Last service at Sowerby Bridge Baptist Church before demolition and rebuilding
2nd 1969 Merger proposals of Mackintoshes and Rowntrees
2nd 1974 Rowntree Mackintoshes receive orders worth over £200,000 from Germany
2nd 1985 Rowntree Mackintosh to invest £5.75 million in Halifax factory but 140 jobs to go
3rd 1875 Todmorden Town Hall, the gift of the Fielden family, opened
3rd 1877 Stannary Congregational Church opened
3rd 1909 - The new pavilion opened at Halifax Bowling Club
3rd 1962 - A fire destroyed Heptonstall Cricket pavilion
3rd 1963 - Halifax Town Council was to buy Wellesley Barracks for £33,000
3rd 1983 - Alan Carter, aged 18, won the French 250cc motor cycle Grand Prix at Le Mans
4th 1903 Celebration of the centenary of Dean Clough Mills
4th 1914 The new clubhouse at West End Golf Club opened
4th 1953 Victoria Hall ceased to be a cinema
4th 1980 Halifax Rugby League beat Keighley to win promotion to Division 2
5th 1911 Bermerside given to Halifax by Mr A.Donald Oates and Miss Oates in memory of their late brother, Edwin James Oates. The estate was bought for £5,000 and Mr and Mrs Oates paid for alterations to the house into an open air school at a cost of £1,000. In addition, £4,000 was set aside to start a covalescent home and form part of the Oates Trust Fund.
5th 1913 Sod cutting ceremony for the new St. John's Church, Rastrick
5th 1933 Test case in the High Court brought by the Performing Rights Society against the George Hotel, Brighouse. The hotel was banned from allowing the public performance (by radio) of any musical work.
5th 1935 First Halifax prosecution under 30mph speed limit.
5th 1939 New Burnley Road Inn to be called The Allan Fold, the licence being transferred from the Brown Cow Inn.
5th 1958 New child welfare centre opened in North Parade
5th 1979 Josephine Whittaker, 19, was found murdered on Savile Park
6th 1907 Sod cutting ceremony of the proposed new Baptist Church at Ovenden
6th 1912 Boothtown United Methodist Church jubilee
6th 1940 Centenary of Cross Lanes Methodist Church, Hebden Bridge
6th 1973 Burdock Way, Halifax's £4.5 million relief road opens
6th 1976 Richard Dunn wins European heavyweight championship
6th 1967 Halifax Town Council accepted in principal scheme for three-phase development of property on lower side of Market Street and Northgate
7th 1947 Halifax Corporation Bus overturned at Salterhebble injuring 37 people
8th 1914 New Halifax sanatorium at Shelf for the treatment of consumptive patients opened
8th 1918 Meat rationing started in Hx
8th 1926 Mayoress of Halifax and friends in car smash near Tadcaster. One of them killed
8th 1931 Gift of drinking fountain to Luddenden Foot by Mr Bernard Clay
8th 1934 Foundation stone laid for new Roman Catholic church at Underbank, Sowerby Bridge
8th 1944 Siddal Bottom mil destroyed by fire
8th 1948 Halifax Picture House operator Richard Farrar, aged 25, killed in a fire in the projection room (or 13th April?)
8th 1967 New £250,000 Westgate redevelopment scheme opened in Elland
8th 1972 Death of Mr Albert Edward Broadbent, Delight Farm, Barkisland, founder of local haulage firm
9th 1901 Opening of St. Luke's hospital (now General hospital) built bythe Halifax Board of Guardians at a cost of more than £100,000 by Mr. J.W Tillotson
9th 1910 Jubilee of Sowerby Bridge Co-op celebrated
9th 1924 Park Road Baths re-opened after reconstruction
9th 1930 Textile strike started
9th 1979 Wettest weekend ever recorded in Calderdale at the time - 2.37 inches of rain
9th 1980 Lord Kagan of Elland imprisoned in France
9th 1987 Shay Stadium saved. Calderdale Council agrees to step in and save Halifax Town with a plan which gives the club £210,000 to clear it's debts
10th 1926 New Middle School opened in Hebden Bridge
10th 1977 ITV's 'It's A Knockout' to be screened from Wellesley Park, Halifax
10th 1983 Tram Shed nightclub closed after 10 years
10th 1974 Major award for Kosset Carpet's Ltd, Brookfoot in national competition
10th 1979 Announced that Morrison's supermarket plans for extension approved
11th 1961 First meeting of Calderdale Water Board
12th 1952 Decision to buy The Coppice, St. Anne's by Halifax Old People's Holiday Home Trust
16th 1900 Opening of Conservative Club, Ripponden. Cost £3500
16th 1949 Halifax Co-op Society bought Arcade Royale
17th 1879 Second Heath Grammar school opened
19th 1952 Closing of St James's Church and amalgamation with St Mary's
21st 1936 Several people killed after runaway lorry crash at Greetland hill bottom
22nd 1859 Ludd Foot Congregational Church ( a gift of the Whitworth family) opened
22nd 1874 Opening of Holywell Green Congregational Church
22nd 1911 Salvation Army citadel opened in North Parade
23rd 1877 Consecration of St. George's Church, Lee Mount
23rd 1961 Opening of Elland Power Station
24th 1915 Consecration of St. Mark's church, Siddal
25th 1964 First multi-storey flats opened in Great Albion Street
26th 1930 Last meeting of Halifax Board of Guardians
27th 1875 Consecration of St. Augustine's Church, Hx
May
1st 1959 Last passing out parade at Wellesley Barracks
2nd 1958 Opening of Quarry House Special School, Northowram
3rd 1873 St Marys Church, Ludd Foot consecrated
3rd 1856 Cattle market opened off Gibbet Street, just above Hall Street
3rd 1952 Mr Arthur E. Ellis of Halifax refereed F.A. Cup Final at Wembley
3rd 1957 Gift to National Trust of woodlands at Hardcastle Craggs in will of Mr Abraham Gibson
3rd 1957 Baitings Reservoir opened
4th 1934 Serious fire at Halifax Palace Theatre
5th 1876 Hanson Lane Cricket Ground first used
5th 1959 Opening of Technical High School and Ash Tree Infants School
6th 1899 Foundation stones laid for Victoria Hall
7th 1958 Halifax Council approved Wheatley Valley Development plan
8th 1945 VE Day dancing in Halifax streets
11th 1907 Ward's Cottage Homes, Pye Nest opened
13th 1942 Death of Sir Enoch Hill J.P. former head of Halifax Building Society
13th 1946 Dinner to celebrate liquidation of £371,000 debt on Halifax tramways undertaken
21st 1925 Closing services at Leadenhall Street Methodist Church, King Cross
21st 1955 Last passenger train on Halifax-Queensbury line
22nd 1909 Opening of Hebden Bridge Secondary School
23rd 1960 Opening of High Royd Sewerage Disposal Works, Sowerby Bridge
24th 1858 Hansom Cabs introduced into Halifax
24th 1890 Last Sunday School Jubilee held in the Piece Hall
24th 1952 Parade through Halifax on 250th anniversary of Duke of William Regiment
25th 1956 Closing of Grand Theatre
27th 1970 New Halifax Fire Station operational
29th 1907 Princess Louise opened Brighouse Art Gallery
29th 1935 Two cottages destroyed and one resident killed by petrol explosion in Mixenden
June
2nd 1928 JH Whitley MP for Halifax and Speaker at the House of Commons announced his retirement
2nd 1931 Opening of Prince's Arcade
5th 1915 Opening of St. Paul's Methodist church, Elland
5th 1958 Demolition of Manor Heath Mansion
6th 1939 Heath Grammar school extensions opened
10th 1867 Halifax Parish Church Schools opened at Dispensary Walk
15th 1898 Public library and park opened in Brighouse
16th 1962 Halifax one of a few towns with subscriber trunk dialling system
18th 1945 Waterloo Day, Halifax "Freedom" ceremony to Dukeof Wellington's Regiment: Duke of Wellington was present
21st 1912 Railway smash at Charlestown Curve, Hebden Bridge, 4 killed
22nd 1965 End of Hebden Bridge Show
23rd 1855 Halifax Station opened - previously it was at Shay Syke
23rd 1881 Shroggs Park opened
23rd 1900 Opening of Brighouse Sewerage works
23rd 1916 Ald. Robert Thornton received freedom of Brighouse
26th 1900 Opening of new bridge at Godley by Mayor Coun W.Brear
26th 1937 New Children's Holiday home opened in Norland
26th 1981 Asda Superstore had a huge blaze at the 5 storey Battinson Road Mills, Pellon. As 140 firemen fought to contain the blaze, the roof collapsed sending a huge fireball into the night sky.
27th 1938 Opening of Halifax Odeon, Crossfield ( It had 2050 seats and charged between 6d (2.5p) and 1s 6d (7.5p). Three month later, the Regal opened in Wards End)
28th 1892 First issue of the Halifax Evening Courier
28th 1932 Opening of Bull Green House
29th 1893 Lion escaped in Halifax fairground
29th 1898 Trams first ran in Hx
29th 1947 providence Methodist Church, Queen's Road closed
29th 1954 Freedom of the town for Viscount Mackintosh
29th 1864 Crossley and Porter Orphanage opened for reception of children
July
3rd 1948 Opening of ante-natal ward at Halifax Infirmary, gift of Mrs Ada Ward in memory of her husband, Arthur Ward
6th 1893 Opening of Woodside Baths
6th 1950 Halifax Sunday Lecture Society disbanded after 55 years
7th 1922 Mr J.W Standeven gave Ebeneezer Methodist Church as a memorial to his mother
7th 1944 Arrivals in Halifax of evacuees from London
11th 1912 King George and Queen Mary visited Halifax
12th 1945 Announced that Mr. A.S. McRea .JP. of Warley House had left his home to Halifax Infirmary as convalescent home and an endowment of £50,000
13th 1900 Conservative garden party at Ovenden Hall. Lady Crossley receives 4,000 guests
13th 1900 17 Union Mills destroyed by fire. Cost £20,000
13th 1931 Prince George visited Halifax
14th 1945 First Halifax Wakes in July
15th 1857 Square Congressional Church opened
17th 1935 Halifax Extension Bill thrown out by House of Commons Committee. The Bill cost £8,619
17th 1940 Exley Park Hotel opened
22nd 1904 Wilson Barrett, the actor died
25th 1896 Duke and Duchess of York opened Halifax markets and the Infirmary
28th 1934 St. Mary's R.C. church consecrated by the Bishop of Leeds (Dr. J. Cowgill) Though built in 1836 no consecration service had followed until now
28th 1940 Stannary Congregational Church's last service
29th 1925 New X-ray ward opened at Halifax Infirmary
30th 1889 Prince Victor visited Hx
30th 1940 Mayor of Halifax(Ald. G.Barker) died at Crossley and Porter School's Speech Day
31st 1920 Ald. William Smith's orphan home opened at Brighouse
August
1st 1865 Elland Station opened
1st 1883 Parcel Post first used in Hx
1st 1953 Plans announced for new Elland Power Station
4th 1863 Halifax Town Hall opened by Prince of Wales
4th 1870 Consecration of St Marys Church, Rhodes Street
5th 1948 Lord Savile gave 250 acres of woodland to National Trust in Hardcastle : fund opened to buy another part of the valley
6th 1955 Ogden moors fire after driest year on record
7th 1907 Sir Savile.B.Crossley, J.Whiteley Ward, James Booth and John Whitley made freemen of Halifax
7th 1970 Redevelopment proposal for Brighouse Town Centre
8th 1878 First summer meeting on Halifax racecourse
8th 1902 King Cross Band played at Buckingham Palace
9th 1970 Earth tremor felt in Upper Calder Valley
10th 1963 Halifax Show held on Savile Park for first time
11th 1921 Cragg Hall destroyed by fire
12th 1898 Commission of the peace granted to Brighouse
15th 1944 First Halifax and District Agricultural Show at Shibden Park
14th 1857 Great rejoicing at opening of People's Park
15th 1944 First show of Halifax and District Agricultural Society at Shibden Park as pert of holidays at home arrangements
15th 1958 Bluecoat School, Harrison Road to close
19th 1893 Charter of incorporation arrived in Brighouse
20th 1950 Closing service at Pellon Lane Baptist church
21st 1921 Cragg Hall destroyed by fire
21st 1949 Wesley Chapel's closing services
22nd 1950 Miss Eileen Fenton, teacher at Princess Mary's High School, swam the channel
24th 1954 Opening Crossfields Bus Station
27th 1964 Ouse River Board announced flood prevention scheme for Mytholmroyd
28th 1900 Opening of tram routes to Cote Hill and Ogden
28th 1938 Death of Lady Fisher-Smith of The Gleddings, Hx
28th 1940 Bull's Head Hotel, Bull Green(as rebuilt) opened
30th 1882 Halifax Higher Board school opened
31st 1877 Inauguration of Halifax Barracks
September
1st 1915 Highroad Well Congregational Church opened
2nd 1908 Halifax Old Age Pensions Committee formed
3rd 1894 Twenty five people drowned when boat overturned in Morecambe Bay. Hx people attempted rescue
4th 1890 High Level Railway opened
5th 1937 Closing services at Brunswick Methodist church
9th 1875 Completion of Wainhouse Tower
12th 1943 Death of Mr A.W Longbottom, Halifax's first Labour mayor and M.P for Halifax
14th 1900 Fire at Charnock's wood yard, Pellon Lane. Cost £10,000
14th 1905 Opening of Sowerby Bridge Public Library
16th 1949 Two men killed when aeroplane crashed at Blakedean
16th 1949 Two killed when plane crashed at Blakedean
16th 1952 Bishop of Leeds opened St Malachy's Roman Catholic Church
17th 1895 Rt. Hon. Sir James Stansfeld made Freeman of Hx
17th 1952 Exley County Modern Secondary School opened for pupils
18th 1886 Thrum Hall Football ground opened
19th 1888 Elland Town Hall opened
19th 1938 Opening of Regal Cinema
20th 1946 Heavy rain caused worst flooding's in memory along Calder Valley and relief funds opened
21st 1875 Consecration of St. Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe
21st 1927 Formation of Halifax Building Society through merger of Permanent and Equitable
21st 1931 Princess Mary opened Halifax Girl's School which was named after her. Received gifts amounting to £32,000 for extension
22nd 1951 Duke of Wellington's Regiment Memorial Chapel dedicated at Halifax Parish Church
23rd 1929 'Talkies' first shown in Halifax
23rd 1873 Opening of Halifax County Court, Prescott Street
23rd 1945 Announced that Patons and Baldwins Ltd would close several Yorkshire mills including some in Halifax when a new factory was built near Darlington
24th 1872 Halifax Liberal Association inaugurated
24th 1934 Patients first admitted to Northowram Isolation Hospital
25th 1957 New building of Percival Whitley College opened by Sir John Wolfenden
26th 1954 Serbian Orthodox Church at Claremount Road was opened by ex-King Peter of Yugoslavia
27th 1958 Opening of Scaitcliffe School, Todmorden by Dr. Phyllis Bentley
27th 1900 David Billington broke Nuttal's 500 yards amateur record at Woodside Baths
28th 1878 Consecration of St. John's Church, Cote Hill
28th 1945 Patons and Baldwins announce plans for Darlington factory - closing Halifax mill
30th 1857 Sowerby Bridge Town Hall opened
October
1st 1963 Central development plan announced for Elland
2nd 1872 Northgate End Chapel opened
3rd 1938 Lodge of Probity No. 61 Halifax celebrated 200 years continued existence
5th 1912 Arcade Royale opened
6th 1868 Halifax Piece Hall became a Corporation possession
10th 1932 Halifax competitive music festival abandoned
12th 1933 Death of Mr John Lister M.A. of Shibden Hall, the distinguished historian
13th 1942 28 Acres of Savile Park ploughed up for food production
14th 1868 Brighouse Town Hall opened
15th 1907 Tram smash on Pye Nest route, 4 killed
15th 1926 Shibden Park opened by Prince of Wales
20th 1937 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited Halifax
25th 1937 Opening of Ovenden Senior School in Nursery Lane
25th 1871 North Bridge ceremoniously opened
26th 1854 The new church of St Thomas consecrated at Heptonstall
26th 1912 New St. Paul's Church, King Cross consecrated
27th 1854 Christ Church, Pellon consecrated
28th 1925 General Bramwell Booth (of the Salvation Army), Mr R.D Ward and Mr Joseph Whitaker made freemen of Halifax
29th 1900 Opening of new police station and courthouse, Harrison Road
30th 1900 First sitting of Halifax Magistrates in new court
31st 1854 Mayoral chain presented to the Mayor of Halifax
November
1st 1872 First Halifax election by ballot
1st 1916 Whittakers Brewery took over 22 Brear and Brown's properties
2nd 1859 Consecration of All Souls Church (the gift of Col.E.Akroyd)
2nd 1878 Football by floodlight on Hanson Lane ground
2nd 1906 New police station opened in Brighouse
2nd 1912 Stone laying ceremony at St Marks church, Siddal
2nd 1955 Halifax beat Hull 7-0 in Yorkshire Cup Final replay at Odsal
3rd 1918 Diamond Jubilee of All Saints Church
4th 1918 Gun week started in Halifax and raised more than £1,600,000. Guns brought to Halifax for the occasion were positioned at Barum Top
5th 1933 Luddenden Co-op to be taken over by Halifax Ind Society
5th 1953 Opening of Molletts store in Silver Street by Eric Portman
5th 1954 Death of Mr Eli Fielding of Fieldings Brewery, Bradshaw
6th 1944 Last bus service extended to 10pm from 9pm
6th 1956 Opening of Park Wood Crematorium, Elland
6th 1972 Effots to be made to save Wainhouse Terrace from planned road scheme
7th 1860 Greetland Church Consecrated
7th 1934 Stoney Royd fever hospital closed
7th 1962 Relief road planned between King Cross and New Bank
7th 1975 Opening of Halifax Piece Hall market
8th 1979 Halifax Evening Courier publishes it's 32,000th edition
9th 1934 Mrs M. Lightowler OBE J.P. elected first woman mayor of Hx
9th 1918 Ald. G.H. Smith (later Sir George Fisher Smith), the Rt. Hon J.H.Whitley M.P and Mr James Parker M.P. made Freeman of Halifax
10th 1916 Verdun Meat Company opened at top of Broad Street for the sale of horse meat
10th 1929 Memorial gate at Crow Wood Park, Sowerby Bridge unveiled
11th 1905 Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Lee Mount Baptist church
11th 1919 Two minutes Armistice Day silence
11th 1923 Norwood Green war memorial unveiled
12th 1902 Fire at Cinder Hill Fireclay Works, Siddal, causes £more than £2,000 worth of damage
12th 1904 Formal opening of New Village club house, presented to Warley by Mr A.S.McCrea
12th 1925 New premises of Halifax Industrial Society opened in Northgate
13th 1916 Satisfactory trial for Dr Neech's new street sweeping machine
13th 1926 New library opened at Ellen Royde, Elland
13th 1974 The Queen was in Halifax
14th 1935 Disastrous fire at Holme Royd Mills, Ludd Foot
14th 1977 Firemens strike. Green Godesses take over
16th 1917 Opening of the new Clarke Bridge
16th 1961 New floodlights at the Shay switched on. Jubilee year of Hx Town celebrated with match vs Belgrade
17th 1914 First arrival of wounded soldiers at Infirmary and hospital
17th 1938 Mrs Ada Ward presented £10,000 for the building of the Arthur and Ada at Infirmary
17th 1966 New premises for Pearl Assurance opened in Silver Street
18th 1937 Public inquiry into plans to turn part of Cross Field into a bus station
18th 1980 Sowerby Bridge Railway Station demolished
19th 1927 Gift of £10,000 for open air wards and path lab at Infirmary
19th 1932 Luddenden Foot Methodist Church centenary
19th 1965 Fire destroyed former CWS flour mill, Sowerby Bridge
20th 1946 First moves towards Sunday cinema in Halifax
21st 1913 Halifax Madrigal Society command performance before the King
21st 1935 Pepper Hill Methodist Chapel, Shelf collapsed in ruins
21st 1942 Heavy damage caused by fire at Owler Ings Mills, Brighouse
22nd 1902 Elland's new public baths opened by Coun W.H.Eastwood JP
22nd 1912 Rastrick Library opened
22nd 1983 Sainsburys opened
23rd 1817 Halifax Choral Society formed
23rd 1977 Route of Calderdale Way published
24th 1694 Archbishop Tillotson died (born at Haugh End, Sowerby
24th 1931 Fire at Salterhebble Cotton Mill
24th 1951 Bicentenary of Steep Lane Baptist Church, Sowerby
24th 1993 Mult-million pound plans to re-develop the bze-hit
25th 1863 The new maypole at Warley inaugurated
25th 1926 Corner stones laid of Halifax Abattoir, Woolshops
26th 1924 Hebden Bridge Trades Club opened
26th 1960 Gaumont Cinema closed
27th 1948 Opening of first Darby and Joan club in Great Albion Street
27th 1957 Brighouse Corporation's new reservoir at Badger Hill, Rastrick opened
28th 1903 Opening of New Liberal Club at Elland
28th 1914 Military Tattoo at Thrum Hall
28th 1919 Halifax-Leeds express derailed near Hipperholme
28th 1932 Sir Thomas Beecham at the Theatre Royal
28th 1984 Plans approved for Bistro in former toilets in Bull Green
29th 1904 Lee Mount Infants School partially destroyed by fire
29th 1908 Collapse of portion of wall surrounding Halifax Cricket Ground
30th 1969 Closure of Halifax Bowl
December
12th 1936 Bomber plane crashed on Wadsworth Moor near Hebden Bridge. 3 airmen killed
14th 1948 Town's meeting in Halifax decided by 166 to 42 votes in favour of a Corporation Bill to construct a reservoir above Hardcastle Crags
15th 1941 First British restaurant opened in Halifax Lower Market
15th 1961 Princess Royal opened Meredith and Drew, Ovenden
18th 1931 Opening of Queensbury Catholic Church JP became first woman mayor of Halifax
18th 1948 Explosion with loss of life, wrecked the spindle works of Jas. Ogden and Sons off Northgate, Hx
19th 1927 St Pauls Sunday School, King Cross opened
22nd 1940 Bomb fell on Hanson Lane - 11 killed
22nd 1917 Explosions at Hipperholme and Copley works
23rd 1944 V-bomb fell at Hubberton, Sowerby
27th 1957 Opening of Brighouse Corporation's Badger Hill Reservoir
28th 1938 Scotland Yard called in during Halifax 'Slasher' scare
28th 1900 Electric lighting scheme adopted by Brighouse Town Council
31st 1913 Halifax Eye, ear and throat hospial, Ward's End, closed(it opened in 1886)
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