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PIECE HALL, HALIFAX, WEST YORKSHIRE.

Historic building.

---For a day trip out from home, i took two buses the 40 miles to Halifax, ..York to Leeds then to Halifax.-- Halifax is an ancient wool and textile town in West Yorkshire. on the river Calder. The wool trade gone , but
the Piece Hall still there. So time for a visit. Today it is a popular place for outside
events., and arts, and to meet people. -- -- Rich merchants built the Piece Hall in
1779, to house 300 merchants rooms for wholesale business. In 1971 it closed as unsuitable for
todays trade. -- The Heritage Lottery Fund awarded funding to restore the Piece Hall.It
reopened in August 2017, now hosts music events etc.PIECE  HALL,  HALFAX,  WEST  YORKSHIRE. --  Free  Entry.

PIECE HALL, HALFAX, WEST YORKSHIRE. -- Free Entry.

PIECE  HALL,  HALIFAX,  WEST  YORKSHIRE..  --Grade 1  listed  building.

PIECE HALL, HALIFAX, WEST YORKSHIRE.. --Grade 1 listed building.

PIECE  HALL,  HALIFAX ,  WEST  YORKSHIE.  --Archway  entrance.

PIECE HALL, HALIFAX , WEST YORKSHIE. --Archway entrance.

PIECE HALL,  HALIFAX,  WEST  YORKSHIRE.-  The Quadrangular building different  angle.

PIECE HALL, HALIFAX, WEST YORKSHIRE.- The Quadrangular building different angle.

-PIECE HALL,  HALIFAX,  WEST  YORKSHIRE. -- Pennine  hills beyond.with spire of Square  church.   The  church  building  demolished.

-PIECE HALL, HALIFAX, WEST YORKSHIRE. -- Pennine hills beyond.with spire of Square church. The church building demolished.

PIECE HALL,  HALIFAX, WEST  YORKSHIRE.-- Built  on  a  hill  slope.   --  2 storeys to left ,  3  to  right.

PIECE HALL, HALIFAX, WEST YORKSHIRE.-- Built on a hill slope. -- 2 storeys to left , 3 to right.

PIECE  HALL,  HALIFAX,  WEST  YORKSHIRE.-- Spire of  Square  church  looms over  the  Piece  Hall.-[Excuse  the  pun.

PIECE HALL, HALIFAX, WEST YORKSHIRE.-- Spire of Square church looms over the Piece Hall.-[Excuse the pun.

]PIECE HALL , HALIFAX,  WEST  YORKSHIRE.---Explanation to  what  a  Piece is.   --- Its  the  other  Peace that's  needed  today.

PIECE HALL , HALIFAX, WEST YORKSHIRE.---Explanation to what a Piece is. --- Its the other Peace that's needed today.

PIECE HALL  HALIFAX, WEST  YORKSHIRE- --Hand  weavers  loom  in  museum .

PIECE HALL HALIFAX, WEST YORKSHIRE- --Hand weavers loom in museum .

----- The Halifax Building Society was formed in Halifax in 1853. -- Halifax is 8 miles from Bradford, 17 miles to Leeds, and 40 miles York, the county town. [ City ]

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