John Oram's photos with the keyword: Halifax

This photograph is more symbolic than informative without the explanation which follows. To walk around near the present day Halifax station is to walk in a wonderland of railway history. A look at a satellite image centred on the station will give you some idea why. An area extending between two car parks and containing the Eureka! (sic) museum and the bridge approach to the station forecourt was obviously once heavily laid with track. Central to the area is the former station building also belonging to Eureka! The Victorian brickwork under the bridge is just superb. For the 'lost railway' enthusiast this is worth 15-30 mins of wandering to take in the atmosphere. 200_2_P1060006

The sign in this photograph appears as a white rectangle on the building in the previous picture and gives a little peek into the railway history of the area of Halifax now occupied by Eureka! and a car park. There are, in fact, two signs over two former entrances to the building. 200_2_P1060001

Hunslet 0-4-0DM no. 2641/1941 with the fictitious TOPS number 02641 and restored coach in Northern Rail colours at Eureka! National Children's Museum, Halifax. 200_2_P1050999

Hunslet 0-4-0DM no. 2641/1941 with the fictitious TOPS number 02641 and restored coach in Northern Rail colours at Eureka! National Children's Museum, Halifax. 200_2_P1060005

Hunslet 0-4-0DM no. 2641/1941 with the fictitious TOPS number 02641 and restored coach in Northern Rail colours at Eureka! National Children's Museum, Halifax. 200_2_P1050998

The Piece Hall, Halifax viewed from Union Street with the spire of Square Church behind. The Piece Hall, opened on 1 January 1779, claims the title of the oldest remaining Cloth Hall in Britain. Both buildings in this view are part of a major redevelopment of Halifax's cultural centre with the spire of Square Church to be incorporated into the town's new Library and Archive. The picture, although taken on a busy weekday, features my trademark lack of people. I rarely include these willingly in shots and will wait (fairly) patiently for several minutes, as I did on this occasion, to get the shot I want. 200_2_P1050991

Halifax is a town of stirring Victorian architecture including the Borough Market (1896) in which this clock, refurbished in 1993, is a central feature. 200_2_P1050983