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Halifax Oddities

Late March 2025, we’d pledged to go somewhere while the exceptionally good weather held. Feeling ropey, I suggested going to Banksfield Museum for art and droning. The easy bus trip landed us at Halifax bus station where Phil chatted to a student who worked part-time in the store. Famished and food options in Boothtown limited, we took a shortcut to Gregg’s and ate butty deals on seating in The…

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Akroydon 2 (Akroyd Mill and Burial Ground)

Keen to complete our investigations of Akroydon, we took the bus to Halifax mid-May. We alighted on Crown Street where Phil indicated books piled in a window behind us. Previously unnoticed, it solved the mystery of Old Bank Shops, which I’d fruitlessly sought last year. A subsequent foray found nothing but fusty old books and postcards. From North Parade, signs led to Akroyd Mill. It was, of…

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Bankfield and Akroydon (Halifax)

Recently discovering Halifax had two model villages – Copley and Akroydon, we agreed to explore the latter combined with a visit to nearby Bankfield Museum. Riding up front on the top deck of the bus, Phil pretended to be driving and I contemplated starting points for future days out. Disgorged at Crown Street, we walked alongside Broad Street shopping centre to Northgate. Noting a sign for…

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Akroydon, Boothtown, Halifax