Halifax West Yorkshire Vintage footage.

A snippet from an early 90's documentary featuring vintage footage from Halifax.

[@iancoldwell8199]

The Lady washing the wooden stepladder was my Grandma, also my Dad ,Grandad and Aunty are in the film. Watch the full film, its called We of the West Riding,

[@lisascarborough3898]

Ahhhh bless my family are from the area

[@theindigotraveller]

I live in the highlands now, but my family are all still there in halifax. I love watching old films of the place.We have 5 generations of family there now.

[@jockmcscottish7569]

My Dads from Hx, used to go down from Glasgow to see my Granny on Dyson road three or four times a year. Loved every minute down there, it's a lovly wee town and I miss it very, very much. My mates down there, going to Thrum Hall and the shay, the list is endless.

[@snooepijeleeuwenkamp9365]

I was born in Halifax general in 53 and my gran lived in ovenden but came from Copley we would visit her every week in one of the first council houses in ovenden that actually had a bathroom downstairs life was simple back then my grandma had an iron bedstead with a straw matress that had to be turned daily god it's all coming back now

[@jockmcscottish7569]

My Gran's house, where Dad was born in (in '43), none of this fancy hospital stuff back then, had a place out back where they went to the toilet like a stone shed with a bucket. No TV. Us born in '81ers dont know how good we have it!

[@snooepijeleeuwenkamp9365]

first house my mum and dad had was a one up and one down I had a bed on the landing well at the top of the stone steps that was in 53 outside loo shared with a dirty neighbour my mum would put rag rugs on the line to beat clean in summer those were the days eh? no tv till I was 3 but there was hardly anything on it used to shut down on a sunday for a couple of hours in the evening and only two channels my grandkids ask what did you do without tv? played out till it was dark and sat knitting or sewing

[@broadway254]

Jock McScottish - once lived on Dyson Road in the early 00's. Houses were haunted on that street, swear down man.

[@Bluefire397]

Old comment I know, but I did the opposite- I live in Halifax and used to go up to Glasgow a few times a year to see gran. That’s all I really have to say.

[@SuperTimpet]

This is what my hometown was like back then. God

[@theheartofzany1]

Love old footage. Thank you for sharing :)

[@ninjaginger6418]

I'm a Lancashire lass but an honourary Yorkshire girl.

[@ChannelPro666]

Been from Halifax this was beautiful to see the old images i can feel the imagination walking round the area after this 😂

[@allabouteve3290]

1:02 thats dean clough, looks much tidier today !- behind the mill is old lane - and then the top of the hill is Woodside and all the terrace houses, still there i think that dirt track up the hill is still not named - but still used (usually to park cars on!) Lived in Halifax for over 40 years, born in 1960 so these times are way before me - loads of mills in those days, even in the countryside where i live now (ogden) there was loads of terraces and mills - all pulled down and much cleaner, but the jobs went with the mills sadly

[@chloebrear5888]

allabout Eve thanks for pointing that out love dean clough hahah

[@personalpc7439]

The way of life gone... never to return....when people interacted with each other for good or bad... when children happily played on the streets .....

[@alanknotts1895]

Roads are still cobbled ,till the council digs them up tarmacs it ,and sells cobbles to private estate

[@colinchild4727]

The music - middle section- is Scott Joplin"s Maple Leaf Rag"

[@scrapesmusic]

Some more really great footage of Halifax from a family on vacation in the 50s! scrapes - All the Houses

[@ohmeowzer1]

Lovely thank you

[@Chris-B.]

Beth g Glad you enjoyed Beth :)

[@JohnEdwardBerry]

Halifax was a great place when I was a kid.

[@mugwamp1057]

Early 90's?!!!

[@vandaalmeida3777]

What a treasure shot. ...

[@paulbroderick8438]

'Last Tango in Halifax'

[@darrenhirst9900]

Been a few things filmed in Halifax.

[@anuarhab6331]

3:01 A silver Proton car in the foreground...greetings from Malaysia.

[@Ulysses_S_Grant_18]

How is from Halifax seeing if they can recognise any streets

[@darrenhirst9900]

Abbey Walk just off Huddersfield Road

[@michaelrejoinbradford1282]

I bet back then they never thought there town and country was going to be took over

[@edwardcooper3948]

People tend nowadays to keep themselves to themselves

[@Embracing01]

I agree, especially if it's on some posh estate where they've got a new car on the driveway, loads of money burning a hole in their pockets. Those kinds of places lack any community spirit, it's all "me me me, look what I've got".

[@lilyobrien9498]

The streets at 1:15 look likes the ones in ackley bridge!

[@HistoryWeenie]

Acklue bridge is filmed in halifax that's why

[@darrenhirst9900]

Some is huddersfield road when you get up salterhebble hill its just on the right.

[@pbasswil]

It _is_ an odd choice of music. Joplin was American, for one thing; and popular almost 2 generations before that older Halifax footage from 1948. The compiler must associate it with some non-decade-specific idea of "the olden days". :^/

[@sherpaderpa1]

0:46 did the narrator say “dark satanic mills predominate.” ?

[@user-cw4cw3ot4u]

sherpaderpa1 wtf your rite

[@ohmeowzer1]

Yeah what’s that about

[@mattatchley3326]

occitanic

[@TheStarBlack]

It's from a William Blake poem.

[@quintiniusverginix7827]

Someone needs to listen to the lyrics of "Jerusalem".

[@paulhowes1396]

Sounds like Orgin Music from a fairground. Gt Britain has changed since those far off days with everyone in a household going to work just to pay taxes upon taxes upon taxes. We need a Robin Hood again. The air appears cleaner since the open coal fired days,but aint. However they might tax that next. BB

[@hxjay1971]

I totally agree bb this is my home town I love it but the parasites who control it are destroying it just like the inept career politicians in Westminster

[@chrisarmitage5713]

Approximate locations on Street View 00:13 - www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.729487,-1.86548,3a,75y,120.08h,75.06t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s-YC-7ODY0Sgtnp65EqlCMQ!2e0 00:16 - www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.728304,-1.861582,3a,75y,122.2h,78.22t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sqgBOOKCge3ZQaXLUn26QZg!2e0 00:34 - www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.727149,-1.859971,3a,75y,91.05h,95.14t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sbzb9WwUYm_xiBGqXW-Eibg!2e0 01:00 - www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.727074,-1.860729,3a,28.7y,314.92h,83.86t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s0DqqrpPups2sOhjUlLOxpA!2e0

[@Chris-B.]

Awesome finds. I was looking for those steps everywhere. I don't suppose you know where this street is (2:40) with the corner shop? I gave up looking after a couple of hours lol.

[@barryackroyd4624]

***** just off huddersfield road passed spring hall sports ground.

[@chrisarmitage5713]

Ooh, that's just cheating, jumping from Dean Clough to the other side of Halifax. I'd assumed it was on the Woodside streets by Bankfield Museum For reference, thats: 02:40 - www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.709504,-1.857189,3a,75y,350.35h,79.06t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s2FTA68l0xl0StFmV2mYbKg!2e0 (go left one screen, the corner of the house is more visible) 02:45 - www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.709482,-1.857429,3a,75y,256.41h,80.39t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sTyoIAtFPKofGRDF4qW8fvQ!2e0 03:02 - www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.709486,-1.85676,3a,75y,153.78h,79.54t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s74g63JGgukKTyCwCE8YPHA!2e0

[@Chris-B.]

Chris Armitage Thanks for finding that. I wasn't too far at one point, I was looking around the Savile park area. It hasn't changed a bit in nearly 20 yrs :)

[@marykelly5776]

+Chris Armitage and iiiiol loo thomastoys

[@daytripsuk1]

Hi could i please use this video on my youtube channel, i will put a link to your channel on... thanks

[@Chris-B.]

Hi, thanks for your message, of course you can, I appreciate you asking :)

[@daytripsuk1]

Thank you Chris.. i will put your link in and subscribe to your channel..... Thanks .......... Steve

[@Chris-B.]

Your very welcome Steve I am glad you enjoyed the video. I will check out your channel too .

[@daytripsuk1]

Thanks Chris, its a bit rondom but working on it, i have just started a toy review channel too, trying to see which does best .. cheers

[@Chris-B.]

Random Video's Nice one. I will definitely look forward to that

[@superviola12341]

Lovely film, but I don't think the commentator actually knew what a back to back house actually looks like!

[@tdoran616]

What documentary is this from? I want to see the full documentary

[@Chris-B.]

This was the full piece on Halifax. The documentary was about Bradford, Halifax and the third was Birmingham I think. I only uploaded the Bradford and Halifax sections to KZbin.

[@tdoran616]

@@Chris-B. Can you upload the full documentary?

[@HumanJarv]

What is that music?? It's so odd.

[@Chris-B.]

Hi Jack, I double checked the DVD which the footage came from and the music didn't even get a mention in the closing credits,strange lol

[@HumanJarv]

***** Very! Didn't expect an answer - thanks for looking! Maybe it's just stock music.

[@ninjaginger6418]

+Chris B strange..😃

[@5implesimon]

Scott Joplin "Maple Leaf Rag"

[@zoranmilovanovic5457]

As a kid I used to look at the women on a Saturday afternoon scrubbin' the doorstep for some reason. What the bleedin' hell was that all about?????

[@projectdae3807]

No idea mate

[@snooepijeleeuwenkamp9365]

that was usually done on a Friday and the steps donkey stoned either white or brown chalk to show the edge up white meant you were better off I remember my mum doing it back in the 50's it was also called mapping out nothing to do with maps though

[@snooepijeleeuwenkamp9365]

it showed you had pride in your home to put on a good show for visitors

[@cherryrotella3714]

Zoran Milovanovic it was a source of pride to have a scrubbed doorstep, showed you were respectable my mother said

[@annmitchell4663]

Ppl took pride in keeping their homes clean back in the day.

[@petermcneill80]

When people had respect for each other , pride in their work and Christian values. How I’d love to go back and live then hard work but you’d sleep at night and with a clear head 👍🏻

[@patriciajordan4544]

Tem como traduzir?

[@marconigreenwood]

Patricia Jordan traduzir o que?

[@Shrek4ever630]

Haha I live there

[@jilllovesbeegees70]

What did he say? Welfare trolley.. entitlement community?

[@zertia9026]

Instead all we have now is constant deaths 24/7 all over Halifax because of knifes and Murders😫🤦‍♂️

[@Embracing01]

But how many of those are actual murders and not news stories made up by the media?. I guarantee the media make up alot of crime so it gives the police something to do and a reason to bring more ridiculous laws that ingring on peoples rights and freedoms (ie more CCTV cameras) and makes people fearful. I'm not saying it's all faked but quite alot especially when it's been blasted over the national news probably will be, either something's being covered up, there's an agenda behind it or it's a hoax.