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From Weaver to Web: Online visual archive of Calderdale History

Welcome to the online visual archive of Calderdale history. It gives you access to over 23,000 images, with supporting historical information.

The Calderdale area includes the towns of Halifax, Brighouse, Elland, Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden.

From Weaver to Web provides access to a wide range of materials. These may be very useful to local and family historians interested in this area.

You will find photographs, postcards, maps, trade directories, handbills and many other types of historical sources.

Archive feature

Althams Cafe

Althams Cafe As a thriving industrial centre Halifax was home to shops, trades and amenities of all descriptions. The Halifax Shopping Festival and Exhibition was organised by the Halifax Chamber of Trade to allow retailers and trades people the opportunity to promote their goods and services to local people. Although the majority of those who exhibited were local firms, some came to Halifax from further afield. The image on this page is taken from the festival handbook for 1936. The handbook was designed to give the public an idea of what to expect from the exhibition, in addition to other features such as short stories, articles and competitions.

Local residents seem to have been spoilt for choice regarding tea rooms and eateries. Altham's tearoom was located at 2nd Arcade, Russell Street, Halifax.