20 fantastic pictures from The Piece Hall's birthday celebrations
![Crowds enjoy the street festival on Sunday.](https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/imagefetch/http://www.lep.co.uk/webimage/1.9918275!image/image.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![Crowds enjoy the street festival on Sunday.](/img/placeholder.png)
Visitors were treated to not just one but two days of free entertainment in The Piece Hall courtyard to mark the special occasion.
The first party event - which coincided with Yorkshire Day - included crafts, games, face painting, special workshops, talks and a book launch celebrating artist Chris Mould’s new illustrated book - The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.
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Hide AdThere were performances from Backchat Brass Band and Tohr Paniabian Di Bhangra-Dancers, and demonstrations from new cycling charity Cycling Without Age Calderdale which was showcasing its battery-assisted trishaw, offering lifts to people with limited mobility.
![Arissa Qureshi, one, and mum Nayer Qureshi try hula hooping at the Sunday street festival.](https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/webimg/legacy_ash_1.9918276.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65)
![Arissa Qureshi, one, and mum Nayer Qureshi try hula hooping at the Sunday street festival.](/img/placeholder.png)
Among those receiving rides was nine-year-old Teddy Fearnley Duffy and his 87-year-old great grandmother Sheila Collier. The pair share the same birthday and visiting The Piece Hall was their joint birthday treat.
On Sunday, the celebrations continued with a street festival of theatre, circus, music and outdoor performances as well as a host of tasty pop-up food traders.
Performers included slapstick medical roadshow Doctor! Doctor!, The Comedy Waiters, Dr Butler’s Hatstand Mediciine Band and freestyling wordsmith The Merry Maker.