Blackpool's electric tramway was brought about by a combination of a Halifax inventor, Holroyd Smith, and Blackpool Council in the mid 1880s. Smith produced his first electric powered invention in a demonstration short garden line at his home. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard
Celebrated as “the first modern lesbian”, Halifax's Anne Lister was also a 19th century landowner, businesswoman, scholar and traveller. Her life was also recently brought to mainstream attention through Sally Wainwright's BBC/HBO drama, Gentleman Jack. Photo: Jim Fitton
In December 1852, a small group of men gathered in the Old Cock Inn, Halifax. Their aim was to set up an investment and loan society, for the mutual benefit of local working people. By Christmas that year, the Halifax Permanent Benefit Building Society was formally established. Photo: Chris Lever
Back in 1985, Dame Vivien Duffield was inspired by the children’s museums that she had seen in the USA and opened Eureka! The National Children's Museum in Halifax. Photo: Bruce Fitzgerald