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<br/>Village of Outlane strung out on A640 alongside M62. Halifax in the distance. Oxenhope Windfarm on the Horizon.
©Mark Mercer
Dist:0.1km north<br/>Slack Lane bridge is a standard West Riding type underbridge completed in 1970 by W & C French as part of the Pole Moor to Outlane Contract (see [[http://www.iht.org/motorway/m62poleoutl.htm]] for further information)
©Richard Kay
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Whilst the 1:25,000 OS sheet marks this as a Footbridge carrying public footpaths, it is clearly used by small vehicles from the Outlane Golf Club which has greens on both sides of the brook.
©Richard Kay
Dist:0.3km north<br/>An unusual feature is that the lettering is done in dots.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.3km north<br/>Rebuilt in 1937 – see photograph of memorial stone.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.3km north<br/>A good name for a pub at the junction of two former turnpike roads.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.3km north<br/>Sunbeam S7 No 632 (PVH 932) waiting to depart on route 73 for Waterloo via town centre. It has East Lancs 72-seater bodywork dating from 1959. The trolleybus system closed down on 13th July, 1968, three months after this picture was taken.
©David Hillas
Dist:0.3km north<br/>'Mistal' is the old Yorkshire dialect word for 'cowshed'. The public footpath to the site of the Roman Fort at Slack goes through the gates on the left.
©Richard Kay
Dist:0.4km north<br/>
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Of various ages and heights. The ones in the centre were weavers' cottages, with their long rows of small mullioned windows to give a good light.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.4km north<br/>The datestone is shown in image 415481.
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.4km north<br/>An elegantly inscribed stone, but what is the letter at the top?
©Humphrey Bolton
Dist:0.4km north<br/>
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.4km north<br/>The plaque on the gable wall says 'Shaw Farm Rebuilt 1997'. The warm yellow sandstone is the local building material.
©Richard Kay
Dist:0.4km north<br/>The lettering along the front of the building is hard to read now, but it ends with 'Branch No. 18' so was certainly built as a Co-operative shop. It was the post office in the mid-20C.
©Humphrey Bolton

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  • Winston Churchill

    From notes left by my late father I understand Churchill visited Halifax during the war and stayed at a house on the outskirts of the town. Does anyone have any further information please?
    rtbcomp in Halifax, Friday 03 July, 2009

  • Can anyone help please?

    I am looking for a Marcus Monkman or maybe Burdon? Marcus would maybe be in his 40`s? Mums name was Dorothy Jean and Dorothy lived in blackpool/lytham area for some time with my grandfather, maybe …
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  • Farm Shop

    Upper Edge would be a great location for a farm shop with good road access, not far from the M62 and local businesses that require daily food supplies any views on this?
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