Old Money

If you visit the Town Hall in Halifax (that's Yorkshire, UK..) and you ask nicely, you can see a really amazing Victorian grand civic interior. This was opened in the late 19th century at a cost of over fifty thousand pounds. That was a fortune in those days, and it still looks wonderful today.

There are lovely mouldings, etched glass, tiled floors and an early 20th century elevator for the stouter council members ..







This is the view from the balcony, a panorama assembled from 3 shots using Photoshop CS3. Click on it to see to full size version..





By 'eck. They don't spend money like that these days....


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