Albert Promenade, Halifax

FRIDAY

Yesterday it was the promenade at Rhyl. Today the Albert Promenade in Halifax.

I had a routine hospital appointment this morning at 09:00 and stopped off at Alert Promenade en route. 

Albert Promenade was built by Henry Charles McCrea who was born in Dublin in 1810 and found his way over to Halifax where he originally worked for John Holdsworth in his textile business. He went on to become Mayor of the town and benefactor of numerous local schemes to “improve” the town. Albert Promenade was built to allow local people to view the natural rock formations that line the Calder Valley in the Skircoat and Saville Park area of the town.

McCrea became something of a serial promenade-builder, as soon as he had finished Albert Promenade in 1861, he transferred his attention to the  seafront at Blackpool, where he was the Chairman of the company that built the North Pier, the first purpose-built pier-promenade in the country and was behind the move to introduce electric trams in Blackpool