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Originally Posted by garinda
I've always thought it quite an anonymous looking building, albeit one of imposing size.
Not very grand, or fancy, compared to neighbouring Town Halls, and considering the vast amount of brass that must have been rolling into the town's coffers, from the numerous mills etc., when it was built in 1874.
It can hardly be described as being the height of mid to late Victoriana in style. It's quite puritanical, and utilitarian, by design. Perhaps my Primitive Methodist anscestors had a say in choosing the winning architectural design.
It used to house the Fire Station too, when the engines were horse drawn. |
If you pop in the heritage centre at the top of Monarch Street there is a photo of the Fire Brigade outside the Town Hall, the horses were kept in stables down the Straits, I actually reproduced that photo for the civic society from one my father had, his father was on the pick