was a major textile centre with many mills - cotton, worsted & paper. The 1797 Turkey Mills made the paper for the Indian Sutton, Goose Eye & Bancroft mills converted to housing. https://t.co/zTmUwLkqAS

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Jnr enjoyed the applause for his magic lantern slideshows of local scenes & his travels abroad in Victoria Hall There’s no record of a children’s show though.

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Theories why the 1903 statue of has its back to include to prevent the face being hit by stray balls & to symbolise looking at other horizons. But why place him in the line of fire from a cannon?

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