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Some Aspects of
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Westgate. This area was well known for its Banks and
Building societies. The Yorkshire Penny Bank takes centre picture, with the
Cathedral spire behind |
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Short Essays by members
of the society, now available to download
Microsoft Word-The Wakefield Church
Congress.pdf
Microsoft Word - Flights of Fancy.pdf
A Tale of 2 Curates.pdf
Part of Kate Taylor's research on the history of the Diocese of
Wakefield
One of our researchers has found newspaper
clippings
relating to a Wakefield lifeboat
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Turning towards Westgate Station, whose clock tower
was removed in the 1960's, we can see the Play house which opened in 1913,
and later became the Picture House which itself closed in 1978 to become a
night club |
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Westgate Station, bridge and clock tower, with in
front 'Pemberton House', built for P. Milnes one of Wakefield's important
cloth merchanting business.
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Pictures taken from the
postcards of a series of paintings showing Wakefield in the 1950's by J. K.
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The Elephant and Castle, can be traced back to 1809,
but its design here dates to the early 1900's. The turreted roof tops are on
Unity Hall. Other buildings were domestic dwellings converted to quality
shops. |
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Wakefield Historical
Society
