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The bunting and Union Jacks suggest an important event. The date will be after 1971 as this was when the building was stone cleaned

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Taken after the stone cleaning carried out in 1971.

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Taken after the stone cleaning carried out in 1971.

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Taken after the stone cleaning carried out in 1971.

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After 1890 - Fielden Statue has been removed

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Looking down School Lane, the Central Methodist Church is on the right. and showing the 'new' Post Office, built in the 1960s

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The 'round end' of the Town Hall as seen from the Burnley side.

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The Town Hall opened in 1875 and the statue of John Fielden, seen here, was moved to Fielden Square in 1890.

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Demonstrating the fact that Todmorden is at the cross roads of Lancashire and Yorkshire, this wonderful pediment depicts the Lancashire cotton trade on one side and the Yorkshire woollen trade on the other.

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Statue of John Fielden MP, in celebration of the 'Ten Hours Act' 1847. Designed by J H Foley in 1863 and cast in 1869. The Ten Hours Act reduced the permitted maximum hours of work for women and children to 10 hrs per day and 58 in any one week.
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