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 Blackburn, the Town Hall c1955 (ref. B111042) | Note the change of illumination outside the Town Hall. On the right is the Exchange Building in its incarnation as the Majestic Cinema. Davy Crockett is showing, and you could have had a seat in the stalls for one shil- ling (5p), or in the circle for one shilling and sixpence (7½p). |  Add your own Memory Add to your Album |
 Blackburn, Exchange 1899 (ref. 43478) | The Exchange looks here much as it did when Charles Dickens ascended its steps to give his reading. The premises on the right advertising Whittle Springs Ales was W H Gregson's brewers' agents, later to become an office for Grant's whisky, the only one they had outside Scotland - a tribute to Blackburn's fondness for strong liquor. On the left was the Exchange Hotel. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Blackburn, the Town Hall c1955 (ref. B111003) | This is how local historian W A Abram described the Town Hall: 'The west front, 120 feet wide, with an elevation of 63 feet, presents the main entrance in the centre, by three massive arched doorways. The front is emboldened by Corinthian columns resting upon a rusticated basement upholding a broad tablature surmounted by a perforated parapet' - an impressive piece of architecture. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
