Blackburn, The Town Hall c.1950
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The town first pushed for a town hall in 1833. The foundation stone was laid on 29 October 1852 by Joseph Fielden, but it was 30 October 1856 before it opened. It has not got the towering Gothic grandeur of some of Lancashire's other town halls, but it does have a certain splendour. It was built at a cost of £29,428 16s 3d. The clock tower and the Market Hall are still here in our photograph, but not for long. Blackburn became a County Borough in 1888. On 5 November 1925 the Blackburn Church Diocese was founded, and the parish church became a Cathedral.
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