Leicester, Eastgates And Clock Tower c.1950
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L144011

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The pinnacled and canopied Clock Tower, designed by Joseph Goddard in 1868, dominates the forefront of the photograph, while its four stoney local worthies, Simon de Montfort, William Wyggeston, Alderman Gabriel Newton and Sir Thomas White, Mayor of Leicester and mine host at the nearby Horse and Trumpet, gaze down. Beyond Corts Limited can be seen the dominant dome of the Opera House, demolished in 1960, where each year the Christmas pantomime was staged and appreciated with thunderous applause by generations of children.
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