Wakefield, Wood Street c.1953
Photo ref:
W464005

More about this scene
The abundance of Union Jacks and other flags in this view of Wood Street suggests that the photograph was taken in 1953, the year of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation. We are looking up towards the clock tower of the Town Hall, built in 1880 in the French Gothic style by T E Collcutt, the architect of London's Savoy Hotel. Further up is the Mechanics' Institution, or Institute of Literature and Science, which now houses the Wakefield Museum.
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