Paddock Mound, Dawley
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Paddock Mound, Dawley
Image: © Mike White Taken: 29 Mar 2009
This is the site of the first offices of the Inland Revenue computerisation project in Telford. In the early 1980s it was housed in temporary buildings on this mound until purpose-built accommodation nearer the new town centre was available. Old hands (and there are precious few left) still refer to the 'Dawley days'. The buildings here passed into use by small businesses and have now been removed. Only the concrete rafts remain. Government computerisation was privatised in the 1990s but the successor (now working for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) occupies many buildings in Telford and is a major employer in the town.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.662867
Longitude
-2.464222