The Fosters Tower Block, Angram Bank, High Green - 1 (April 2010)
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The Fosters Tower Block, Angram Bank, High Green - 1 (April 2010)
Image: © Terry Robinson Taken: 14 Apr 2010
The Fosters Tower Block, built in the mid 1960s, is a ten storey block of two bedroom flats. Initially there were retail units and a caretaker’s flat on the ground floor. At a later date telecommunication aerials were erected on the roof. Refurbishment work on the flats and the surrounding area started early in 2010. The Angram Bank estate - where the Tower Block is located - was built on the site of the former WW2 Potter Hill Army Camp ... later converted to and used as POW Camp. Allegedly, for years afterwards local people living on the estate referred to it as the camp site. For more images, see ... Image ... Image ... Image ... Image ... By September 2011 all refurbishment work on the Tower Block had ceased and demolition was taking place, see ... Image ... Image ... Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.470458
Longitude
-1.492582