Whit Walks, Market Street, 1961
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Whit Walks, Market Street, 1961
Image: © Alfred Dixon Taken: 22 May 1961
Sunday school walkers on the Whit Monday procession in 1961. The walkers are moving northwards, along Market Street, past the Greenside Lane junction and the Kings Head Hotel. Although from the opposite direction Image] taken in 1979, and Image], taken in 2010 give an idea of how this part of Market Street has changed in fifty years.
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Image Location
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53.48092
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-2.144587