Caxton Hall, Salford
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Caxton Hall, Salford
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 11 Mar 2014
The once impressive Caxton Hall, rendered somewhat less impressive by the modern shop frontages References say that it was built in 1907 for the Typographical Society of Manchester although the front of the building clearly carries the date “1904” (Image]). It was named after William Caxton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Caxton , inventor of the printing press. The building was hired out to socialists and trade union activists for most of its life and was an important venue for the labour movement in Salford and Manchester. http://www.visitsalford.info/documents/chapelstreettrail.pdf Chapel Street Heritage Trail http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/outside/SALFORD/caxtonhall.html Manchester History Net
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Image Location
Latitude
53.484752
Longitude
-2.251174