Caxton Hall

Introduction

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Caxton Hall

Image: © David Dixon Taken: 11 Mar 2014

A close-up look at the front of Caxton Hall (see Image] and Image] for wider views) show that it carries the date 1904 although the first reference cited below says that it was built in 1907 for the Typographical Society of Manchester. 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

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Latitude
53.484753
Longitude
-2.251023