Entrance to the former Co-op, Thornhill Road, Rastrick

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Entrance to the former Co-op, Thornhill Road, Rastrick

Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 8 Jul 2007

Drapery is set into the floor of the entrance in mosaic, with typical Victorian confidence. However a few months after the shop opened, in 1857, it closed due to poor trading and theft.

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