Display in honour of Percy Shaw, inventor of the cat's eye road studs. Midgley
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Display in honour of Percy Shaw, inventor of the cat's eye road studs. Midgley
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 17 May 2018
Percy Shaw (1890-1976) lived in Boothtown, Halifax, and cat's eye road studs are still made there. See https://www.ypsyork.org/resources/yorkshire-scientists-and-innovators/percy-shaw/ . I don't know why this display is in Midgley rather than Boothtown.
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Image Location
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53.733892
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-1.951607