Former Co-op shop, Middlestown, Sitlington

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Former Co-op shop, Middlestown, Sitlington

Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: Unknown

This was quite a large store for a village, which was growing at the time, perhaps due to its position on the main road and near to coal mines. Middlestown did not attract any large-scale industry and never became a town; it is now a rural suburb of Wakefield.

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