Entrance to library and art gallery, Huddersfield
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Entrance to library and art gallery, Huddersfield
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 2 Nov 2017
I borrowed my first books on steam engines from here in about 1976. This was opened in 1940 and was designed by E H Ashburner to a rather stark 'stripped classical design'. Apparently this style went out of fashion rather quickly as it was associated with the monumental buildings of totalitarian regimes. I rather like it and it does dominate its neighbourhood, and is of considerably more merit than the adjoining 1970s market - in my opinion anyway.
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