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Harraby Green Service Station (1)
Description written December 2018.
Not long after this picture was taken, the business closed down. Most of the site was cleared fairly promptly, but the shop building was not demolished until 2018.
A KFC drive-thru restaurant is being built on the land.
View heading out of town on London Road. The BT radio mast at Hillcrest Avenue is seen on the left.
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 27 Jan 2013
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Harraby Green Service Station (2)
Description written December 2018.
This filling station on London Road closed down not long after the photo was taken. Final clearance of the site took place in 2018.
A new KFC drive-thru will be opening here soon. Coincidentally, there is an advert for a KFC Cajun meal on the bus shelter beside the forecourt.
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 27 Jan 2013
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Arches on south end of Harraby Bridge which takes A6 over River Petteril
Harraby war memorial can be seen beside the far end of the bridge parapet
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 21 Oct 2021
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Harraby War Memorial (1)
'In honour of the men of Harraby and District who fell in the great war' - inscription on the front face. The names of the 23 men are listed on the sides - see photos https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6006433 & https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6006437 . A soldier who died in Korea (1952) is also commemorated.
An additional plaque records the gallantry of Lieut. Joseph H Collin VC - see photo https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6006441 .
The memorial is situated on London Road, near the south-eastern end of Harraby Bridge.
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 28 Jul 2014
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Harraby War Memorial (2) - Names
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 28 Jul 2014
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Harraby War Memorial (3) - Names
A closer look at
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This photo was taken before the memorial was cleaned and refurbished in 2014.
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 27 Jan 2013
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Harraby War Memorial (4) - Collin VC plaque
A closer look at
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Further information about the gallant actions of Lieut. Joseph Henry Collin is available from the Carlisle and Stanwix Branch of The Royal British Legion http://branches.britishlegion.org.uk/branches/carlisle/ww1-heroes-walk-of-honour/memorial-3-harraby-war-memorial-carlisle .
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 28 Jul 2014
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River Petteril
A view looking to the southwest along the River Petteril from the parapet of Harraby Bridge.
Image: © Phil Williams
Taken: 11 Feb 2007
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Northeast parapet of Harraby Bridge which takes A6 over River Petteril
Ordnance Survey documents indicate that a benchmark was levelled at 87.062 feet above Liverpool Datum on the near end of the parapet during the 1841-1844 Liverpool to Port Carlisle 1GL Survey. The surveyor's description was 'No. 466. Bolt in South-east pier of bridge, over River Petterill ; 3.28 ft. above pathway'
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 1 Nov 2022
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Benchmark on NE parapet of Harraby Bridge
Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm112142
Image: © Luke Shaw
Taken: 24 Aug 2019
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