Just been in tarn hall for the first time

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  1. Gordon Owen

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    Wow, what a building. Weren't they criticised when it was built for spending so much on it when it could have been spent elsewhere. Not many towns the size of ours has a centrepiece like that.
     
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    Criticised by George Orwell in The Road To Wigan Pier. At the time I suppose he had a fair point.

    I would expect most towns in this country would have a fairly ornate town hall.
     
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    only been inside once, is the registry office still in there? can prob imagine for such a big building not that many people actually go in it
     
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    it's been a museum for the last 50 years at least......to work, as not a lot ever goes off in it............ only councillors and the like enjoying their freebies.

    hth
     
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    Yes, we went in for the registry office. The museum stuff is being showcased, I'll be calling in once it's all fully opened.
     
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