Where was Andy?
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@andyd I could cheat but what would make me happier would be if you please tell us about these towns, their history, and these sites.
What an embarrassment of riches is architecture in your country. Spellbinding. It's the #1 reason I want to live there more than anywhere but here. Ok, more than here. π§
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So I'm guessing these may be tricky, so 4 photos of both English towns:
First:
And the second town:
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Close to Leeds, it's Halifax. The first photo is a grade2 listed 1970's concrete building that replaced a huge victorian brewery and was the HQ of the Halifax Building Society.
Now owned by Lloyd's of London.
We stayed in a 2 room apartment across the road from it, near friends who live adjacent.
Next photo is the town hall if I remember right. Third is a huge public square, called Woolshops. Medieval 1500? designed to facilitate the local wool trade at its height. Only used for a couple of decades. Now with added water feature, it is used for concerts and is slowly filling up with craft shops. -
Another view of the Halifax Lloyds building
Oldest house painted in original colour
Woolshops Square, the steps (far left in front of bandstand) is the large water feature
Indoor victorian market, with excellent cheese shop
Typical stone built
It has a 900 year old Minster
And very modern bus station, covered market, and this super library built onto the remains of a church, see rose window
Only the spire remains:
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