Knottingley, Modern School c.1955
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The older part of town is surrounded on all sides by water - the River Aire and two canals. Rope making was a flourishing industry both for the marine and agricultural markets. Down to the left of the Town Hall is Rope Walk, and here was the Modern School, an imposing building erected in 1842 and including as its pupils, children from barge families. In the late 1960s the Secondary Modern school transferred to new premises, and it was used as a Church School for nearly two decades until demolition twenty years ago.
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