Batley, Commercial Street c.1955
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B642014
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Formerly a dirty, rutted lane, this was changed into a shopping centre from 1872 with the demolition of the Hick Lane cottages. In their place emerged Exchange Buildings, the town's first block of shops. However, by 1881 traders were complaining that Commercial Street was in a disgusting state. It was not improved until 1903, when wooden blocks were used on the roads to keep the noise down. By 1906 the Co-operative store was established in the Market Place; it stayed here until its demolition in 1977. Others stores date from the thirties, including Woolworth's (1931) and Burton's (1937). Many of these were swept away in the next redevelopment of 1964.
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