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Description: | 8th October 1892. This photograph was taken at the ceremony of laying the Memorial Stone of Morley Town Hall. The stone itself is hardly visible but is probably below the second barrier from the front underneath the largest bunch of flags.
The person with his hands on the front barrier and making a speech at this time is the Mayor of Wakefield. Beside him with one hand on the railing is Sam Rhodes, the chairman of the Town Hall Committee. Tom Clough, the Mayor of Morley on this date, is in the top hat immediately behind Sam Rhodes. Underneath the Memorial Stone he placed current coins of the realm, a copy of Scatcherd's History Of Morley, a copy of Smith's Ancient and Modern and a current issue of the Morley Observer.
All this material was set in place with a silver mallet and trowel which had been specially commissioned by the Council for this occasion and suitably inscribed. In the background are more buildings along Albion Street while behind the bunting it looks as if the demolition of the Town Hall site has not yet been completed. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Queen Street Morley Town Hall Albion Street | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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