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Civic Hall fire 1955

Set of glass plates dated 17.3.1955. On HD in sub folder of J & H Horne called I Bank fire this one is Civic Hall fire Hypnosis. The old market hall destroyed by fire in 1955. The new building cost £37,000 of which insurance covered £11,800 and £9,200 was taken from the accumulated monies of the Adams Fund which is drawn on the meet annual charges on a loan of £26,000 (taken from the Good Book of Totnes by Percy Russell). Ref B2/E17