Image ID: 01851

Opening of The Co-operative Central Store, corner of Baker Street and Annesley Road, Hucknall, 1898

Baker Street - Annesley Road
Hucknall
England

The Co-op building on the Market Place was constructed in 1898 and, as shown here, was opened to a gathering of 4,000 people. The extensive building housed a grocery store, draper, millinery and tailoring departments and the general offices and boardroom. It also housed a statue of Lord Byron given by the benefactor Elias Lacey in 1903. The store finally closed in 1994.

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