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Local History: Eccles blue plaques, Part 4 of 4
By Tony Flynn and Emma Davis In this final series of mini videos we take a further look at the following plaques. Eccles Library which opened in 1907 and was built with money donated by the well known philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Currently closed and being restored the library is at present housed next door in the Gateway building. Town Hall pub, a beautiful sandstone building, stands on the site of a pub called The Kings Head and dating back to 1825, again at present closed but being renovated by local businessman Paul Quinn and due to open shortly. Eccles Journal offices on Church Street, the date stone of 1874 refers to when the Journal was first published not the date of the building. The Eccles Journal merged with the Salford Advertiser in the early 1990's and moved further down Church Street changing it's name to The Salford Advertiser, currently based in Manchester. The Eccles Cake Plaque, actually sited in the wrong place. James Birch opened a cake shop in 1796 whilst rival James Bradburn opened his in 1810 both facing each other on Church Street. Bradburns closed in 1965 to make way for the new Eccles Precinct and stood on the site of the old Wilkinson's store facing the parish church, whilst Birch's shop closed about the same time and became a dry cleaners shop.
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