SquireBev
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Watching a British Transport Film - The North-Eastern Going Forward - the narrator mentions "textile towns in the West Riding" along with a view across one such town. It looks familiar to me, as I'm from that part of the world, but I can't pinpoint which town in particular is shown.
Here it is:
https://imgur.com/bxLnIa0
At first I wondered if it might be Dewsbury, as I know it had a fair share of mills, and has a Minster, but upon further investigation it seems Dewsbury Minster has a spire rather than a tower, and I don't think there was ever a power station so close to the town centre.
I've convinced myself it isn't Wakefield or Huddersfield either, as I can't make the viaduct, church, and power station all fit.
I know the West Riding was a lot bigger than present-day West Yorkshire, so I wondered if it might be Rotheram or Barnsley, but again I can't seem to make it fit.
If anyone has any other ideas I'd love to hear them!
Here it is:
https://imgur.com/bxLnIa0
At first I wondered if it might be Dewsbury, as I know it had a fair share of mills, and has a Minster, but upon further investigation it seems Dewsbury Minster has a spire rather than a tower, and I don't think there was ever a power station so close to the town centre.
I've convinced myself it isn't Wakefield or Huddersfield either, as I can't make the viaduct, church, and power station all fit.
I know the West Riding was a lot bigger than present-day West Yorkshire, so I wondered if it might be Rotheram or Barnsley, but again I can't seem to make it fit.
If anyone has any other ideas I'd love to hear them!