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  • HI folks the server that hosts the site completely died including the Hdd's and backups.
    Luckily i create an offsite backup once a week! this has now been restored so we have lost a few days posts.
    im still fixing things at the moment so bear with me and im still working on all images 90% are fine the others im working on now
    we are now using a backup solution
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      coggansfield replied to the thread Staniforth Street.
      Yes, what Lyn says is correct. I believe the stone was indeed removed when the student housing went up on the site, and that the Proof...
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      coggansfield replied to the thread Staniforth Street.
      Yep, this is it here, Lyn (see attached excerpt), on the south-east corner of the Lancaster Street bridge — Coggo
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      coggansfield replied to the thread Staniforth Street.
      Yes, I’ve wondered in the past about the Osmond logo, Lyn. Odd, isn’t it? There was certainly no tower on the site when Hallam, Sleigh &...
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      coggansfield replied to the thread Staniforth Street.
      That's right, Lyn, and thanks. When in 1894 the government small-arms repair facility moved in with the (then) new Royal Small Arms...
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      coggansfield replied to the thread Staniforth Street.
      Great old photos! Here's the location from the 1888 Ordnance Survey map. Bagot Court is in the lower middle of the map. The three-hole...
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