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Over the centuries a great many colourful characters have made their mark on this great ancient city, some well known - Sarah Siddons, Edward Elgar, 'Woodbine Willie', Vesta Tilley; others, like Milberrow-Doelittle and Mouth-Organ Annie, long forgotten. It is this rich mixture of people, and the way they lived and worked, that forms the basis of this Web-Site.
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Friar Street
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Friar Street is the most interesting of the medival streets left in Worcester, and this is due to one man, Mr.Matley Moore, who by saving the Greyfriars building, when the City authorities of the 1930-50 period had let the building deteriorate so badly that part of it fell into the stree. It was not just the saving of an ancient building, but the saving of the street from developers who wanted to sweep everything away. Even so, it was not posible to save that part, at the bottom of Lich Street, where stood a many-gabled, timbered building called the Old Deanery. In its place stands the exit of the multi-story car-park; one of the most brutal pieces of architecture, and completely out of place in this old street.
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| Posted: 19/11/2002 22:09:47
Last Updated: 01/07/2005 13:14:21
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