Ted in Barnsley!

On our way home from London we had to call at Barnsley as my stepdaughter had been rushed into hospital with a burst ovarian cyst. She had an operation last night and is ok now.

The foundation stone of Barnsley Town Hall was laid on 21 April 1932 and was opened by His Royal Highness Edward, Prince of Wales on 14 December 1933. The cost of construction of the town hall and of furnishing the new seat of local government was £188,037 12/10d.
It bears more than a passing resemblance to the Parliament Buildings of Northern Ireland, Stormont, and, like Stormont, its façade is sculpted in Portland stone.
In front of the Town Hall, the soldier of the war memorial looks down Regent Street, the financial heart of Barnsley. The cenotaph was built before the Town Hall.

We stayed in town for lunch before our hospital visit.