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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:36 pm    Post subject: Closed all hours. Reply with quote

Perched on a hill, five miles outside Huddersfield and with spectacular views of the Pennines, is a village with its heart ripped out. The once bustling main street of Highburton is quiet and empty except for the occasional car.

The butcher has gone, as has the farm shop, fish and chip shop, newsagent, haberdashery, hardware shop, nursery and hairdresser.

The old shop windows - once crammed with wares - now provide dim, blank views into darkened sitting rooms.

Continue reading this rather sad story here:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/a...152-years-shutting-shop-good.html








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