Tyldesley UDC

Tyldesley Urban District Council was created as Tyldesley-with-Shakerley UDC in 1894 and the name was shortened in a local government reorganisation in 1933. In 1924 the Council took over the former Liberal Cub premises of 1881 as its Town Hall, and these doors reflect that use. Today the building is occupies by unitary authority Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. Of course the philistines had to stick their no smoking notices on the decorative glass rather than on the wooden panels, or the wall, or indeed anywhere that spoiled things less. Then there are the safety bars to stop anyone putting their hand on the glass .........................