Shaftesbury Arts Centre - Bell Street - Shaftesbury, Dorset
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A blue plaque on Shaftesbury Arts Centre on Bell Street, which opened in 1957.
Waymark Code: WMWQR6
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/03/2017
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"Founded in 1957 out of the Shaftesbury & District Arts Club started in 1949, Shaftesbury Arts Centre celebrated its half-century in 2007. It has been in continuous use throughout that period with the exception of a short break between 1965-7 when it was rebuilt after a fire."
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The plaque reads -
Opened on 1st November 1957
in the former Market Hall,
which ran from
Bell Street to the High Street
and was in use
for nearly a century.