Whitby Hall is now a multi-purpose centre mainly used for arts development for young people but, when the first picture here was taken in the 1920s, it was still in private hands. It belonged to the Grace family, and the pub on the other side of Stanney Lane still bears their name.
The Urban District Council bought the hall from John Grace in 1931 and it was the administrative centre for Ellesmere Port, until the early 1990s, with the gardens being turned into a public park.
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