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In this blog we look at the 1980s open-casting operation in the Tapton area which happened prior to house building, the Tapton by-pass construction and the arrival of Sainbury’s supermarket. We’ll also take a brief look at the subsequent development of the sites. For few short months in 1988 residents in Tapton, with properties onContinue reading “1980s open-casting at Tapton”