Monday 13 May 2013

Subterranean Victorian shopping street in Keighley set to reopen after lying abandoned for 120 years | Mail Online

Subterranean Victorian shopping street in Keighley set to reopen after lying abandoned for 120 years | Mail Online: "Cavern of old shops and stables were uncovered in 2002 under Royal Arcade in Keighley, West Yorkshire
Street was last used in 1890s and found when builders smashed their way through while converting arcade
Much of Victorian building work was still intact and builders also found original doors, signs and fittings
Now manager Nick Holroyd is investigating whether the street - once at ground level - could be restored
Tour groups have been taken down in recent years - and some items from post-1890s have been added"
Times gone by: Old shops and stables were uncovered under the Royal Arcade - a two-storey complex of stores and flats in Keighley, West Yorkshire