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The Arcade in Barnsley dates from 1891 and is basically a cobbled street with a glass roof over most of it. A blue plaque at one end of the arcade tells us that you once had to mind your back, and your toes, as horses and carriages would pass down this passage like a normal…

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Cross Arcade in Leeds’ Victoria Quarter sits perpendicular to the larger County Arcade, rather like in Brussels the Passage des Princes sits astride the more glamorous Galeries du Roi and de la Reine. It was built at the same time as County Arcade, opening slightly later in 1902, but with a very similar entrance and…

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