Timeline 1876 to 1889
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First two-way telephone conversation |
1876 |
Foundation stone of St Mary's in the Wood on site of Old Chapel |
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Thomas Edison patents gramophone |
1878 |
Joseph Whitwell erects rhubarb forcing sheds |
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1878 |
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1879 |
First Morley school board elected |
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Thomas Edison patents electric light bulb |
1880 |
General election of 452 voters: 271 Lib and 129 Con |
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First stone of Peel Street Schools laid |
1880 |
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1880 |
Morley market opened with big fete. Ben Worrall roasts bullock. |
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First Kodak camera |
1881 |
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1883 |
Morley Technical School opened. |
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1885 |
Morley Cemetery Consecrated. |
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1885 |
First Morley MP elected - Milnes Gaskell (Lib) 6,684, Dunnington Jefferson (Con) 3,177 |
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1885 |
Charter of Incorporation as a Borough granted. |
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1886 |
First Municipal Election |
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1886 |
First Meeting of Town Council |
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Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee |
1887 |
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English Football League established |
1888 |
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