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when it was in flight above the town in
December 1988, the ground floor of the building was used as a casualty bureau and the first floor was used as a temporary mortuary until more suitable premises could be found. A stained glass window designed by John Clark, depicting the 21 flags of the
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Although
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were unveiled outside the town hall in
November 2013. The sheep were intended to recall the large lamb market which had grown up in the town since the 18th century; the sculpture formed part of a wider regeneration scheme in the town.
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The town hall continued to serve as the meeting place of the burgh council for much of the 20th century but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged
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The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto the High Street. The left-hand bay took the form of a five-stage clock tower with
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in the form of a winged figure of victory on a pedestal, which was intended to commemorate the lives of local service personnel who had died in the
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in the fifth stage. The tower, which was 115 feet (35 m) high, was surmounted by a steep slate roof, a
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470:History of Scottish Architecture
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398:"Timeline history of Lockerbie"
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