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Illawalla

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Illawalla was an Edwardian single-story building in the Skippool area of Thornton, Lancashire, England. Built in 1902,Blackpool Times article, 21 June, 1902 it was demolished in 1996, after lying derelict for six years, to make way for three exclusive homes. Its name is preserved in the name of the road on which these houses now stand (The Illawalla) and also in the name of the adjacent cricket club (Thornton Cleveleys Cricket Club Illawalla),TCCC Illawalla on Twitter whose grounds partly occupy the land Illawalla stood on. Read more on Wikipedia

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