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Welcome back. Clare's Old Town
Hall has been standing for over

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150 years. But its old age is
starting to show. The footpath

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and the car park are now
blocked off from pedestrians.

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As Council considers how to go
about upgrading while

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preserving its history. In the
heart of Clare lies the Old

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Town Hall. While aged and
battered now. It was once the

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town's main municipal building.
Um is now privately owned and

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has been for quite some time.
Unfortunate it there's

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structural issues with it and
especially with the tower

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that's on that hall and there
is concerns that it would fail

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and fall onto the footpath. As
a result council has blocked

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off the footpath and front
entry. As the ballet school is

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still using the back of the
building so we've had to get

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them to enter that building
from the rear not the front

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just for the safety of the
children. Scaffolding has been

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hiding the facade since August
last year. While council with

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the architect's SA heritage and
the letting agent to discuss

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the next steps. It's never
quite smooth and fast so

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unfortunately people using the
footpath in Clare are just

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going to be inconvenienced for
some time until that gets

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repaired but obviously that's
better than somebody being

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hurt. The future of the town
hall is unknown but the owners

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will need to ensure the
building and the footpath is

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safe enough for locals to use
before it is reopened.

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Annabelle Francis. Seven
Spencer Golf News.