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Just one mile away from the town of Thornton, Bradford, is England s very own Egypt. The town is surrounded by high walls, nicknamed ‘The Walls of Jericho’, possibly in relation to Napoleon s invasion of Egypt. There’s a widespread fascination in Bradford with the Walls of Jericho which until 1986 were a unique Thornton landmark. Constructed between 1847 and 1891 to retain spoil from the quarries at Egypt and Bell Dean, they were used in the early 1980s on posters to promote tourism in Bradford. Then problems began. The weight of material packed behind them was rendering them unsafe. It was eventually decided that most of the walls must come down and a new bypass road be built. The work was done in 1985 and completed by mid-January 1986, when Egypt Road reopened to road traffic.
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