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|content=Once home to the Rothwell Urban District Council, the 19th-century Civic Building has been abandoned since 2016 and has recently been sold for £364,000. The building is currently subject to a planning application to turn it into 9 flats.}}
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|content=Joan de Carteret was active in our local politics for decades, being the RUDC's last chairman and the LMDC's first mayor. However, she grew frustrated with politics and retired in 1975, only to lose her life a few months later in a tragic accident.}}
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