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NUNEATON
In 1907 Nuneaton was incorporated (given a corporation and a mayor).
Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery opened in 1917.
Riversley Park opened in 1923. The Council House opened in 1934.
In the 1920s and the 1930s the first council houses were built in Nuneaton. They were needed to replace the slums which were demolished at that time.
Nuneaton suffered badly from German bombing raids in the years 1941-42 and 131 people were killed. A new library was built in 1962.
Today Nuneaton is noted for its electronics industry although many people travel to work in Coventry.
The writer George Eliot 1819-1880 (her real name was Mary Ann Evans) was born in Chilvers Coton, which was then, just outside Nuneaton. In 1948 a hospital was named after her and in 1986 a statue of her was placed in Nuneaton.
At the present time a new shopping centre called Rope Walk is being built in Nuneaton.
By the 1970s the population of Nuneaton had risen to over 70,000. Today the population of Nuneaton is about 80,000.
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