[1] The building was commissioned to replace the old 19th century town hall, which had been built for the Poulton, Bare and Torrisholme Local Board of Health, on Morecambe Street.

[2] The device of a three-masted ship in full sail,[3] which had been used by Morecambe Corporation, still appears on the front of the old building.

[1] The new building, which was designed by Alfred Cross and his son, Kenneth Cross, in the Neoclassical style[4] and built by local builders Edmondson Brothers at a cost of £40,000, was officially opened Sir Maurice Jenks, the Lord Mayor of London, on 7 June 1932.

[1] Jenks arrived by air from Croydon Aerodrome and the ceremony was broadcast to radio listeners.

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