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==Present== [[File:TownHall-Morley-West Yorkshire-2.jpg|thumb|[[Morley Town Hall]], completed in 1895]] [[File:Queen Street, Morley.jpg|thumb|right|Queen Street]] [[File:Morley Market.jpg|thumb|Morley Indoor Market]] [[File:St Andrew's Church - St Andrew's Avenue - geograph.org.uk - 668915.jpg|thumb|St Andrew's Church]] [[Morley Town Hall]] is sometimes used for music recordings. Television programmes, ''[[Heartbeat (UK TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' and ''[[Emmerdale]]'' have used its disused magistrates court and a [[cobblestone]]d street to one side. It hosts [[concert]]s by local schools and performances by the Morley Amateur Operatic Society, whose [[pantomime]]s have taken place at the Alexandra Hall for many years. [[St Mary in the Wood Church, Morley|St Mary in the Wood Church]] is located to the north of the town centre on Troy Road and Commercial Street. The church has been closed since the late 20th Century and survived until 2010. When a fire broke out and burnt the whole church interior. The site is now overgrown and abandoned although the impressive spire can be seen from the town centre. The congregation still meet at the chapel on Commercial Street. Morley annually holds one of the largest St George's Day parades in the country and has been named "the most patriotic town in England".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7351194.stm|title=England's most patriotic town?|work=BBC News |publisher=BBC|access-date=28 February 2017}}</ref> Morley Market has been a feature since the town was formed. The market building has a large trading hall split up into units housing, [[butchers]], fashion shops and a [[cafΓ©]]. Supermarkets in Morley include Morrisons, Home Bargains and B & M in the town centre, a 24-hour Asda superstore and an Aldi Supermarket on the outside of the town centre. Scatcherd Park in the centre of Morley, by the Morley Leisure Centre, has a large playing field, a skate park, children's park, bowling green and memorial gardens, including the town's [[Morley War Memorial, Scatcherd Park|war memorial]]. Events are held on the adjoining field in the summer months. On 21 February 2010, a statue of [[Ernie Wise]] was erected outside Morley Post Office to divided opinion<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/8549577.stm |title=Ernie Wise statue divides opinion in Morley |work=[[BBC News]] |date=4 March 2010 |access-date=28 February 2017}}</ref> and unveiled by his widow, Doreen.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/news/Ernie-Wise-statue-to-be.6089263.jp |title=Ernie Wise statue to be put in place this weekend|newspaper=Morley Observer |date=19 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.morleyobserver.co.uk/news/Heart-to-heart-with-Ernie.6136195.jp|title=Heart to heart with Ernie Wise's widow, Doreen.|newspaper=Morley Observer |access-date=28 February 2017}}</ref> Wise had performed in the old nearby cinema, just around from the Post Office, which is now a [[Wetherspoons]]. On 25 June 2012, the [[Olympic Torch]] paused at [[the Morley Academy]] on its tour of Britain ahead of the [[London 2012|London Olympic Games 2012]].
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