A former Bradford tourist attraction celebrating children's TV star Sooty is to be converted into flats.
Windhill Manor in Shipley became Sooty's Wonderful World in 1987, a museum dedicated to the popular puppet. The Grade II-listed former school on Leeds Road, Windhill, featured props from the show and screens where people could watch old episodes.Image source,Windhill Manor in Shipley, a former Victorian school, housed Sooty's Wonderful World before it was used for office space
The plans, by Monsoon Developments, also include 33 parking spaces and an additional home in the former on-site school master's house. Sooty was created by Bradford-born Harry Corbett, nephew of chip shop giant Harry Ramsden, in 1948, after he bought the puppet from a stall in Blackpool for his son Matthew.
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