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Accringtons’ lost shops. Nowadays shop owners can only dream of Broadway being this busy! Back in the 1960s, this would have been a typical Saturday. With shoppers and cinema-goers struggling for space. Accringtons’ lost shops, It’s looking like a ghost town. The Odean cinema, later the Classic, closed in 1990, Consequently, there was no cinema […]
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This postcard shows a Steam tram on Blackburn Road in the 1890s. The scene has changed little today, with most of these buildings still in place. Trams last ran in Accrington in 1932. The steam trams ended in 1902 when the lines were electrified. The gas lamp standard is remarkably ornate. Wrench postcards were Published […]
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The Old Stable block at Enfield wharf in Clayton Le Moors has recently been converted into a martial arts gym. Interestingly, the site in model form can be seen in Oswaldtwistle mills. This historic site will be two hundred years old, next year. The canal building was built in 1802. Importantly, this was the nearest […]
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