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Croft place is being demolished. The Black Bull Inn can just be seen on the right hand side of the picture.

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Croft Place is being demolished. The Black Bull Inn is on the left of Bridge Lanes, and the Methodist Church is on the right.

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Bridge Lanes near the junction with Heptonstall Road. The demolition of the Bridge Lanes houses is well under way.

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Construction of Scammonden bridge over the M62 in the late 1960s.

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The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company had to build a double retaining wall alongside the canal side at Salford due to land subsidence but also to extend the goods yard.

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1939. Replacing the original 1840 bowstring, or trussed frame, bridge over the Rochdale Canal with the metal trough bridge we see today.

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1939. Replacing the original 1840 bowstring, or trussed frame, bridge over the Rochdale Canal with the metal trough bridge we see today.

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1939. Replacing the original 1840 bowstring, or trussed frame, bridge over the Rochdale Canal with the metal trough bridge we see today.

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On the 21st of June, 1912, the 2.45 from Rochdale and Liverpool approached the infamous Charlestown curve at about 40 miles per hour and left the line, killing four passengers.

Although off the rails, the train was carried for a further 100 yards…

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Upper Gorple reservoir from the middle looking North. Lower Gorple is to the right. You can see the bottom of the Blondin tower on the centre line and only Upper reservoir had one.
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