At the time of this photograph it was being used as a storage building for Fred Temperley & Sons Ltd - Salt Glazed Stoneware Pipes and Fittings. Just up the road at Saunderclough Works. It is now a private dwelling.
Picture taken before the Salem Methodist Church (left of centre) was demolished. The large building to the left is Melbourne Mill and just behind can be seen the former Neptune Inn.
The Bull Inn is on the right. The rest of the dwellings on the north side of Bridge Lanes were demolished in the mid-1960 and the site left derelict for many years as can be seen here.
The mill on the left was Barbreck which burnt down in theā¦