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Known as Buttress Brink it was a warren of dwellings demolished in the 1960s.

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This section of Bridge Gate is now pedestrianised and cafe which has replaced Brians has outside tables.

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Corn Mill on left. During the war they kept a fire engine inside the mill so that if the bridge was bombed or put out of action they would have an engine on that side of the bridge. Cross Stone church is on the skyline.

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The butcher's shop at Bridge End. The gentleman standing 2nd from the left is Harry Ashworth.

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The planted areas in 1967, this area is now the Bridge Gate car park

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Date unknown but prior to the widening of New Road in 1931 when the end shop, Z Spencer & Sons Florists, was demolished and the second shop was reconstructed at then road end, now Holts Green Grocers.

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Taken in the 1960s. The road is now pedestrianised and the single story buildings centre right have been demolished.

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Taken in the 1960s. The open shed building on the right has now been opened up into a small square with shops.

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The shops on the left have since been demolished.

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Horsfall Hairdressers; left to right, Tom Horsfall, Ethel Wood, Arthur Widdop and J W Horsfall. Now the site of the St Pol Car Park. On the left the now demolished Bridge Gate mill or clothing shop.

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The building was partly demolished when New Road was widened in 1931 and the remaining part re-built and is now Holt's Greengrocers.

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On the far left of the picture is Hazel's wool shop, which was demolished and the site is now Bridge Gate car park.

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On the far left of the picture is Hazel's wool shop, which was demolished and the site is now Bridge Gate car park.

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Landscaping by the Civic Trust with David Fletcher on the right. The buildings, including Bridge Gale Mill on the left, long demolished to make way for the St Pol Car Park and riverside walkway.
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