View down the river from Keighley Road. On the left Bridge Mill and chimney, in the centre the Council Offices, now extended and known as the Town Hall, and the lorry park is now the landscaped Market Place.
On the 21st of June 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 "tearing…