Flower gardens fronted the busy Burnley Road before the road was widened in 1931, which necessitated the demolition of the building on the left fronting onto Bridge Gate; it was replaced with a shop on the truncated corner, now Holt’s greengrocers.…
St Georges Square, left, and Bridge Gate right. The shop was Elton Jowett's tobacconist shop, his house was next door, and the shop on the corner behind the van was the Economic Stores. The wooden hut on Bridge Gate was Ma Jones'.
From the Square looking up to Keighley Road; on the left Bridge Mill, used by Chorlton Bros., Wholesale Clothiers, and beyond that the White Lion and opposite it the junction of Bridge Gate with Commercial Street before it was re-aligned 1964/65 to…
The Old Bridge looking downstream towards West End. The plaques on the abutment record it was repaired in 1602 and 1657. The building on the left on Bridge Gate was Thomas Marshall, coal merchant, that building and the mill beyond have long been…
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.
ALC00350. Looking towards West End. Timothy Whites was taken over by Boots in 1968 and most stores closed and in 1976 the one seen here became the Tourist Information Centre and is now AJs Fish & Chips. Next to it is the Yorkshire Bank, now…
The tram terminus on New Road, near the junction with Holme Street, left, and Bridge Gate, right looking towards West End. The white sign on the right-hand building points to C Westerman, Photographer, on West End and the signs on the left-hand…
ALC00335. 1855/6. West End at the junction with Bridge Gate, left, and New Road, right. Chambers shop on the right later becomes Blackburn Ironmongers and Greaves Draper and Hosiry is later Z Spence florist who later moved to the corner of New Road…
Relaying sets at West End near the junction with Bridge Gate, left, and New Road, right. Note the last building on Bridge Gate, this was later pulled down to enable widening of the main road.
The arch which was illuminated by gas on this side and electricity on the far side, spanned New Road at its junction with Holme Street and Bridge Gate. The edge of Mr Crossley Westerman's advertisement can be seen on the right. This photo must have…
"God save the King. Wake up England. God save the Queen our Mary". June 1911, illuminated by gas on this side and electricity on the far side, spans New Road at its junction with Holme Street and Bridge Gate. you can see the edge of Mr Crossley…
The tram terminus on New Road, near the junction with Holme Street, left, and Bridge Gate, right looking towards West End. The white sign on the right-hand building points to C Westerman, Photographer, on West End and the signs on the left-hand…