Old Gate is to the left. Nickies Cafe was a popular haunt for young people in the 1950s. It was pulled down in the 1960s as part of the West End Improvement Area.
The improved junction of old Gate and West End. The mill on Bridge Gate can be seen to the right hand edge of the picture, just to the left of it is Zion Chapel, and to the left of that is the parish church of St Johns.
Situated at the junction of Old Gate and West End, this was a popular meeting place for the teenagers of the day. to the right of the cafe Bridge Gate Mill can be seen.
Looking upstream from West End Bridge with Old Gate on the left and on the right the rear of now demolished buildings on Bridge Gate. Above these is St John's Church now replaced by housing. Only the cottages in the centre on the left have been…