LOOKING BACK Recognise the shops in this view along Newport Street from 1971?
A view along Newport Street in Bolton looking towards Trinity Street from 1971.
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Regional features editor for Newsquest (North West) covering arts, entertainment, nostalgia and general features for a variety of daily and weekly titles
Regional features editor for Newsquest (North West) covering arts, entertainment, nostalgia and general features for a variety of daily and weekly titles
A view along Newport Street in Bolton looking towards Trinity Street from 1971.
This photo from the early 1960s gives us a great view of one of Blackburn’s long lost ‘treasures’ - the Thwaites Arcade
When the sun shines at the weekend, the tranquility of the Trough of Bowland is disturbed as everyone heads out to enjoy the spectacular natural views
Danny Robins is the man behind the hugely successful BBC Radio 4 podcasts, Uncanny, The Battersea Poltergeist and The Witch Farm; the BBC TV series Uncanny and the award-winning West End play 2:22 – A Ghost Story
When this photo was taken in June 1987, conservationists were battling to save this Bolton church from the bulldozers
The Seventies were a period of massive change for many Northern industrial towns and Bury and Radcliffe were no exception
Day-to-day lessons are a vital part of the life of a school
Here’s a lovely collection of photographs from the archives showing Brownies from across East Lancashire in the 1990s
For most aspiring performers, getting a minor role in a production is usually how a career starts
It might look like an, as yet , unscreened episode of Call the Midwife but this photo shows an ante-natal class in Bolton from almost 50 years ago
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