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Ainsworth
Street radically changed in 1995 when it was closed to through traffic
and turned into a bus station. The left hand photo dates to approx.
1972.
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Copy
Nook in the 1980s. Anyone who is familiar with the song "Life in a
Northern Town" by Dream Academy may recognise the scene on the left -
it was used in the music video for the song. |
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Darwen
Street now sports a central reservation and speed table to slow traffic
down as it enters the town. The left hand photo dates from the 1980s.
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The sign here is now gone, but it is an excellent comparison regardless. Left photo dates to the 1980s.
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Darwen Street again sporting its new central reservation. Notice how the two signs in the 1980s photo on the left are now gone.
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The brewery in the left (1970s) photo was demolished to make way for Morrisons in 1988. Notice the hideous sign as well!
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Lots
of changes here. The buildings are gone, there are new signals, and the
cobbles have long since been replaced. Left hand photo dates to the
1970s.
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Another
one for signage fans, this example on Limbrick. Barbara Castle Way
changed this area forever in 1989. The left photo dates to the 1970s. |
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Penny
Street is virtually unchanged, apart from the modern traffic signal,
taxi rank, and sleeved column. Left photo dates from 1966. |
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Plenty of changes here from 1955 when the left photo was taken. The roundabout is sadly no more. |
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Yet again, spot the differences between 1955 and 2006. The lighting columns in the left hand photo still survive though! |
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Same view, but the left photo dates to the 1980s. The pub is gone and so is the brewery. Same streetlamps though! |
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The foreground is completely changed since 1968! |
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What
is worth noting here is that Sudell Cross has been a roundabout, then a
traffic signal, and until April 2006 it was a roundabout again. Spot
the streetlights! Left photo from the 1980s. |
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Sudell
Cross again. The traffic light junction worked best, but when Barbara
Castle Way opened it rendered it redundant so it was replaced. Left
photo from the 1970s. |
