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Bolton

Bolton early 1900s

Bradshaw & Tonge Moor area

Two views of Bradshaw Bridge leading in to what was a rural village.

Austin, Emma and family lived at 682 Tonge Moor Road, to the right and behind the tram on the photograph (right).

The photos below are of the lower part of Tonge Moor Road. You can see the tram lines running down its centre.

A Tonge Moor tram (‘T’) at Bradshaw Brow.

Historic England aerial photos showing Union Road, the Denvale and Dart mills. The Dart Mill is the upper one adjacent to the bend in Union Road (top right).

Grainy photographs of the Dart and Denvale mills. Both now demolished (see below).

A 1950s (?) Union Road based view of the Dart and Denvale mills (below).

Demolition of Dart Mill

From Fred Dibnah’s Chimney Drops by Alan McEwan

From Fred Dibnah’s Chimney Drops by Alan McEwan

Dart mill under demolition. Fred Dibnah demolished the Dart Tower (above right).

Bolton town centre

Exterior and interior views of Bolton Market Hall around 1900 (above).

Bolton, Knowsley Street

Bolton, Newport Street, the street leading to Victoria Square and then Oxford Street and Knowsley Street.

Bolton, Trinity Street Station.