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Old 30-01-2010, 13:40   #57
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Re: were is this ?

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Originally Posted by Retlaw View Post
If you put a ruler on the 1909 map the line of Burnley Road and the realignment of Marquis St thro Spring Mill, it comes out nearer to Boots than to the bank, I don't think they went up on the roof, more like from an upstairs window.

Retlaw.
Presume you mean the old location of Boots, which was on Blackburn Road

Think though, has been taken from St. James's Chambers ... which, of course, are the offices above the bank and are pretty high up ... used to work in one of them.

Hey, unless some enterprising fireman with an interest in local history, used one of the ladders (now ya' going to tell me didn't have them then .. )
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