Bottom Of Burnley Road.

***Mr D*** · 13-08-2007, 16:34

Can anyone tell me if there was anything at the bottom of Burnley road, further down from the Hire Shop, there is just a patch of land there now, the building at the other side used to be the old video shop.

Just seems odd.

TIA

accymel · 13-08-2007, 16:37

Think i get what u mean in between the owd vid shop & upwards

think there was an old factory site there way back when that they knocked down - is that what u mean

beechy · 13-08-2007, 16:39

i seem to recall a farrier on burnley road
with a workshop underneath
up what we called the ragshop back

***Mr D*** · 13-08-2007, 16:44

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Originally Posted by accymel

Think i get what u mean in between the owd vid shop & upwards

think there was an old factory site there way back when that they knocked down - is that what u mean

Thats the Place.

Wonder why it hasnt been built on again?

***Mr D*** · 13-08-2007, 16:45

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Originally Posted by beechy

i seem to recall a farrier on burnley road
with a workshop underneath
up what we called the ragshop back

Thanks.

Workshop underneath. as in the cellar?

accymel · 13-08-2007, 16:49

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Originally Posted by ***Mr D***

Thats the Place.

Wonder why it hasnt been built on again?

Ah phew! was 1st place i thought of, used to live round there when young so passed many times on way to vid shop LOL, i remember it being up & remember it being knocked down, dont know what they planned to do with it other than grow weeds & look an eyesore, it was pulled down if i seem to remember rightly around the time bases of manor/lodge/sultan street at the bottom were pulled down & before the planned construction of the eastgate carriageway

Ah the memories

beechy · 13-08-2007, 17:59

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Originally Posted by ***Mr D***

Thanks.

Workshop underneath. as in the cellar?

quite possibly but it had its own entrance
as i say on the rag shop back
the back lane running up burnley road

cashman · 13-08-2007, 18:23

never thought of it as a factory,more of a workshop,was one leval with an asbestos roof i think, was also a green painted wood trellis gate on burnley rd,as well as the "Raggy Back" enterance,with a few rusty old pieces of ironwork in the burnley rd side yard.

K.S.H · 13-08-2007, 18:29

Is that the place that used to do the springs for vehicles?

cashman · 13-08-2007, 18:34

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Originally Posted by K.S.H

Is that the place that used to do the springs for vehicles?

yep thats what was in the yard rusty owd springs,you just jogged me memory KSH,lol just below it on burnley rd,was also an "Estate Agents" - Pembertons, who closed i think late 60s,always wondered wether they went bust or bought out?

grego · 13-08-2007, 19:09

It used to be owned by Walker Farrimond not sure if it still is, it wasn't built on because it makes their garage visable from Eastgate or so I was told by someone who worked for them.

TubbyLes · 13-08-2007, 19:22

Confirm that it was a vehicle spring workshop and the last time I saw it it needed pulling down before it fell down.Think the proprietor's name was Moore

cashman · 13-08-2007, 19:26

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Originally Posted by TubbyLes

Confirm that it was a vehicle spring workshop and the last time I saw it it needed pulling down before it fell down.Think the proprietor's name was Moore

that name seems to ring a bell Tubbyless,

***Mr D*** · 15-08-2007, 11:13

Cheers for the Info.

Happen they should knock the old Video Shop building down aswell, as its empty and has been for a while, just a eye sore at the moment.

soapbox · 10-09-2009, 16:14

used to be rossendale road springs