Wensley Fold School - Apple Street (For Jim) - circa 1900

 Wensley Fold School, which was on Apple Street, which was / is a little street off Garden St. Apple St kind of runs parallel to Wensley Road, as you can see from the map section below.

I'm unsure of how old the image is, probably pre 1900.

Photo courtesy of the CP Collection.

Map section courtesy of The Ordnance Survey

The following 4 photographs are courtesy of Lynn Smith

Girls in the playground. 

The netball team - 1968. 

Miss Durham and Mrs Cumpstey. 

Mr Fairclough and Miss Durham on nearby St Mark's Rd.

Bank Top - c1900

A lovely old view of Bank Top, viewed from the Griffin / Redlam Brow corner.

All the properties on the left hand side are long gone, but the properties on the right, from the corner closest to us and down to St Luke's Church still remain.

This rather grainy photo is of a photographers shop / studio, which was lower down Bank Top, below the almshouses, sort of opposite St Wilfrid's school. It's an image from an advertising card for T. Coupe Photographer who was at No 40 Bank Top. 

From the early 1920's this same premises was occupied by Leslie's Photographers, so this photo must pre-date that decade. I have a directory from 1894 and T. Coupe's business was here back then.

(Please ignore my comment below that this photo is from the 40's or 50's, as mentioned, it's substantially earlier).

Courtesy of the CP collection.

Feniscliffe Bridge - Year Unknown

 

Feniscliffe Bridge over the River Darwen, where the river passes under Preston Old Road just before merging with the Blakewater inside Witton Park.

COURTESY OF THE CP COLLECTION 

Entrance Gates & Lodge - Witton House

As it says on it, the upper image is of the lodge and gates to Witton Park (while it was still the Feilden residence, I assume). I've no idea who the man is. He could be one of the Feilden family, but more than likely one of their workers, the lodge keeper or maybe a gamekeeper of some sort.

The lower image is an 1840's print of a lithograph, of the house itself. It's a framed print that I have on my living room wall, hence part of the mount still showing in the bottom corners. I didn't want to crop off the title / inscription.

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Bank Top / Griffin x 2

Two similar images of the Bank Top / Griffin / Redlam Brow area, the lower one being a more commonly seen photo.

(I know this area isn't really Witton, but I had to file the post under a 'label' and it is on the way to Witton)

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Park View Terrace - Witton - c1923

A view of Witton which still looks much the same today. This photograph, taken from outside the Scapa works (approximately) dates from 1923 and is looking in the direction of town, with the aptly named Park View Terrace on the right and pretty central can be seen the tower of St Philips Church.

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Witton Stocks / Redlam c1900

Lovely old sepia image of Witton, just a little further up than where the traffic lights are now.

The shop to the left, is now a newsagent / general store, the little school next to it, is now someone's house and all the other houses still remain.

Lower photo is a close up of the school.

Photograph probably dates to circa 1900.

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Witton Stocks - c1905

Witton Stocks in the first decade of the 20th century.

The second photo, is one I took in August / September of 2009.  It has changed a little over the century between the two shots, but is still more recognisable than lots of other areas of Blackburn now are.

Below is an earlier photo, taken from the other side of this (now) busy crossroads. It shows some of the same properties, the shop on the left for instance, before the road that became Buncer Lane was constructed.

COURTESY OF THE CP COLLECTION

LOWER PHOTO COURTESY OF BLACKBURN LIBRARY REFERENCE DEPT.