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Old 19-08-2013, 15:49   #4697
maxthecollie
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Re: Today in pictures

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Originally Posted by Retlaw View Post
Just spent an hour in the library searching thro old records & maps of the area around Victoria Street & Ormerod St, the first Mill was Scaitcliffe Mill at the bottom of Ormerod St, they built the lodge & the sluices and run offs for their mill, this was before the Railway was built to take the line to Bury, and long before any of the other mills were built on Victoria St. So its Scaitcliffe Mill Lodge, NOT Platts or Bulloughs.
Thanks for the correct info.
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