[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Barrie Yates

The Ritz Cinema was further up the street on the right hand side of Church St if it went that far, past the pub on the left, The Bridge, and I see on Google Earth that the ginnel runnng between Barnes's is still ther but gated off

That ginnal as you call it, back in the mid 1800's was known as Cronshaw's Alley, led to some of the cottages in what was Higher Fold, there was also a Sink St, Cooper Row, and a Water St.
When that block being called Barnes's was the Ritz Cinema, there was 8' long stone sill which had Accrington Higher Bridge engraved on it, when Barnes's had some alterations done it vanished.

Retlaw.