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Water Street and Higher Bridge?I think this is all linked to the now covered waterways in the area which were linked to the Bull Bridge area and the stream in the Grange Lane area.

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ya could go on expeditions up the stink from Bull Bridge n come out at Grange lane.:) under the long red brick arch that was where the old covered market was built.

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This map is a bit earlier, 1848, back in 1840 most of the waterway was open, there were several bridges, Cross St, Warner St, Blackburn Rd, Marquis St, and Bull Bridge.
Retlaw.

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Thanks again for that Retlaw,I find it interesting how the face of the town has changed over the years,could also explain the problem with damp that some of the existing buildings are having.
I came across this link for future plans for Accrington.
http://www.urbed.coop/journal_docs/A...art%202(1).pdf

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interesting link lampman, would like to see accy develop to that, aint holding me breath though.

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No neither will I!

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Pipe dreams, it'l never happen, wheres the money coming from.
There have been umpteen similar schemes in the past, what happened to them. Just look at the cockup they made of the traffic flow thro East Gate.

Retlaw.

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We have seen it all before,in the Paradise Street area the Accrington Pals Health Centre is an improvement.Nearby the regeneration of the old Barnes's furniture shop has stalled.
I can't help thinking there will be further regeneration of the areas near the Health centre.
What's the point of upgrading the site when it has adjacent boarded up buildings and run down factories?Time willtell I suppose.

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I started to write a post last week but Retlaw beat me to it. Just found this
Its Lang Bridge's Old Paradise Work's, the buildings facing the camera(?)
are (were) Barns furniture shop. If anyone is interested in 1903 Lang's
supplied a double diagonal steam engine, probably with a printing machine,
to Bollington Print Work's, near Macclesfield, this engine has now been restored
and can be seen running under steam at the Northern Mill Engines Society's
Museum in Bolton. As far as I know this is the only exsisting machine built
in Paradise Works. Someone will surely prove me wrong. A company called
Polly Model Engineering Ltd. produce a set of castings to make a model of this
engine.

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Thanks for that Tetti,amazing what changes have taken place.

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When Lang Bridge moved from Paradise Works (Church St.) to their new premises in Exchange St., the exact date I do'nt know, probably between 1902-05.They called the new works Paradise Works because they were known worldwide as Lang Bridge, Paradise Works, Accrington and wanted to continue being known as that. That left the old Church St. works with no name, so they called it the Sewing Machine Works. Why?? Was it because the last machines to be produced there were sewing machines? That's what I think.

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Know this is a bit of a digression, just wondered what you consider a cock up through Eastgate Retlaw ? I have never had any difficulty going through here both ways .. quite easy ?

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Progressive flow traffic lights, they use that method in lots of places outside Lancashire to keep the traffic flowing, the main hold up is that set of lights between Abbey St and Avenue parade, one of the local councellors who were responcible for the timing of those lights told me the timing on that set of lights was done deliberately. You want try going through at some of the busy times of the day. What makes me laugh is the number of pedestrians who press the buttons on whats known as the Netto lights, when there is no need, if you watch when there is no traffic on East Gate, those lights still go thro the same cycle. Lights on Red on East Gate, lights on green for the Netto car park, yet no one goes in or out of Netto, then onto green for pedestrians when there are none.

Retlaw.

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Originally there was only going to be two sets of traffic lights on eastgate. But at the time when eastgate was built we were told there would have to be an additional set of lights for people to cross to get to the post office.

I wasn't personally convinced at the time that an extra set of lights was needed, and I'm still not convinced.

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The use of traffic lights snarling up the flow of traffic is nothing new really, take Church Lights, at peak times there is always a Queue in all directions, the only time there is no problem is when the lights are actually broken down and the traffic is allowed to flow naturally