Where was this chimney ?
 

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Does anybody know where the chimney was in this picture? The picture was taken at the bottom of Black Abbey Street and Grange Lane. The church spire is Oak Street Congregational Church, but where was the chimney. The only chimney I remember was at Park Mill but I don't remember it being that tall.

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Could it have been BroadOak Jeff

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great photo jeff, beats me, looks christchurch area, retlaw will know if it is i guess.:confused:

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Maybe but it is hard to judge exactly where it is. I think the building on the right hand side just below the tree is New Jerusalem Church on Abbey Street.

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Nay John con ti nod du better than thad.
To include Broad Oak the picture would have to be twice as wide and then Bank Terrace is in the way.

Look at the picture and the angles, the nearest mill that would appear in the background between the Oak St Congi's and the Swedenborgs in Abbey St, is the Old mill in Birtwistle St facing the end of Beech St, when I were a lad it were know as Co-op joiners.

As for Park Mill, that would have appeared to the left of the Oak St Congi's
Retlaw

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when approx did it actually vanish? lived on birtwistle st, end of 63 fer 18 months or so n sure it was gone then.:)

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I don't know old accy that well Retlaw, but just thought it was in the general direction of Broadoak

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When they knocked down the area bounded by Plantation St and Birtwistle St, from Abbey St to Cobham Rd, and built those lego boxes.
Retlaw.

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So musta been yon when i lived there, can only blame the drink n illegal substances.:D:eek:

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Well, I'm totally confused as to where Grange Lane is on that ?

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Could it be Moseleys Bakery thats my guess

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Bottom right is start of it kate. confusious say- she who consumes bacardi sees nowt.:D

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*Blows raspberry to Cashman* ..

Still don't think you are correct, think the 'photographer' may have been taking it from Grange Lane, yeh, yeh know that Jeff said that, but the title isn't quite correct then. Doesn't look like a photograph though .. just a sketch ?

There was a Grange Mill showing on maps ... what was that ?

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Grange lane would have been on the right of the picture.
Retlaw

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Hoody Blell
Mosleys bakery was at the end of Jacob St, junction
with Grange Lane. The building is still there with scaffolding round it.
Retlaw.

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Hi Snakehead arguing again,
Which map are you looking at, going down Grange lane starting from the South side of Nuttall St, (formerly Woodnook Lane) there was Sykes Mill, Perseverance Mill, Iron Works, Lower Grange Mill and Wellington Mill, then you in Church St.
Hargreaves Plumbers Merchants were in Lower Grange Mill.
Sup less, see more and learn a lot, leave thi wheels at whum and use thi feet an thi een, thal bi surprised at what thur is under thi noas when tha nod lukin at car bonnet.
Retlaw.

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as ya know retlaw, kate would argue the pope aint catholic.:D

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He's German isn't he ?

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yep n they Do know about chimneys,:eek:

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You two ganging up on me now.. :dummy2:

All I was saying is that the title of the photo/sketch belies it showing Grange Lane.

See map below .. would have to be a view from the purple blob, so Grange Lane would not be captured on the picture.

Was merely asking what Grange Mill was (pink blob), and could the chimney possibly belong to that ???

No wonder I now need a bacardi .. :p

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ya musta had a few already, theres 2 blobs on that map.:D

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Yeh ... the purple and the pink blob as mentioned = 2 blobs. :tongueout

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Hey n i don't drink.:o

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I don't think it is a photo, I think it,s more likely a sketch. There is no church where the steeple is and no chimney where it appears to be. Your looking straight up Black Abby St with Grange Lane heading out on the right. Where the steeple is would be looking in the direction of Plantation St and the chimney somewhere in the middle of Birtwistle St. I think the artist thought, "This,l gi um sumat to think of int future".??

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An interesting thought is that, whoever did the picture, if he had looked back over his left shoulder he would see St James Church and over his right shoulder the chimney at Broad Oak Mill on Cotton St.

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[quote=katex;811721]You two ganging up on me now.. :dummy2:

All I was saying is that the title of the photo/sketch belies it showing Grange Lane.
Who would dare to gang up on you.
There are a lot on here who can't recognise whats a picture, where it was taken from, and think because they can't see today it must be wrong.
Attached is a composite I did back in 1989, Oak St Congis, New Jerusalem, and the chimney have gone, but a lot of other buildings are still recognisable.
Retlaw.

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Blimey Retlaw, is that what it looks like today? Now that I would never have recognized.

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Can't get a decent shot now from that position today Ossy Kid.. those bloody trees 'aint half grown.

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Hey Retlaw .. spotted these critters stuck on the walls in Church Street, presume are more recent additons ?

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