Haslingden Old and New...

Haslingden derives from Hazeldean or Valley of the Hazels. It lies 19 miles north of Manchester in the County of Lancashire. A area at one time noted in particular for its Stone, it also played a big part in the Woollen and then later Cotton Industries from the 18th and through the 19th and early to mid 20th Century... It is steeped in Local History and can also boast to have one of the most beautiful Natural Valleys around, where thousands come and visit annually

Thursday, 16 October 2008

Haslingden By-pass - Building of and much later the Opening Day photos etc from 1981...

Building and Construction...

HASLINGDEN OLD AND NEW have been kindly given fifteen lovely aerial photos showing the By-Pass during construction in the 1980s, besides the by-pass on historic record you will note some really interesting views of the nearby areas, some of which have changed quite a bit. Our thanks go to Alan Gardner who has kindly allowed these rare aerial photographs to be shown on the Haslingden Old and New Site.

Bentgate/Sykeside/Broadway (Click over to enlarge)
Aerial Photo: Kindly shared by Alan Gardner
Shows also part of the Cricket Club, Auction Mart, Woolpack,
Old Syke Side Mill before the Garden Centre or pre Tescos
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A closer view of the Bentgate roundabout under construction in the 1980s (Click over to enlarge)
Aerial Photo: Kindly shared to us by Alan Gardner
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Construction of Bridges and Roundabout at Bentgate,
also shows Auction Mart and Sykeside Mill (Click over to enlarge)
Aerial photo: Kindly shared to us by Alan Gardner
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Construction of Bridge etc against Victoria Park and Helmshore Road (Click over to enlarge)
Aerial Photo: kindly shared by Alan Gardner
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Closer photo of construction on Helmshore Road (Click over to enlarge)
Aerial photo kindly shared by Alan Gardner
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Showing the construction at the bottom of Grane Road with Grane Road Mill and Flash Mill (Click over to enlarge)
Also it is just prior to where they joined up with the original railway track which you can see here to the mid right of the
photo. Photo: Aerial photo kindly shared by Alan Gardner

Shows the point where the bypass intercepts with the old railway track and the continues to use the old railway track
for the distance until you get half way along Rising Bridge Road road where it then branches off and another new
section of road was made up to the roundabout at Rising Bridge and then onward.
Aerial photo: thanks to Alan Gardner
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This has to be one of the highlight photos which shows the construction coming along from
Grane Road and following the railway track past Lambers Mill at Carrs
and to the point which was North Hag having been removed for the by pass
and comes to the point where the Old railway station was.
It also shows the bottom of Station Road with the Station Pub and
the houses of Booth Street.
Aerial photo thanks to Alan Gardner for sharing.
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The area of Nags Head having been taken out for the by pass (Click over to enlarge)
Aerial photo kindly shared with us by Alan Gardner.
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This is the area of the original railway and sidings from Haslingden Station and
shows Martin Croft Farm on the left and the old CWS Brittania Mill on the right.
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Aerial photo thanks to Alan Gardner for sharing with us

This one shows the construction which followed the old railway track and you can see the bridge being built with the
temporary ring road. Its right at the point where our House was at 110 Hud Hey Road and they also besides removing
two more houses adjoined to ours, they demolished the full row of houses on the opposite site. Also lots of
temporary caravan places on Tom Barnes's old fields, thankfully the old Oak is still there!
Aerial photo kindly shared to us by Alan Gardner
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A closer photo of the area shown earlier (Click over to enlarge)
Aerial photo thanks to Alan Gardner for sharing with us

A closer photo of the area shown earlier (Click over to enlarge)

Aerial photo thanks to Alan Gardner for sharing with us

This shows the area of construction that follows Rising Bridge Road using the foundations of the old railway
track which you can see the bypass branching away roughly at the point of where the last house on Rising
Bridge Road is and then shortly before it joins the main roundabout at Winfields.
Aerial Photo kindly shared to us by Alan Gardner
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This is the last photo in the collection and we go back
to the Bentgate area showing construction before the
roundabout is made (Click over to enlarge)

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Thanks to Charles Ashworth for allowing us to use his

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