Old
kilns at top of Kiln Lane.
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Old
kilns at top of Kiln Lane.
Saint
James Church
Old
cottages on Dale Street
Cottages
converted to commercial premises
Dale Street looking towards Newhey
Milnrow
carnival. Photo courtesy of Firgrove Photography.
Rochdale M.B.C. Is converting the 640 acres of rural land bounded by Kingsway, the M62 motorway and the railway into an industrial estate. The rationale behind this is to create 'up to 8000' jobs' but as unemployment in the Rochdale area is around 1500 this means that workers, if the number of jobs ever reaches anything like 8000, will have to be transported in from surrounding areas and possibly even Eastern Europe where there is a surplus of labour. Around 70 acres of land will be conserved as a 'green space' adjacent to Stanneybrook Park.
The North West Development Agency published a compulsorary purchase order in May 2002 to enable the development to take place. Work commenced in 2005 and the features of the area were rapidly destoyed to make way for the new link road from Kingsway to the M62
The following scenes show views of the proposed development.
A
1794 farm situated on Lower Lane.
Milnrow
from Ashfield Lane where it runs parallel to the M62.
Towards
Rochdale from Lower Lane
View
from Buersil.
Dale
Street 1912 and 1992.
Little has changed in these views except that most of the cottages have been converted to business premises. The Milnrow Spinning Company's mill became a 'Mill Shop' and was subsequently destroyed by fire in June 1992. The reconstruction work made use of the existing facade but the rest of the building is of modern construction. The bank in the right foreground has been closed in common with banks in many small communities.
Bridge Street ca. 1900 and 1992. This view shows the junction of Bridge street with the bottom end of Kiln Lane. The Stump and Pie Lad pub shown in the 1900 view has long since been demolished. Since the 1992 picture, the former news agents has become The Kiln Lane Chippy. The Kiln Lane Chippy in the picture is now Omar Sharifs Balti House. The Tim Bobbin Pub is still open for business but has been renamed 'The Bobbin'.
The
old and new views show how the bottom of Kiln Lane has been
widened.
The Milnrow Cooperative Society's shop in the old view is now (1999)
the
Kiln Lane Chippy, having been amongst other things a newsagents shop.
Dale
Street 1914 and 1992.
Most of the buildings visible in the 1914 view still exist although there have been some demolitions and the road has been widened in places in an attempt to accomodate modern traffic levels. Note the single track tramway in the 1914 view.
Land
occupied by Cliffe House in 1920 is now (1999) the site of the war
memorial
The buildings at the top of the 'then' picture were demolished and the land, until recently, used as playing fields for Holllingworth High School. The land has (2000) been developed once more for housing.
Clegg
Hall situated near the Rochdale canal has been a
public house in the
past and was derelict for decades but is currently being renovated.
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