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When this photograph was taken, Blackburn had two markets, the indoor market and an open air one, held every Wednesday and Saturday. This photograph shows the open market in New Market Street.

Blackburn had two markets, the indoor market and an open air one, held every Wednesday and Saturday, when this photograph was taken. Friday was later added to the open market days.

Benjamin Beale, a local glovemaker and a Quaker, invented the bathing machine in 1751 to conserve ladies' modesty while they took a dip in the briny.

This view looks in the opposite direction to No N125008. The supporting bearers to the timber frame of the Tudor building are visible in detail.

Here the photographer looks across the back of the Victorian elementary school and schoolmaster's house at the left of the hay ricks.

This club house was opened in 1898 by Mrs W J Pirrie, wife of the managing director of Harland and Wolff; among the well-wishers was Mr Gustav Wolff, also representing Belfast craft of a larger size.

This unusual view of Preston Parish Church was taken from the back of the church. There has been a church on this site since the 7th century; the first church was dedicated to St Wilfrid.

This unusual view of Preston Parish Church was taken from the back of the church. There has been a church on this site since the 7th century; the first church was dedicated to St Wilfrid.

This view looks in the opposite direction to No N125008. The supporting bearers to the timber frame of the Tudor building are visible in detail.

The cathedral library was started in 1624 when Dean Higgin bequeathed his collection of books to the Chapter.

St Michael's has a south aisle dating back to the early 14th century, its windows with Y and intersecting tracery, but the brick tower with clasping buttresses is 1737.

Benjamin Beale, a local glovemaker and a Quaker, invented the bathing machine in 1751 to conserve ladies' modesty while they took a dip in the briny.

The castle is now much restored by the Marquis of Bute, with its water defences reinstated. The original castle was begun by Gilbert de Clare.

Many of the old houses were weaver's cottages, built in a time when hand-loom weaving was the major industry in the area.

Reconstruction began in 1069, followed by the building we see today from 1180. The west front was added in 1220. The minster finally became a cathedral in 1836.

The last one was recorded in 1908, and the curate of St James's Church in Blake Street, HIndpool (pictured here), with the backing of some local businessmen, provided a much-needed soup kitchen to alleviate

An angel has appeared from a former house in the south chapel; the pulpit is dated 1628, and has blank arches and arabesque decoration; the back panel upper half has caryatids and the tester has strapwork

Here we see the offices and entrance gates of Horrockses, Crewdson & Co on Stanley Street.

Between the shops on the right of 85178 (page 56) lies a narrow tunnel leading into Windsor Court.

Yet it has been slipped in behind the frontage of the High Street without any disturbance.

The parish church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, developed from the Norman period onward through the Middle Ages, and is down in a dip at the junction of several streets.

In the horse fair the greater part consisted of hacks and cart-horses and several Welsh colts, very few of good quality.

Here we see Lewis's large and very ornate store at the top of Market Street, just four years after the death of its founder David Lewis in 1885.

A central post office had been built in High Street in 1882-85, but in 1907 it was replaced by the present building in Wide Bargate which was soon extended to include the sorting office and the