Bamford, 1919
Photo ref: 69177
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Photo ref: 69177
Photo of Bamford, 1919

More about this scene

This view of Bamford's Main Road is largely unchanged today - the rows of semi-detached villas still line the street as it climbs up towards the parish church, hidden in the trees to the right. In the background we can see the rocky gritstone escarpment of Bamford Edge.

A Selection of Memories from Bamford

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Bamford

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I was Born in this Hotel on the 31st May 1968. My Parents, Graham and Anne Henderson were running it back then.
I was born in Bamford in 1946. Now live in Nth Queensland, Australia. My folks were married in Bamford and my dad is buried there too. Part of the Greenhough family.
I am researching my family tree and found that a relative called Percival George Jeffrey was a proprietor of the Marquis of Granby around about the late 1800s or early 1900s.
A churchyard  is a place where families can be near their deceased loved ones, a calm and beautiful place surrounded by trees and flowers, but that is not the case in Bamford churchyard. The grass and weeds are taking over so it is impossible to walk through the graves without being entangled or tripping over the fallen headstones hidden in the grass. The odd grave is trimmed and tended by ...see more