Our next stop is the small town of Rawtenstall and here is Bank Street.
The Grand Theatre survived until 1937.
Thanks to the East Lancs Railway, Rawtenstall now has a heritage train service.
Here are a few preserved steam locos over the years.
Rawtenstall once had its own trams. Bank Street again.
Here's the depot. The trams ceased operating in 1932.
Rawtenstall's buses were later to be merged with those of Haslingden to form Rossendale Transport. Here are a couple of typical buses inside the depot at Rawtenstall.
A Leyland Atlantean emerges from the depot in 2000.
The depot was directly behind the bus station in central Rawtenstall. No. 49 is seen here in 1979.
Other operators serving Rawtenstall included Hyndburn (Accrington).....
......and Stagecoach.
Another permanent closure - The Dale, a modern Thwaite's house.
We're heading east at the moment, following the River Irwell, alongside the long closed railway through the short Newchurch Tunnels.
Another closed Railway, a former free house in Waterfoot.
At last! A pubs that's still open, the Jolly Sailor in Waterfoot.
The nearby Duke of Buccleuch is also still serving pints, John Smith's being the tipple here.
Slightly uphill, out of the valley, is Cowpe, Here was a good pub called the Buck. Sadly, it's another that's no longer with us.
We now head into the small town of Bacup, also served by Rawtenstall's trams.
Rochdale's trams also reached Bacup.
Prior to the trams, horse-drawn buses were provided. This is outside the Spread Eagle Inn on Back Bridge Street.
Bacup once had a railway station, the terminus of the line from Rawtenstall. Here it is in 1963 (Photo by Ben Brooksbank with Creative Commons License).
Finally, for this post, the loco and the staff at Heys Facit Quarry in Bacup.
The next post will see us moving back into Yorkshire, but not for long. Follow our progress here.
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