Rossendale Then and Now

[MrJakie1995]

thanks for that,my mum was born at 8 scoutholme terrace in 1942.love seeing photos of this.great video.thanks

[haiti4077]

Sopt on Scouthome terrace the houses hsd no inside toilets, no mains water, no central heating, no hot water, kettels were warmed on the coal fire, we had a bath infront of the fire in our tin bath that when in not in use it lived in with the coal, but it was a good childhood.

[MrJakie1995]

please could you tell me the name of the street that you were born in.is it scoutholme terrace?thanks

[shrivel1]

I was born here (Bacup),

[laura2140]

i live in Rawtenstall its a nice Valley even when its snowing on the hill just amazing

[leylandpd2]

What a lovely looking town.

[ffrogrocker]

Wonderful compilation. I lived there for a while in the early 1980s. Fond memories.

[stevewooly]

excellent and well put together. watchin it made me realise how proud i am of my roots. from a rossendale lad livin in accy

[banksider]

Impressive. Thanks.

[tabhw]

Superb Vid full of Character Thanks Nigel....

[aveling666]

thanks for pics  bought back some memories was born in house with white dormer (0.18)lived there 20 odd years !

[inexactdwarf]

brillant photos loved the sheep in the snow

is that ross mill in 1.26 and 5.20

[haiti4077]

Thank you I am sorry it is not Ross mill they are both Ilex mill the first over looks Rawtenstall cricket field and the second from bury rd looking across what is now Tescos I saw the sheep as I was coming out of the house one Sunday morning luckly I had my camera to hand. I am collecting a new set of photos and hope to post soon

[kawasaki5187]

Very well done, a great compilation.

[talktoyour]

I lived in Rossendale for 18 months before I moved up to Newcastle. It was only when i left that I realised how much I enjoyed it and what a magestic place it was. I will come back to the valley! They were such friendly and welcoming people. It's funny, when I was about to leave I was told by a local that 'you be back - they all come back'.

[kevingoodfellow]

Really enjoyable haiti. Such a good stock of old buildings in the area.

[cripplewoox]

snap at 1.24 lookin down the steps towards cricket field carpark with hill in background,its a pic like tht which makes rossendale truly unique,i used to live near grange road as a nipper

[daveholt777]

A shot of waterfoot and the old railway station at 3:45 if i'm not mistaken taken from on top of the tunnels

[haiti4077]

you are correct from the top of the thruch tunnel, they are still there but you can no longer walk through them

[rodneypullit]

thanks for sharing brought back memories. is the church at 6:04 still in use my family grave is next to the door i think.

[haiti4077]

the photo was taken about 40 years ago I think, Rehoboth (is that how you spell it) still looks the same.