The old fire station on Raleigh Road
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The old fire station on Raleigh Road
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 31 May 2021
This area of Ashton was once open land before the nineteenth century brought much housing and industry. Firstly, the Victoria Cavendish works (the Export Department of W.D. & H.O Wills) were constructed around the late 1880s - of the Wills Tobacco empire. Here one of the old buildings (originally a garage) has been redeveloped into modern residential use, but with a nod to its past.
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Image Location
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51.442598
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