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The White Swan - The Green, Idle
Image: © Betty Longbottom
Taken: 25 Nov 2008
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The White Swan, The Green, Idle
Closed at the time of the photo due to Covid-19 restrictions. According to Watson, a landlord of this pub was recorded in 1822 so it must pre-date that.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 4 Apr 2021
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Stitch in Time, Albion Road
A dressmaking and dry cleaning business in Idle. The shop unit to the left is vacant. The buildings in this photo (29-33 The Green) are collectively listed grade II (list entry 1133149) and date from c.1800.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 4 Apr 2021
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Wellhead, The Green, Idle
This wellhead or drinking trough is in the centre of the village, and bears the date AD 1830.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 4 Apr 2021
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Miss Butterfingers and the Idle Draper, Albion Road
A cafe and (despite the name) a micropub.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 4 Apr 2021
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Ali's Barber Shop and the Idle Beerhouse, Albion Road
The beerhouse (one of several micropubs in this area) is quite an imposing building but I haven't yet identified its original function.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 4 Apr 2021
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Idle Post Office - Bradford Road
Image: © Betty Longbottom
Taken: 25 Nov 2008
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Idle Post Office, Bradford Road
The original post office was further south along this road.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 4 Apr 2021
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The Green, Idle
The heart of Idle village is this meeting of roads around the site of the parish pump. There's nothing particularly green about it now, beyond a couple of trees.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 4 Apr 2021
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Village fisheries, The Green, Idle
My wife, who used to live in the village in the 1970s, recalls this has been a fish and chip shop for as long as she can remember
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 4 Apr 2021
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