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The landscaped area to the north-west side of Darbyshire Street was previously the line of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's Clifton, Accrington and Colne line which closed in 1966.

The landscaped area to the north-west side of Darbyshire Street was previously the line of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's Clifton, Accrington and Colne line which closed in 1966.

Terraced houses on Spring Lane. Built 1897.

Terraced houses on Darbyshire Street. These appear to have been built in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century as the street does not appear on the OS map of 1893 https://bit.ly/2XS1D78 but is shown on the map dated 1909 https://bit.ly/3nZ9gDF. The land on the other side of the wall on the right-hand side was previously the course of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's Clifton, Accrington and Colne line. See Image] for a view from the other end of the street.

Poppy wreaths laid at Radcliffe War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday 2019. Radcliffe Cenotaph stands in a small memorial garden, opposite the former town hall. First unveiled on 26 November 1922, it takes the form of an obelisk which rises to 35 feet above street level. The obelisk is mounted on a plinth set on a square raised terrace with surrounding walls and steps to Blackburn Street. The four main faces of the pedestal have large square bronze panels containing in relief 642 names of the fallen of 1914-1918; the narrow re-entrant sides have matching rectangular panels of names headed 1939-1945 (see Roll of Honour http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Lancashire/Radcliffe.html for a list). The front of the obelisk has a sword with a laurel wreath around the handle; its base is surrounded by statuary on three sides. The statues, three large winged female figures are emblematic of Liberty, Victory and Peace. Victory, standing in the centre, holds Liberty by one hand and in the other holds up the laurel emblem of conquest; Liberty to the left breaks free, raising a flaming torch; Peace, to the right, reclines on one leg, with roses of remembrance in her lap, listening to the message of a dove perched on her shoulder. The memorial is designated as a Grade II* Listed Building by English Heritage (Historic England List Entry Number: 1067192 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1067192). *In the United Kingdom, Remembrance Sunday is held on the Sunday nearest to 11 November, Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of hostilities in the First World War at 11 am in 1918

Viewed here from Blackburn Street, Radcliffe's War Memorial Cenotaph stands in a small memorial garden, opposite the former town hall. First unveiled on 26 November 1922, it takes the form of an obelisk which rises to 35 feet above street level. The obelisk is mounted on a plinth set on a square raised terrace with surrounding walls and steps to Blackburn Street. The four main faces of the pedestal have large square bronze panels containing in relief 642 names of the fallen of 1914-1918; the narrow re-entrant sides have matching rectangular panels of names headed 1939-1945 (see Roll of Honour http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Lancashire/Radcliffe.html for a list). The front of the obelisk has a sword with a laurel wreath round the handle; its base is surrounded by statuary on three sides. The statues, three large winged female figures are emblematic of Liberty, Victory and Peace. Victory, standing in the centre, holds Liberty by one hand and in the other holds up the laurel emblem of conquest; Liberty to the left breaks free, raising a flaming torch; Peace, to the right, reclines on one leg, with roses of remembrance in her lap, listening to the message of a dove perched on her shoulder. The memorial is designated as a Grade II* Listed Building by English Heritage (English Heritage ID:210777 http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-210777-radcliffe-cenotaph- British Listed Buildings)

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them" (from The "Ode of Remembrance", an ode taken from Laurence Binyon's poem "For the Fallen", which was first published in 1914 to honour the World War I British war dead of that time but is now recited at remembrance services as a tribute to all casualties of war). A selection of the poppy wreaths placed on Image] during the annual Service of Remembrance, held on Remembrance Sunday (the Sunday closest to Armistice Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Sunday )

Poppy wreaths laid at Radcliffe War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday 2013. Radcliffe Cenotaph stands in a small memorial garden, opposite the former town hall. First unveiled on 26 November 1922, it takes the form of an obelisk which rises to 35 feet above street level. The obelisk is mounted on a plinth set on a square raised terrace with surrounding walls and steps to Blackburn Street. The four main faces of the pedestal have large square bronze panels containing in relief 642 names of the fallen of 1914-1918; the narrow re-entrant sides have matching rectangular panels of names headed 1939-1945 (see Roll of Honour http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Lancashire/Radcliffe.html for a list). The front of the obelisk has a sword with a laurel wreath round the handle; its base is surrounded by statuary on three sides. The statues, three large winged female figures are emblematic of Liberty, Victory and Peace. Victory, standing in the centre, holds Liberty by one hand and in the other holds up the laurel emblem of conquest; Liberty to the left breaks free, raising a flaming torch; Peace, to the right, reclines on one leg, with roses of remembrance in her lap, listening to the message of a dove perched on her shoulder. The memorial is designated as a Grade II* Listed Building by English Heritage (English Heritage ID:210777 http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-210777-radcliffe-cenotaph- British Listed Buildings)