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Welbeck Street South, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL6 7TD

The first Baptist chapel in Ashton opened on Hodgson Street in 1848. By the 1960s the old church, following two fires in the 1950s had become very dilapidated. A new site, at the junction of Welbeck Street South and Brook Street East was purchased, and compensation from the council enabled the church to demolish the old building and begin work on the new one. The work was completed by July 1965, with the first service taking place on September 19th. In September 2010, Ayi Samson Ake from Ivory Coast became their new Lay Pastor. More information on the church website: http://www.welbeckstreetbc.nwba.org.uk/history.php

The building that survives today was built in 1850 as an extension to the original 1824 cotton mill. Production ceased in 1903 and the original mill has since been demolished. http://ashton-under-lyne.blogspot.co.uk/2008/10/portland-mill.html It is now occupied a number of businesses including the Olympic Sports Gym http://www.olympicsportsgym.co.uk/ Tameside Store 'n' Go http://www.tamesidestorengoselfstorage.co.uk/ Boutique Goddess https://www.boutiquegoddess.co.uk/ Sitsiam Camp (Home of Thai martial arts) http://sitsiam-camp.com/ and the Top Cricket Indoor Netting Facility http://top-cricket-indoor-netting-facility.business.site/ Note: Photograph is for record purposes only. The photographer has no personal connection with any of the businesses mentioned.

Ashton-under-Lyne fire station, Hodgson Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester

Looking across the "green space" at Henry Square in the St Petersfield regeneration area, towards the new magistrates and county courts building.

This blue plaque in memory of Henry Vollam Morton was unveiled in 2004 but relocated in 2009 following the demolition of properties around Henry Square as part of the St Petersfield development Image The plaque reads: HENRY VOLLAM MORTON (1892 - 1979) International Journalist and Travel Writer born in Ashton-under-Lyne. Morton's work captured the spirit of England and other countries from the 1920s to the 1960s and provided a great literary contribution throughout those five decades. He reported the discovery of the Tutankhamun tomb in 1923 and the historic meeting between Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt in 1941. He has travelled 'around like a magpie, picking up bright things that pleased him' and recorded them for our pleasure. Unveiled by the Morton family on 21st May 2004. For more information see Tamside MBC blue plaques: http://www.tameside.gov.uk/blueplaque/hvmorton or the H V Morton Society: http://www.hvmorton.co.uk/

Tameside Magistrates & County Courts, in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England.

The new court on Henry Square in the St Petersfield regeneration area opened in 1998. On the right is the former Friendship Inn Image

The new Magistrates' Court building at Henry Square in the St Petersfield regeneration area.

The square has virtually disappeared as part of the St Petersfield regeneration of Ashton's West End. In the foreground is the memorial to the Ashton Munitions Explosion Image On the right is the new Magistrates Court Image