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UNKOWN LOCATION
UNKOWN LOCATION
Photo: Ron Hunt
Views: 1,368
Item #: 34203
LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE LOWER INCE OR WHELLEY?

Comment by: Rev David Long on 25th January 2023 at 16:52

The floats don't look religious enough for it to be a Walking Day procession. I like to horse on the right, taking it all in - or wishing it was out on parade.
You could be right about it being Spring View/ Lower Ince - the bend looks like the one on Warrington Road by Duke Street - with the houses with front gardens running down to Darnhall Street and the Walmsley Arms - with the Railway (?) pub opposite.
Pity about the watermarks - spoils the images, and obscures details.

Comment by: Dennis Miller on 26th January 2023 at 05:50

I agree Rev. Long. Just past the fence on the right and out of shot would be Pearson Street (Repton Avenue today) , with Cecil Street across from that.

Comment by: Rev David Long on 26th January 2023 at 09:35

The only problem, however, is that the Old Railway pub wasn't on a corner - it was in the terrace, near Cecil Street.

Comment by: Dennis Miller on 26th January 2023 at 11:41

Is it a pub? It looks like and Off Licence with an advert for Oldfields. However, I remember a row of shop to the right of it, but it does look like terraced houses in the photograph

Comment by: Dennis Miller on 26th January 2023 at 11:44

Okay Dave, we are probably wrong. The shop awning on the right in the distance... if that is Duke St. we should see a branch of Droneys Tailors just beyond it, it looks like houses.

Comment by: CJAlan on 27th January 2023 at 09:18

The picture could in fact be Kendall Street, looking up from the junction of Frog Lane and Gidlow Lane, but I would hazard a guess it isn't as I cannot see it being used as a walking day route.

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