IT was the summer of 1904 when this shot was taken in Heaton Park. Edwardians are pictured strolling and relaxing at the north front and the main entrance to Heaton Hall.
WHITEFIELD printer Peter Brown was getting back to normal after a £9,000 arson blaze at his Ernest Brown and Son works at the former Stand Mission in Besses, which forced him to lay off six printers. The fire, which was being investigated by police, was believed to have been started deliberately in the cellar.
INTRUDERS were thought to be responsible for a fire which destroyed a mill in Green Lane, Whitefield, which had been the old premises of Standline Upholstery Factory, but was awaiting demolition. The fire sent showers of sparks 70ft into the air as more than 40 firefighters struggled to bring it under control.
THIS week's picture (right), taken at Heaton Park Station, shows a five-car 1200 volt DC train (third-rail side contact), which was first constructed in 1915.
THIS week, we take a look back at the interior of Stand All Saint's Church. The black and white shot dates from the First World War before the erection of the chancel screen in 1921.
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