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Metrolink tram number 3022 arrives at Bury interchange on the service from Altrincham

- Emergency Rendezvous Point, Lord Street, Bury (opposite junction with Parker Street) "ERP 166" Emergency Rendezvous Points (ERP) were designated places in the locality for the coordination of ARP and emergency services during civil emergencies, particularly for those services arriving from outside the area. The signs appear in a variety of designs, but most are diamond shapes framing the ERP locality number. SD8110 : WWII Lancashire: Ghost Signs of the Home Front (9)

- Emergency Rendezvous Point, Lord Street, Bury (opposite junction with Parker Street) "ERP 166" Emergency Rendezvous Points (ERP) were designated places in the locality for the coordination of ARP and emergency services during civil emergencies, particularly for those services arriving from outside the area. The signs appear in a variety of designs, but most are diamond shapes framing the ERP locality number. SD8210 : WWII Lancashire: Ghost Signs of the Home Front (10)

- (Emergency Rendezvous Point), Junction of Waterfold Lane and Bury New Road, Heywood, Bury "ERP ---?" Emergency Rendezvous Points (ERP) were designated places in the locality for the coordination of ARP and emergency services during civil emergencies, particularly for those services arriving from outside the area. The signs appear in a variety of designs, but most are diamond shapes framing the ERP locality number. SD8210 : WWII Lancashire: Ghost Signs of the Home Front (11)

- Emergency Rendezvous Point, Junction of Waterfold Lane and Bury New Road, Heywood, Bury "ERP ---?" Emergency Rendezvous Points (ERP) were designated places in the locality for the coordination of ARP and emergency services during civil emergencies, particularly for those services arriving from outside the area. The signs appear in a variety of designs, but most are diamond shapes framing the ERP locality number. SD8410 : WWII Lancashire: Ghost Signs of the Home Front (12)

- Emergency Rendezvous Point, Walmersley Road, Bury, at junction with Mather Road "ERP ---?" Emergency Rendezvous Points (ERP) were designated places in the locality for the coordination of ARP and emergency services during civil emergencies, particularly for those services arriving from outside the area. The signs appear in a variety of designs, but most are diamond shapes framing the ERP locality number. SD8013 : WWII Lancashire: Ghost Signs of the Home Front (17)

- Emergency Rendezvous Point, Walmersley Road, Bury, at junction with Mather Road "ERP ---?" Emergency Rendezvous Points (ERP) were designated places in the locality for the coordination of ARP and emergency services during civil emergencies, particularly for those services arriving from outside the area. The signs appear in a variety of designs, but most are diamond shapes framing the ERP locality number. SD7712 : WWII Lancashire: Ghost Signs of the Home Front (18)

Built in 1925 as a manager's house for the Star Bleaching Company by 1933 and the Great Depression it saw closure of the bleaching and dye works and former Burrs Mill. Formerly a Wilsons Brewery Ltd house the Garsdale first opened its doors in 1980.

Preserved former British Railways Bulleid 7P5FA 4-6-2 ‘West Country’ class locomotive number 34092 ‘City of Wells’ leaves Bolton Street Station with an East Lancashire Railway passenger train on the journey from Bury to Rawtenstall. One of the 4-6-2 Light Pacific steam locomotives designed for the Southern Railway by its Chief Mechanical Engineer Oliver Bulleid, 34092 was built at the Brighton Works in 1949, after the nationalisation of the railways in Britain; it was originally named “Wells” but was renamed “City of Wells” a year later. The engine was withdrawn in November 1964 and sold to the Woodham Bros scrapyard in South Wales, remaining there until being purchased by a group of individuals in 1971 who brought it to the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway in November of that year. It returned to service with KWVR in 1979 and worked on special charters all over the country. The locomotive was withdrawn in 1989 to begin, what turned out to be, a 25-year restoration back to running order and as-built appearance. It finally returned to service again in August 2014. Link SR West Country and Battle of Britain (Light Pacific) classes (Wikipedia) Link British Railways, Bulleid West Country Pacific 4-6-2 No. 34092 ‘City of Wells’ (KWVR)

The former St John's Church was located off The Rock, then named Stanley Street. The church closed in 1964 but the former graveyard remained. Now, this land forms a garden adjacent to the new Rock Triangle retail and entertainment development which opened in 2010. Several of the gravestones have been retained in the design of the garden alongside the paths.

The former St John's Church was located off The Rock, then named Stanley Street. The church closed in 1964 but the former graveyard remained. Now, this land forms a garden (SD8011 : St John's Gardens) adjacent to the new Rock Triangle retail and entertainment development which opened in 2010. Several of the gravestones have been retained in the design of the garden and lie flat alongside the paths. Most are worn to the point of being illegible but I was able to make out the wording on this one which relates the tragic story of Joseph and Jane Newbold who had 5 children, none of whom survived them. Two died in infancy (not uncommon at that time) and three died between 1830 and 1833 when a cholera pandemic caused 60,000 deaths amongst the population of 14 million in England. HERE Resteth the body of JOSEPH NEWBOLD Who departed this life August 20th 1839 in the 56th year of his Age. Also of JANE his Relict * who departed this life April 16th 1853 in the 68th year of her Age. Also of ANN their Daughter who departed this life September 1?th 1807 in the first year of her Age. Also of FRANCIS their Son who departed this life February 1826 in the 7th year of his Age. Also of SAMUEL their Son who departed this life May 27th 1830 in the 1st year of his Age. Also of JAMES their son who departed this life June 10th 1833 in the 17th year of his Age Also of MARY their Daughter who departed this life November 26th 1833 in the 11th year of her Age * I was unfamiliar with the term relict in this context. On looking it up, I found that it was a term from the 17th and 18th centuries that meant a woman who was the surviving spouse of the marriage and had not remarried (as today we would use the word widow).

The Portland stone dome of the Kay monument (SD8010 : Kay Monument, Bury) is surmounted by the bronze figure of Fame.

This imposing structure, an ornate, Italianate domed octagon standing more than ten metres in height, is a memorial to John Kay. It stands in the centre of Kay Gardens, an open space created from the former market place when a new market hall was built in 1901. The gardens and this memorial were commissioned and paid for by Henry Whitehead, a local mill owner. John Kay was born in Bury in 1704. He was a prolific inventor, most famous in Lancashire as the 'Inventor of the flying shuttle' - a mechanism for speeding up the production of cloth on a hand-operated loom. Although he left Bury, emigrating to France in 1747, he has long been regarded as a celebrated son of the town and one of the men responsible for Lancashire's success in the cotton industry. An inscription on one side of the monument reads: THE GIFT OF HENRY WHITEHEAD OF HASLEM HEY TO HIS NATIVE TOWN TO PERPETUATE THE NAME AND FAME OF JOHN KAY OF BURY. WHOSE INVENTION IN THE YEAR 1733 OF THE FLY SHUTTLE QUADRUPLED HUMAN POWER IN WEAVING & PLACED ENGLAND IN THE FRONT RANK AS THE BEST MARKET IN THE WORLD FOR TEXTILE MANUFACTURES. HE WAS BORN IN BURY IN 1704, AND DIED IN EXILE AND POVERTY IN FRANCE, WHERE HE LIES IN AN UNKNOWN GRAVE. Kay Gardens and the Kay Monument were opened in April 1908. Mrs Henry Whitehead opened the gardens and the Earl of Derby unveiled the monument. The monument, which was cleaned and refurbished in 2011, is a Grade II listed structure (List Entry Number: 1163636 Link Historic England). . (see also SD8010 : Kay Monument - Relief Portrait, SD8010 : Kay Monument, Inscription, SD8010 : Kay Monument (detail) and SD8010 : Fame on the Kay Monument). Link - John Cassidy, Manchester Sculpture Link - Cotton Times, The Life of John Kay SD8010 : Monument to John Kay Kay Gardens, Bury Town Centre and SD8010 : The John Kay Memorial show the monument before it was cleaned and refurbished).

An East Lancashire Railway train hauled by 50015, ex-British Rail Co-Co Class 50 ‘Valiant' diesel locomotive, arrives at Burrs Country Park Halt. One of 18 preserved Class 50 locomotives, Valiant was built by English Electric at the Vulcan Foundry. It entered service with British Rail in 1968. It was withdrawn from service in 1992 (Link East Lancashire Railway Diesel Group).

9pm on a Sunday evening, the bus station is almost deserted; only a few all-night services are running at this time.