Produced for Ramsbottom Heritage Society in 2006. Ramsbottom's Heritage Industrial Village, New Town and Railway 1783 - 1846. For more information on Ramsbottom and how to join the RHS: www.ramsbottomheritage.org.uk
I was born in WWII and lived in Ramsbottom until 1962. This was an outstanding production, being so informative, interesting and rich with visual content. Congratulations to all who were involved in its production.
Lovely to see this documentary about the town I grew up in. I kept stopping the video to work out what I was looking at! I got knocked off my first motorbike on Peel Bridge when it was still single track! I went back some years ago and was staggered to see that St. Andrews church fields were now a well established wood! I used to sledge down the steep bit and ride down the shallower slope on my "go cart"! I was the bowling green/putting green ticket man for two summers whilst at Bolton Tech. My parents house was the middle one of Barwood Mount on Bolton Street and I bought number 72 Tanners Street, a tiny two up two down just below The Rake for £1800 in 1976! I seem to recall that my parents knew Andrew (Todd) quite well.
