WE'VE stepped back a century in time, with this distinctive image of a well-know corner of Burnley.

It was taken around 1920 at Duke Bar, from the bottom of Briercliffe Road, looking towards the town centre.

To the left of the gable end premises in the centre, is Colne Road, with its rows of shops - their windows piled high with goods, while on the right is Hebrew Road, flanked by terraced rows.

This main road into the town is still cobbled and set with tram lines and overhead power lines, as trams trundled from the centre on towards Queensgate and Brierfield, or climbed the incline towards the workhouse, which later became the municipal hospital and on to Harle Syke.

There's a large gas lamp in the middle of the cobbles at this junction - as there were at various points to light the way for tramcars and pedestrians - and three local men are conversing around it - the chap on the left is in uniform, so could be either the local bobby or tram driver.

Overlooking this scene would be the Duke of York pub, once one of the town's landmark inns, which gave this part of town its name. Behind it was St Andrew's School and then St Andrew's Church itself.