TODAY’s photograph from the Lancashire Telegraph archives shows the Griffin area of Blackburn prior to the First World War.

The Griffin Inn, standing at the junction of Griffin Street and Redlam still dominates this spot, but the shops and the Redlam Inn in the row at the right have disappeared.

In the 1890s, between the Griffin Inn and the main road’s town-centre terminus at the top of King Street, less than a mile away, there were no fewer than 43 public houses - making up a daunting pub crawl that still lives on in legend.

In the background of this view, a tramcar climbs Redlam brow, bound for Witton, while in the foreground, with a trolley, is a uniformed parcels delivery boy from the Corporation Tramways.

Today, the Griffin Inn is now closed, and has fallen into disrepair and is to be knocked down to make way for new housing.

Blackburn with Darwen council’s planning and highways committee approved proposals to demolish the Georgian pub building in August as part of a scheme to clear the Griffin regeneration area for the building of 150 new homes.

The development will also see empty buildings on nearby Stansfeld Street, including the former John Bull’s Fish and Chips shop, Mambo's tanning centre and another house, demolished.