This is the Griffin area of Blackburn prior to the First World War.
Pictured is 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 on 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 craw that still lives on in legend.
In the background of this view, a tramcar climbs Redlam brow, bound for Witton, while in the foreground a uniformed parcels delivery boy from the Corporation Tramways delivers packages.
Today, the Griffin Inn is now closed, and has fallen into disrepair and is to be knocked down to make way for new housing.
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