Demolition of the former Booths store on King William Street, Blackburn, 1966
CLEARLY health and safety wasn’t as big an issue back in 1966 when these workmen were demolishing the former Booths store on King William Street, Blackburn.
Scaffolding was protecting the frontage but the workmen appear to be just standing on the roofline of the three-storey building.
The demolition was part of a major transformation of the town centre which saw the former market hall and market clock tower demolished and a new shopping centre taking shape.
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