Bamber Bridge
Bamber Bridge is only a few miles from where I live, but for some reason I have only been there a handful of times. I find it a fascinating place because of the wide variety of interesting, if not necessarily attractive, building down the main street. It is odd in that it has only grown in one direction. The original village was where Ye Old Hob is, next to the A6. From there it spread northwards, up what used to be the A6, and is now the B6258. That said, the nicest part is the short road east of Ye Old Hob, Church Road, which I guess was also the A6 at one time, but is now a cul-de-sac. This is St Saviour's church, which is officially in Cuerden. Opposite is a Victorian school that is still in use. About halfway between the school and the Old Hob was the Queen Inn, which closed in 2002, and was demolished to make way for housing. It was built before 1845, but despite being there for over a century and a half there is a strange dearth of images of it on the internet! The Old Hob,