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What Is Bury New Road?

A brief unscientific vox pop amongst friends came up with...“That link road between town and motorway”, followed by various fairly negative adjectives, which, although essentially true, we shall pass on because this is primarily a project with a positive mission. Living there myself, I always assumed it started at Chetham’s School and ended past the motorway at Besses o’ th’ Barn, where Bury New Road...

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The Bury New Road Heritage Project…

Welcome to the Bury New Road heritage project which runs until the end of 2022, with community open days, shoot your own heritage events, exhibitions and pop-up happenings. While the website might look quite skinny to start with, the archive will be built up over the course of the project, filled with community memories, portraits, photos and artefacts, as well as discourses on the nature...

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