Taken outside what was Stacksteads Working men's club, known better today as the Rose and Bowl. Today the building is one storey high whereas when it was first built it was 2 storeys. The second storey was the dance hall entered by the door at the end of the building for the price of sixpence. The bunting decorating the streets was to celebrate the Royal Visit to the valley in July 1913.

Looking towards the Commercial Hotel the Commercial hotel was the place injured quarrymen where taken to after accidents sustained up at the quarry to receive treatment by the local doctor and where many of the inquests for deaths in the Stacksteads area were held. In June 1859 the 4^th company of the 1^st Battalion of the Lancashire Rifle Volunteers was formed by Robert Munn later to be Captain Munn their headquarters was at the Commercial Inn at Stacksteads. The company stayed at the Commercial for a good number of year’s util it moved to Rockiliffe Mill, Bacup and later in 1896 they moved to Sutcliffe’s Corn Mill in Yorkshire Street. In 1881 the name changed to 3^rd LRV they in turn became the 2^nd Volunteer Battalion, the East Lancashire Regiment in 1890 and by 1908 the name had changed again to H Company the 5^th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment. Also in 1908, the volunteers were at last recognized by the regular army. By 1913 the Drill Hall at Commercial Street Stacksteads had been built and a new name came into being The Territorials.

Coronation Buildings pictured above were built in 1902 and consisted of various shops, post office, baby linen shop coopers butchers to name just a few. Previous to this the buildings in this area was Bottoms Row home to many of the local quarrymen and their families.

Below the owners of School Street news pose for the camera in 1906. One of the stories making the news that day was that of Dr Witzoff a bigamist who it is said duped over 100 women out of their money has between 50 to 500 fake marriages.

Taylorholme was home to many Stacksteads quarrymen and their families many pictured above during a party in the 40's as well as many weavers who worked in the nearby Rossendale Mill better known today as Atherton Holme or Bacup Shoe. Taylorhome made the news in 1976 when it became the setting for the directing debut of Sir Lawrence Oliver and his version of the play Hindle Wakes picture below left.

The second Tunstead Mill was situated behind the Hare and Hounds Inn at Stacksteads. In 1834 it was occupied by the Howarth Bros, who also run Glen Top Mill. In 1826 during the Power Loom riots this mill was broken into and the looms damaged. This mill was eventually pulled down in 1890 during which a married man with nine children named James Walsh aged 37 was killed when he fell from a beam into the bottom of the mill.

House numbers 401-407 once stood in the empty land shown amongst them was the pub known as the Grocers arms one of the Baxter's breweries pubs which closed with compensation in 1920.

The ironbridge shown in the picture abovewould take you to the area known as Waterbarn and on towards Brandwood. The bridge had originally been erected it is thought in the 1840's by public subscription in order to cross the river Irwell which at this point had a span of 31ft.

John Baxter's began building his brewery at Glen Top between 1850 and 1895. When the son of the family disposed of it as a family concerned it owned the majority of the pubs in Rossendale and the surrounding areas. The buildings on the Cowpe side of the road now the home to a metal structure were closed when brewing ceased locally in 1967-1968. Those on the other side of the road now a pine furniture shop were closed in the very late 60's. The chimney was demolished in August 1972.