Dramatic cloud formations provide the backdrop to one of Bolton’s newest housing developments in this photo from April 1979. (Image: Newsquest) The blocks of flats at The Pocket off Deane Road are outlined against the sky and in the foreground are some of the new homes which had recently been completed off Gilnow Road. The redevelopment work had been undertaken to improve what had been recognised as an area of poor quality housing leading to the demolition of many of the traditional terraces.
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