Stockbridge Road Launderette

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Stockbridge Road Launderette has served the northern English town of Padiham for decades, functioning, as many do, as a form of social hub as well as just a place to wash that smelly football kit.

Here are some snaps taken by me and L B-H to record the unique character of this humble, utilitarian yet somewhat soulful little place for posterity, before it is inevitably lost to the tides of time, vandalism and competition from the new ‘Wash ME automatic’ machines up the road in the forecourt of Whitegate petrol station.

A and L B-H

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Hi, my name is Alexander Burton-Hargreaves, I live in the Northwest of England and have over two decades of experience working in and studying the fields of land management and conservation. As well as ecology and conservation, in particular upland ecology, I am also interested in photography, classical natural history books, architecture, archaeology, cooking and gardening, amongst many other things. These are all subjects I cover in my articles here and on other sites and I plan to eventually publish a series of books on the history and wildlife of Northern England.

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