Then & Now (5/5)

Smith Street, off Sandy Lane then	Smith Street, off Sandy Lane now
	Hardly recognisble from its heyday… Smith Street has effectively been chopped in half
Sunday School Mission, Witham Road then	Sunday School Mission, Witham Road now
	It’s now part of Sandy Lane car park
Skelmersdale Town Hall, Sandy Lane then	Skelmersdale Town Hall, Sandy Lane now
	The Town Hall site is now someone’s back garden in Clayton Mews
Looking up Witham Road from near the Marchbank Road junction then	Looking up Witham Road from near the Marchbank Road junction now
	One of the few little parts of Old Skem that remained untouched – apart from the cobbles, we mean!
Witham Road and the junction with Sandy Lane then	Witham Road and the junction with Sandy Lane now
PS – Does anyone know in which year did Noreen’s Milk Bar, which used to be on this site, open and close?	The old terraces long gone, the site is now used as workshops for local businesses
Top of Witham Road (Coronation Park on the left) then	Top of Witham Road (Coronation Park on the left) now
	This part of Witham Road has long gone, today it is just a footpath going towards the back of Sandy Lane Health Centre
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