THESE days when we drive along Bolton's roads we rarely think of all the work which went into creating them, before the heavy earth-moving equipment was invented.
The photograph (above) shows excavations for road widening at Montserrat, in September, 1931. Note that the heavy work was done by horse and cart.
The photograph (below), also from September, 1931, shows work starting on a new section of the ring road, which joined Chorley Old Road at the Boot Lane Junction.
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