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High Bentham

A personal photographic compilation

Bentham is a small town with a population of about 3000. It holds a particular fascination for me because my childhood was spent there for a while in the 1950s. Outwardly it appears to mix growth with decay, present with past, and retains its own identity better than most places of equivalent size.

Click on the images to see an enlargement and a reminiscence

Town Hall

J. Fisher and Son

Bentham Station

King Street

County Primary School

Sunday School

Barclays Bank

Main Street

Picture House

Millennium Pavement

Great Stone of Fourstones

Wenning Mills

Low Bentham Mill

Robin Lane

Background image: Cobbles, King Street, Bentham

I hope to add more images as time goes by. Please e-mail ron.hoggarth@clara.co.uk should you wish to comment, correct, or supply additional information about the places shown. My thanks to the good number of folk who have already been in touch and generously shared their own memories.