YOUNGER readers will not recognise these two photographs and the older ones may have trouble, too.

For they show parts of Burnley that today look very much different.

One is of Finsley Gate, when there were houses along its length and the other was taken in Healeywood Road.

Both have been lent to Looking Back by Chris Cheetham of Padiham.

He reckons they were taken around the turn of the century and highlight how different life was for townsfolk 100 or more years ago.

They both show scores and scores of people making their way home from the mills and workplaces in the middle of the day, the men in their flat caps and many of the women with shawls around their heads.

The children released from school spend some time in the fresh air, older brothers taking charge of their younger siblings for a few minutes.

In the background of Healeywood Road are factory chimneys and the footbridge into town, while a horse and cart plods along the cobbles, bearing its load and led by its driver.

There are gas lights and mill buildings, while at the top of Healeywood Road on the right, you can just see the local pub - does anyone remember which it was?