The Junction Hotel/Inn, later known as the Hellfire Club at Smedley, North Manchester, photographed in 1906 and 1966. I did not take either photograph, as was not alive in either year! It is now derelict.

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I saw a dipper today in the Irk at Smedley Vale. Sadly the photo is a bit crap. Seconds later, I saw another one, possibly the first one's mate. I have seen dippers many times before, but never in the Irk or one of the rivers that go through Manchester.

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