Historically a part of Lancashire, Eccles was formerly an important industrial centre on the Manchester Ship Canal. Eccles is perhaps best known today for being credited as the birthplace of the Eccles cake.


Eccles & District CO-OP, Peel Street in 1969




Bradburns Cake Shop (The old Original Eccles Cake shop), Church Street, Eccles - 1960




Burtons, Church Street, Eccles - 1980








The former Mitchell Shackleton & Co Ltd, Green Lane, Eccles. December 2007. The company created a successful crankshaft manufacturing and repair company for customers worldwide.