Copy of an old photograph of the Big Snow of 1947 showing men with shovels clearing snowdrifts from the Blackburn Road in Rishton, Lancashire.

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Size: 4000px × 3000px
Location: Blackburn Road, Rishton, Lancashire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Kay Ringwood / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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