This photograph shows "Hebden & Duxbury's "EMPIRE" Refreshment Bar" in Market Street Burnley, behind the Market Hall around 1880. The backs of the shops on Standish Street can be seen on the right of the picture behind the stall. The houses on the left are on the other side of the River Brun, which runs in a deep open culvert behind the stall . The main speciality seems to be Pie and Peas, but Tobacco and Cigars are also sold. One of the proprietors is standing inside. The photographer seems to have attracted the attention of a number of young customers! The word "Empire" was freely used as an expression of wealth, power and enduring success, in a similar way to "Dreadnought" "Victory" or "Acme"