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Lancashire - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
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Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories
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The Fylde Photographic Memories
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Memories of Appley Bridge
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Lancashire memories
I attended Roby Mill School. Miss Simm was my teacher. She caught the bus to the monument (Vicarage Corner), and walked down College Road picking pupils up along the way. It was almost 1 mile in distance, she did this twice a day every school day. Ash Wednesday, Good Friday etc we were expected to attend Upholland parish church (St Thomas's).... [more]
Shared on 25 October 2008
I lived in Ormskirk Road, next to the Grimshaw Lane Pub. I went to Digmoor School, and then on to Skem Secondary School. My memories are of my wonderful childhood, that was spent walking and playing all around the fields that surrounded our house.
When I was older I would cycle through back Digmoor to Moorside Farm where my friend... [more]
Shared on 22 July 2008
What a joy to see the stained glass window again.
Every childhood Christmas with my beloved mum & dad, my brother and I would enter the fancy dress competition in this very room. Also we eagerly awaited the arrival of Father Christmas, coming down the lift!!
So many families we met year after year, every Christmas, catered for by Jean... [more]
Shared on 09 September 2008
So many happy days with my & other families waiting for Chritmas to arrive as a child in the 1970s. Jean Coleman managing the Hotel, with her husband as head Chef.
I shall never forget the sound of all the proud father's (including my own) singing carols on Christmas morning before breakfast. Mums keeping their excited children in check. Waiting for... [more]
Shared on 12 December 2006
My mother was born in Sandy Lane, at the very top of the road above Hutchinsons Chemists!
Shared on 26 May 2009
In 1958 secondary education was available for children who failed the 11+ exam. I attended Skelmersdale Secondary School aged 13 years, 51 weeks old. I was so proud of my new uniform. My best friend was Vivien Pierce and we started together and we loved it. It was a great disappointment not to be able to leave school a year later... [more]
Shared on 25 October 2008
Born in 1961 in Ormskirk Hospital to Richard & Eva Esp, i have lived in Skem for 21years before moving to Kitt Green Wigan after getting married. My memories of Skem is the schools i attended first Barns Road, then Brookfield County Primary and lastly Glenburn High, i left there in 1977. I try to visit Skem as often as i... [more]
Shared on 29 January 2008
Extracts From Appley Bridge & Lancashire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Appley Bridge, inspired by Frith photos.
Ormskirk - A History & Celebration
The Roman Catholics also built an attractive new church at this time. Father Crook died in 1800 and his place was taken by Father Talbot, who remained in Ormskirk until 1845. He had been arrested in France during the Revolution, but escaped and spent three years in Liverpool before coming to Ormskirk. The Church of St Oswald proved too small for the congregation that was expanding rapidly... [more]
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Ormskirk - A History & Celebration
In 1670 the Earl of Derby commissioned a doctor from Chester, Edmund Borlase, to attract clients to the spa at Lathom (often called Ormskirk spa, though it was outside the township) by writing a book extolling its virtues and citing the many illnesses that had been cured.
This is an extract from Ormskirk - A History & Celebration.
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Ormskirk - A History & Celebration
Archaeologists say that during the Dark Ages the village centre was north of the church, around what is now the car park opposite the Civic Hall. This was a green, and the present Green Lane that borders the area perpetuates its memory. Even today there are old cottages facing on to the site, but of course they do not date from such early times. the early days of the... [more]
This is an extract from Ormskirk - A History & Celebration.
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