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Darwen, Lancashire
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Historic maps of Darwen and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Darwen maps
Historic map of Darwen
Illustrated Victorian map of Lancashire
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Darwen books
Displaying 3 of 14 books about Darwen and the local area. View all Darwen books
Lancashire - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
The Fylde Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
6 Darwen photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Darwen
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I started my SRN training in 1973. In those days the Nurses' Home still exsisted but the view was obscured by the more recent additional buildings to the Infirmary, which included the Education Centre. However the Home was still well used. Some nurses still 'lived in' in this building but we all used the building too. We... [more]
Shared on 13 March 2009
This photo is as I remember Church St when I was a little girl. I had three younger brothers and when Mother took us to town she often went into Woolworths. We were told that if we became lost we had to find the weighing machine. It was huge and stood near the doors. She said that... [more]
Shared on 13 March 2009
My first memory of the Infirmary is when I was four years old. I had my tonsils and adenoids removed because I was very, very deaf. After the operation I could hear but it would be many years before I learned that I only had hearing in one ear. When I was six I had another operation to... [more]
Shared on 18 January 2009
When I was a pupil at 'Blackburn High School for Girls' we used to go to Blackburn Cathedral for the morning sevice on Speech Day. In those days the Cathedral was dark and dismal with masses of dark wood and lots of box pews. I particularly remember walking over what I believed were graves - scary to an eleven... [more]
Shared on 18 January 2009
Extracts From Darwen & Lancashire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Darwen, inspired by Frith photos.
Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories
This view from the top of Whitehall Park looks over the flower beds to Darwen beyond. We can make out quite a few of the mill chimneys, but not the most famous of them all, the square 300ft India Mill chimney. Built of local brick with wide stone viewing balconies, it is modelled on the bell-tower of St Marks Square in... [more]
This is an extract from Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories.
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Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album
This view from the top of Whitehall Park looks over the flower beds to Darwen beyond.We can make out quite a few of the mill chimneys, but not the most famous of them all, the square 300ft India Mill chimney. Built of local brick with wide stone viewing balconies, it is modelled on the bell-tower of St Marks Square in Venice, and it took fourteen... [more]
This is an extract from Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories
An ornate 19th-century fountain graces the park. This is one of three parks in Darwen, all very different. Sunnyhurst Wood is a Nature Reserve; Sunnyhurst Brook runs through it to join the River Darwen that gave the town its name. Bold Venture Park is a disused quarry, with a lake and a picturesque waterfall. Whitehall Park has always been noted for... [more]
This is an extract from Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
