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Euxton, Lancashire
Euxton maps
Historic maps of Euxton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Euxton maps
Historic map of Euxton
Illustrated Victorian map of Lancashire
Historic Map of any Euxton postcode
Euxton books
Displaying 3 of 14 books about Euxton and the local area. View all Euxton books
Lancashire - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
The Fylde Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
3 Euxton photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Euxton
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I have happy memories of visiting Croston in the late 1940s-early 1950s. My aunt and uncle, Margaret and Bob Chisholme, lived in part of the Rectory for a few years before moving to a large, rambling house in Station Road next to Walmsleys Corn Mill which was then a working mill. The Rectory was very cold I remember and the rooms... [more]
Shared on 20 July 2009
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
This is actually Withnell Fold. I grew up here from 1962 until 1977 when I left to get married. It was a fantastic place to live. My dad Terry West was a maintainence joiner originally, at Wiggins Teape paper mill until it closed. My mum Glenda worked for a while as a cook at the old folks home, which had been... [more]
Shared on 02 September 2009
Extracts From Euxton & Lancashire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Euxton, inspired by Frith photos.
This view looks south along Wigan Road to the Anderton Arms, now managed as an Italian restaurant. During the 17th century, one of the country's first paper mills was built in the village, a far cry from Euxton's industrial role in the 20th century, when a munitions factory began production here shortly before the start of the Second World War.
This is an extract from Lancashire Living Memories.
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Lancashire Villages Photographic Memories
There was a village settlement here in the 13th century, and from time immemorial agriculture was the mainstay. In 1938, however, a large Royal Ordnance factory was opened, working day and night to supply munitions for World War II. In Dawber's Lane the craft of wattle and daub for cruck-built cottages was carried on, but Runshaw Lane has few signs of... [more]
This is an extract from Lancashire Villages Photographic Memories.
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December 1958 saw the country's first motorway, the M6 Preston bypass. Other sections soon followed, with the Lancaster bypass opening in 1960 and the Thelwall Viaduct, which takes the road high above the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, being completed in 1965. It was not until 1970, however, that the M6 reached England's northern border at Carlisle.
This is an extract from Lancashire Living Memories.
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