Freckleton, War Memorial c.1960
Photo ref: F197023
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Photo ref: F197023
Photo of Freckleton, War Memorial c.1960

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The gardener is busy at work in this small garden beside the main road in the middle of the village, which contains a memorial to those of the village who lost their lives in two world wars. Nearby another monument remembers two teachers and 38 children, killed in 1944 when an American Liberator from Wharton crashed on the school.

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War Memorials

A special selection of photographs from our Archive of the War Memorials that connect us with those who fought and perished in the conflicts that have shaped the world we live in today. "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them."- Laurence Binyon, For The Fallen

A Selection of Memories from Freckleton

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Freckleton

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I moved to this village in 1967 aged 14. The main building in the centre of the picture is a bank, I think it was the National which later became the National and Westminster Bank. Beyond the bank and to the right on the corner was a Post Office. Hidden by the bank in the same row as the Post Office was a fish and chip shop, the owner used to give us free bags of "bits" from the fryers, usually bits of batter. Out ...see more