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Laneshawbridge maps
Historic maps of Laneshawbridge and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Laneshawbridge maps
Laneshawbridge photos
We have no photos of Laneshawbridge, although we do have photos of these nearby places:
Colne| Kelbrook| Cowling| Earby| Blacko| Nelson| Barrowford| Barnoldswick| Thornton In Craven| Glusburn| Sutton-In-Craven| Cononley| Stanbury| Cross Hills| Roughlee| Kildwick| West Marton| Burnley| Gisburn
Laneshawbridge area books
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Memories of Laneshawbridge
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I was born in England in 1943, emigrated to Canada in 1963 I would like to see some pictures of Colne, Laneshawbridge . Thank you.
Lancashire memories
Highcliffe Then in Hants
In 1960 or possibly 1961 I went to Highcliffe with my pal for a holiday. We rode there on our motorcycles from High Wycombe in Bucks.
We had a chalet on the beach with my parents but lied it was ours alone. It seemed more cool at the time. During the week we were lucky enough to meet two lovely girls, about our age, 16 or 17. One had dark hair and the other had long and naturally blonde hair. Their names, to my shame now elude me. They told us they came from Colne in Lancashire. Our accents were different and this added to the intrigue of a holiday romance. We spent some time together but sadly our week soon ended, and I recall they came to the Sea Road car park to wave us off. It was a Saturday, about midday. I can still see them now. Funny how time freezes the image of them as they were then. Quite sad really. Anyway, if you recognise yourself... Read more
Stock Car Raceing
Did any one go stock car raceing at Nelson in the sixties and seventys.
Earby Floods
We were married in 1964 and in July we went on holiday, returning to floods which had just happened the day before. My parents' greengrocer's shop on Water Street was a mess and the cottage was even worse. The first thing we saw when we got off the bus by the Conservative Club was a huge pile of tar washed up from the roads. We stayed up Red Lion Street and our house had been washed through with the flood waters. What a homecoming. We started the clean up immediately at the shop and in the houses. We are now in South Africa but would rally love to see Earby again although there have been man many changes, for the better I might add. I still go into Earby on the PC to see all the old pictures from years gone by.
Wher we Used to go to Play as Children
Those were the days when we could go to the Waterfalls and play all day long without any fears. Paddle in Earby beck and catch tiddlers, play hide and seek beheind the Empire Picture house, go for bike rides to Malhem Tarn. Take the dogs for a walk up the Moors. Go thru the fileds towards Bristol Tractors, boys played soccer in those fields. Going to the Local farms and Haymaking , having homemade cakes and scones from the Farmer's wife.
What happened to being a child at play, nothing like that today, it's scary.
Enid Goacher(nee Mason)
A Visit With A Great Aunt And Uncle
In 1970 my Grandparents (Mr & Mrs Harold Hall of Winnipeg, Canada) and I spent some time with my Grandmother's sister, Ethel Mills and her husband John.
We had a family reunion and dinner in a restaurant. About 20 relations attended. I did not know anyone. Would any one remember that visit and would they like to make contact with me? I remember seeing a coal man in his costume bringing the coal, they had outside toilets, and a fire in everyroom. A community bath was a block away. I took several photos from a large field on a hill.
The Police House
My husband Roy Webb was a policeman in Earby for 2 years before we emigrated to Australia in 1967. We lived at the police house next door to Sergeant and Mrs Bent. They had a son Robert (and a white poodle). Inspector Derek Hardy and his wife lived at the other side of the Police Station. Tim Gates was a policeman there and he and his wife Alma and their son Timothy lived in a new house a distance away from the police station. Pat O' Hara was another policeman who in his spare time caught the most beautiful trout (and kindly passed one to us from time to time).
