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Lostock Hall maps
Historic maps of Lostock Hall and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Lostock Hall maps
Historic map of Lostock Hall
Illustrated Victorian map of Lancashire
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Lostock Hall books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Lostock Hall and the local area. View all Lostock Hall books
Lancashire - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
The Fylde Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
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My nannie was born in Higher Walton, Catherine Hawker. When she was 6 or 7 she was in the paper for stealing a shawl and pawning it to feed her brother as her father had to go to sea. I want to find out if there is any chance we can get that paper, can anyone help?
Shared on 15 September 2008
School memories at Harris Orphanage
My oldest brother Jack, and my older sister Dorothy and myself all attended Harris Orphanage School in the 1940s. We lived in Greyfriars Crescent, Fulwood, and although our nearest school was at Cadley Causeway, because the war was on and because Cadley Causeway school was already full, we were sent to the Harris Orphanage School. I remember the teachers,... [more]
Shared on 25 December 2009
My Mother: Veronica Kenny (Vera) Preston Lancashire
My mom had a best friend, her name was Marie, who married Bill and my mother was their maid of honour. My family in Scotland still have the picture of the wedding day with Bill in his army uniform.
I was born in Preston in 1944. Mom married and moved to Scotland, friendships in Preston continued and around 1950... [more]
Shared on 13 June 2009
My great-grandfather Hugh Bell (born 1854) was the 13th child to be baptised at the then new church. He was later married there in 1874 to an Alice Gradwell from Preston. One of many children of William Gradwell (born 1818) and a descendant from the famous GRADWELL family. I, Brian Freeman, was a painter and decorator and served my apprenticeship with... [more]
Shared on 01 December 2008
We are sure that the policeman standing in his box doing point duty was our dad, PC Mcginty or number 100. He was a policeman for forty years with Preston borough and we and a lot of Preston people have fond memories of him standing in that spot.
Shared on 10 September 2008
In Spring 1948 I caught my finger in a folding chair at school and by the evening an abscess had formed. It was so painful that because our doctor's surgery was already closed my father took me to the Infirmary, but we landed in the maternity department, where we were really out of place! The next day we went again,... [more]
Shared on 14 February 2008
My parents had a baby Stall on Preston Market when I was 11 years old. Mum stood Mondays and Wednesdays, and we went as a family on Saturdays when we were on the Flag market (corner top left hand stall near the Harris Art Gallery). It was freezing cold on that corner !! Everyone who was on the markets helped one... [more]
Shared on 05 January 2008
my fathers maternal grandfather was involved with the building of this building.
Shared on 02 January 2008
Extracts From Lostock Hall & Lancashire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Lostock Hall, inspired by Frith photos.
Built as Stoneyhurst Hall by Sir Richard Shireburn, the building was abandoned by the family and given to the Catholic Church; it became a school run by Jesuit Priests. Stoneyhurst College had a reputation which spread all over the world, and its former pupils included the actor Charles Laughton and Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
This is an extract from Preston Pocket Album.
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Built as Stoneyhurst Hall by Sir Richard Shireburn, the building was abandoned by the family and given to the Catholic Church; it became a school run by Jesuit Priests. Stoneyhurst College had a reputation which spread all over the world, and its former pupils included the actor Charles Laughton and Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
This is an extract from Preston Pocket Album.
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This unusual view of Stoneyhurst College shows the chapel on the left. There are many articles of interest from the past kept at the school, including Mary Queen of Scots' book of hours and Bonny Prince Charlie's flask. The College is open to visitors every summer, and is well worth the effort to see.
This is an extract from Preston Pocket Album.
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