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Borough Hotel
This photo brings back a lot of memories for me as a kid aged 5 in 1971, when me and my older brother spent around 3 hours on a Saturday afternoon playing outside the pub(Borough Hotel) and the steps of Woolworths (just a bit further up the street). Waiting for one of our parents to come out of the pub every hour or so with bottles of pop and bags of crisps for us, then saying only another 10 minutes, one hour later same again... but we didn't mind too much as it was the most pop & crisps we got all week!!!!!!
I know it's a strange one to remember, but every time I look at this photo that's what pops into my head...
Remembering Our Wedding.
On the 24th March 1962 we had our wedding reception at The Lord Nelson Hotel. We invited 50 guests and were on a very tight budget but The Lord Nelson did us proud. Next year we will be celebrating our 50th Wedding Anniversary so it's natural that my memories turn back to where it all began. At the time I thought The Lord Nelson to be the poshest place in the area and I`m sure it was. Thank you for making my day one to remember. Stan and Marion Warn.
Marsden Park Swimming Pool
I have a host of memories of MPSP.
The earliest is from the 1950s when I used to play on the fountain -- seen in the foreground -- with my cousins (Towers) who would visit from Cleveleys.
It was also the first place where I saw a girl's breast. To the left was a 2 or 3 tiered diving board. Kids would line up behind each other on the stairs as they waited their turn. One year in the summer of 1967 (18 yrs old) I was behind one girl who decided to turn to her right adjust her bikini top. As she did, her right breast popped out in front of my very eyes! She looked rather sheepish. An unexpected pleasure to compliment my Saturday afternoon diving.
My father (Arthur Edward Duerden) was particularly proud of my acrobatics off the board, saying to friends, "That's my lad!"
Two years later (1969) I was proud to take my American girlfriend, Carol Brownscombe to MPSP and was... Read more
Marsden Park
I can remember the only time I went in the pool at Marsden Park. I couldn't swim and was about 7 years old. For some reason prob the cold water my mum didn't want to go in the water so a neighbour took me in. That was the only time I ever went in. I live in Australia now and have a pool in my backyard. I went back to Nelson in 2004 and took my two boys to Marsden Park. I felt really sad that the pool wasn't there any more. Shame on you Nelson, some things should be looked after. Marsden Park was looking a mess as well. Why don't you spend some money on places that have so much history.
Nelson Imp
This is not exactly a memory but it is in a way. There is going to be an article on Nelson IMP on bank holiday Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock in the afternoon on Radio Lancashire. One not to be missed if you are of a certain age.
My Uncle Bill
I used to go to stay with my Uncle Bill when I was a child in the 1940s and later on in the 1950s when I was a teenager. I would go down`t imp in Nelson on a Saturday night. My Uncle Bill was well known around the town, he worked in Samual Holden's mill and had an artifical leg gained in the First World War, he lived in a house on Old Row which was behind the fountain in Barowford, both the fountain and Old Row have been knocked down for many years now.
