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Reedley maps
Historic maps of Reedley and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Reedley maps
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Reedley area books
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Sackville st House Fire
My parents lived in Sackville Street and our home caught fire, destroying everything. We lived there from my being five to thirty. My sister is called Susan and lives in Burnley. Anyone that remembers me please contact me, I have some lovely memories of living there. It would be amazing to meet up for coffee and a natter, anyone that remembers me will know my name so hurry and e mail me...
My Life in Brierfield
I moved to Sackville Street in Brierfield when I was 2, lived there till I was 12 then we moved to Walter Street, Brierfield till I got married at 20, then I went to live on Coronation Roa, Brierfield and now I'm back on Sackville Street and been here for 21 years, I've never lived anywhere else but Brierfield, the same as my husband.
Whealtey Lane, Fence in 1978
My husband became the minister of Wheatley Lane Inghamite Church at the far end of the village of Fence in 1978. In those days we believe it was the busiest church in England (at least) for weddings and funerals. In six years, my husband officiated at over 1000 weddings and 800 funerals. The church (a branch of Methodism) opened in 1750 and the 13 acre graveyard contained (we were told) over 100,000 burials. Our twin daughters, who were five years old when we moved to Fence, learned to ride their bikes by riding around the church and car park! Many memories are of the funny things that happened during some of the weddings and funerals. I have a book of them! Our cat, Pippin, was well known for attending every service and occasion. He would walk down the aisle and rub himself against the bridegroom's legs - to my husband's acute embarrassment! The manse, where we lived, was next door to the church and was built originally for a local... Read more
Happy Memories.
My family of 8 moved to Duke Bar in 1960. I was 6 years old. We lived on Pheasantford Street, which is not visible on the photo but it was a right turn before reaching the Duke of York Hotel. I worked at Hudson's cake shop opposite the left side of the hotel. I worked for Mr and Mrs Hudson and served in the shop on Saturdays. I was 13 years old when I worked there. When I went home, Mrs Hudson would put any unsold cream cakes in a bag for me to take home for my family. I also had a paper round which used to be my brother's round, I took it over when he gave it up, I delivered papers after school. I worked for Malc who sold papers on the street corner opposite Mrs Tattersall's shop. Mrs Tattersall sold sweets from big jars which you bought by weight. She sold cigarettes and even sold them one at a time, I saw her do... Read more
Burnley on Barracks Road
At the house where we lived from 1928 until 1935, (No 24 Barracks Road, Burnley, now called Cavalry Way), it was called a 'back to back' row cottage. It comprised of two bedrooms upstairs, one just about able to fit a double bed, and one very small room for two single beds. This is where my sister and I slept until seven years later when we moved house, after my brother was born (we were all born in Burnley Bank Hall Hospital). When my younger brother was being born, our dad caught two pigeons and baked a pigeon pie with vegetables, to take to our mother at the hospital. I do not remember any other furniture in our bedroom, it had a very small window high up. We used to have to go to bed at 6:30pm every night. I can remember Sunday nights in summer when the ice cream man rang his big old school bell. Sometimes, we were lucky and got an ice cream cornet with raspberry syrup... Read more
The Ormerod Family.
Ormerod House passed out of the Ormerod family when the male line died out and the three daughters of the last Ormerod married. Their husbands were John Hargreaves, a local coal mine owner, the Rev William Thursby who became vicar of the local church and General Scarlett who led the Charge of the Heavy Brigade to retake the field after the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava. The family fortunes grew with the mines during the Industrial Revolution and the boom in the cotton industry but in their enthusiasm to mine more and more coal they managed to extend the mine workings from the pit head some four miles away, under the house which caused subsidence damage to such an extent that the main house had to be demolished in about 1929. Only the outbuildings and stables now remain. The Ormerod family goes back to 1290 at the same location.
