Accrington
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Lancaster Town Walk Guide
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Lytham St Anne's Town and City Memories
Paperback
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Accrington memories
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Sacred Heart Church
This is Sacred Heart RC Church, in Accrington. It has now been demolished. I have many great memories and some not so great from this sacred place. I felt like I had to share this info, with you when I saw this picture. When the church was being knocked down there was a last service mass held and it was a ticket only event. I couldn't go on that evening and therefore missed it.
The church holds many memories for all of my family. My mum and dad were married at the church as were her seven sisters. Every week in Sunday best marching with my Nanna picking up all of my cousins along the way, to 11 o'clock mass. My ...read more here
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Accrington as I recall
We moved to Accrington fom Whalley 10th December 1941. I remember it because Syd Ashmeed and his band was broadcasting that day and Ronnie Brooks was the drummer and I wanted to listen to the broadcast but as we were moving I missed it. I started work at Howard & Bulloughs in April 1941 as an apprentice mechanic in the milling room, but after a year I asked for a transfer to the tool room. George Crawshaw was the foreman. I was in Bulloughs Home Guard and did our guard duty in Fountain St. We lived in Buxton St and one Saturday night a shop window was broken on Charter St, I believe that happened for three Saturday nights, when they ...read more here
Contributed by Trevor Williams
Mrs Kilshaw
I remember the creaky stairs and stodgy atmosphere of Central Preparatory so well, even though it's now 44 years since I last heard the sterling tones of Mrs Kilshaw resounding through the classroom.
Miss Backhouse was my personal favourite: a gentle, caring teacher who had the patience others seemed to lack.
I still live locally (Ossy) and occasionally wander round the area where the noble old building that began my experiences of the world of British education once stood. So much has changed of the Accrington I knew then and having moved back after 35 years away - in Scotland and Cheshire - it's nice to know that others have soothing and happy memories of Central Prep.
Contributed by Karol Gajewski
Central Prep School
I was a pupil at this school until about 1960 when I went to the technical school. I have fond memories of the headmistress and her blue-rinse hair do. Whilst I was there Miss Cauldfield left and a Miss Hackwood (hope this is correct) took over. To a child's eyes it all seemed to change.
Contributed by David Clayton
School Days
The building behind the church is where I went to school from 1955 1961. It was called Central Preparatory School and the headmistress was Miss Caulfield.
Contributed by Marion Duckworth
Extracts From Accrington & Lancashire books
Blackburn Road is at the very heart of the town. The first building on the right is the Market Hall, and next to that, in the centre of our photograph, is the Town Hall.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories".
Although not a market
day, there is still plenty
of activity along the road.
Henry Wormwell, a mill
and general furnishing
engineer, had premises on
the corner of Piccadilly, the
block of shops just opposite
the Town Hall. The block
opposite the Market Hall
was demolished and rebuilt
as more imposing shops in
about 1924.
An extract from from"Accrington Old and New Photographic Memories".
The name Accrington means
‘community where the acorns
grow’. Acorns were the main
source of food for pigs in Norman
England, and pigs were an
important source of food for
many Lancashire villages. The
name was written as
‘Akarington’ in 1194 and
‘Acrinton’ in 1277. The town
grew up on the edge of the
Rossendale Forrest. In 1801,
Accrington was just a growing
village with a population of
under 3,000. Before the start of
the Great War in 1914, it was
an industrial town of over
45,000 people. In 1974, the
Municipal Borough of
Hyndburn was formed by
amalgamating Accrington with
five other towns.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album".
Here we see a close-up view of the Market Hall with its imposing front and large statues mounted over the entrance. There was a corn market in Accrington as far back as the 16th century. This Market Hall was opened on 23 October 1868 by Samuel Dugdale, Chairman of the local Board of Health. It contained 80 permanent stalls and shops, plus 23 lock-ups in the basement, served by lifts, for the use of the stall-holders. Market days were Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. Early closing day was Wednesday.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories".
Here we see a close-up view of the Market Hall with its imposing front and
large statues mounted over the entrance. There was a corn market in
Accrington as far back as the 16th century.This Market Hall was opened
on 23 October 1868 by Samuel Dugdale, Chairman of the local Board of
Health. It contained 80 permanent stalls and shops, plus 23 lock-ups in the
basement, served by lifts, for the use of the stall-holders. Market days were
Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. Early closing day was Wednesday.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album".