Bolton By Bowland
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Bolton By Bowland books (15 available)
Lancaster Town Walk Guide
Paperback
Lytham St Anne's Town and City Memories
Paperback
Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album
Paperback
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My Mum's hairdressing salon
Right on the end of this barn, hidden from view was a small irregular building with it's own door. It had been a small butchers shop some time before my Mum and Dad bought it as a hairdressing salon for my mum to use as a little business.
It had no heating, just two yellow sinks and chairs, a couple of work stations and a telephone table where the phone, appointment book and till sat.
Surprisingly the business did really well. My Dad was the local 'bobby' and so knew everyone in the area. I remember helping out in the school holidays and hearing an old tractor pull up outside - a farmer, hair full of hay, ...read more here
Contributed by gail armstrong
Lancashire memories
My Mum's hairdressing salon
Right on the end of this barn, hidden from view was a small irregular building with it's own door. It had been a small butchers shop some time before my Mum and Dad bought it as a hairdressing salon for my mum to use as a little business.
It had no heating, just two yellow sinks and chairs, a couple of work stations and a telephone table where the phone, appointment book and till sat.
Surprisingly the business did really well. My Dad was the local 'bobby' and so knew everyone in the area. I remember helping out in the school holidays and hearing an old tractor pull up outside - a farmer, hair full of hay, ...read more here
A memory of Bolton By Bowland contributed by gail armstrong
Summer Holidays
I remember in the 1950s my sister Annette and I used to spend some time on a farm owned by Mr Thomas Holgate who was a friend of the family and really enjoyed those times. The farm was called Townley House and my dad used to help with the hay making. I also used to go there occasionally to do jobs when I worked for Roland Ford plasterers and slaters in the 1960s. I now live in Australia.
A memory of Grindleton contributed by Christopher Rung
Clitheroe and Trough of Bowland
My father, Ken Hatton, worked as a surveyor with Cementation, a civil engineering company from Bentley Nr. Doncaster. They were driving a water tunnel under the Trough of Bowland. At that time we lived in Clitheroe at 12 Windsor Avenue off Henthorn Road. I remember going down Low Moor to a beauty spot known locally as "little Blackpool" on the River Lune, for some reason I always associate it with that popular rhyme at the time "ten green bottles..". At that time the whole area was less built up than it is today but I was fascinated by the Sewage Works down that way at the end of Henthorn Road and a stream where my uncle took me fishing for sticklebacks ...read more here
A memory of Slaidburn contributed by Stan Hatton
Extracts From Bolton By Bowland & Lancashire books
We see the Green from the far side. The village (the name means ‘the dwelling by the bow of the river’) has two greens; because it was all part of the Pudsay estate, there was no pressure to expand or to pull down and rebuild. The right-hand side of the building at the end of the path was at one time the old Court House. You can tell it by the larger first-floor windows: they let in more light for the Lord of the Manor and the visiting judges, as they sat and listened to cases concerning the Forrest and Trough law.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories".
We see the Green from the far side.The village (the name means
‘the dwelling by the bow of the river’) has two greens; because it was
all part of the Pudsay estate, there was no pressure to expand or to
pull down and rebuild.The right-hand side of the building at the
end of the path was at one time the old Court House.You can tell
it by the larger first-floor windows: they let in more light for the Lord
of the Manor and the visiting judges, as they sat and listened to cases
concerning the Forrest and Trough law.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album".
This beautiful village, once famous for its skilled bowmen, stands on the edge of Bowland Forest. The stump of the old 13th-century market cross dominates this scene. In the background is the church tower, unusual architecturally for this part of Britain. It is thought to have been influenced in style by King Henry VI during his stay in Bolton Hall. King Henry’s Well (a circular stone building where he bathed) still stands, but the Hall was demolished in 1950.
An extract from from"English Villages".
This is a charming photograph of the area outside the churchyard entrance. Many refer to this village as the most perfect in Lancashire; with its village green next to the church, and an old inn across the road, it is just how we all imagine an old English village ought to look. In the church is the famous Pudsay Chapel: the large local marble lid of Sir Ralph Pudsay’s tomb has carvings of himself and his three wives and his twenty-five children. It is large, 3 metres by 2 metres, to fit them all in.The church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul. Its history is unique, for a king helped in its design. Henry VI is said to have lived here in Bolton Hall for a year or so while hiding from the Yorkists in 1464 after losing the Battle of Hexham. King Henry’s Well is near the village: it is said to have been found and dug by Henry. The villagers put up a bathhouse over the spring which is still there today.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories".
This is a charming photograph of the area outside the churchyard
entrance. Many refer to this village as the most perfect in
Lancashire, with its village green next to the church, and old inn.
In the church is the famous Pudsay Chapel: the large local marble
lid of Sir Ralph Pudsay’s tomb has carvings of himself and his
three wives and his twenty-five children.The church is dedicated to
St Peter and St Paul. Its history is unique, for a king helped in its
design. Henry VI is said to have lived here in Bolton Hall for a
year or so while hiding from the Yorkists in 1464 after losing the
Battle of Hexham.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album".