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Lancaster Town Walk Guide
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Lytham St Anne's Town and City Memories
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Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album
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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
Paddling pool, Castle field
I remember this pool vividly! One day I was riding my tricyle round the outside of the pool, which wasn't filled with water at the time. Unfortunately I happened to fall in and I cut my hand on a broken glass. After 34 years I still have a scar to prove it.
A memory of Clitheroe contributed by Tina Gough
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
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I was 19 years old and loved cycling. My aim was to cycle from Blackpool, where I lived, to Barley Youth Hostel on Pendle Hill. Unfortunately, I calculated too little time to reach my destination and found myself at the bottom of Pendle Hill, Padiham, I think, at 5.pm. in December. It was pitch black and the battery on my front light was low. I was scared because the hill was steep and I had to push my bike. One image is ingrained in my memory. Down below, to my far left there were the orange neon streets lights of a major town and to my near left, silhouetted against this backdrop of the town, was ...read more here
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Extracts From Chatburn & Lancashire books
We are at the top of the street seen in photograph No 71178. The Black Bull, where the people are standing, was built in 1855; it was a Blackburn Brewery Company pub, and so was the Brown Cow. Can you see the two motor bikes and sidecars in our photograph? These were very popular in the inter-war years with young people, for they were a cheap form of transport. The one nearest the camera seems to have the lady driving and the gentleman in the sidecar.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories".
We are at the top of the street seen in photograph no 71178.The Black Bull,
where the people are standing, was built in 1855; it was a Blackburn Brewery
Company pub, and so was The Brown Cow. Can you see the two motor bikes
and sidecars in our photograph? These were very popular in the inter-war years
with young people, for they were a cheap form of transport.The one nearest the
camera seems to have the lady driving and the gentleman in the sidecar.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album".
Here we see motorists in the village - they are probably touring the area. The ‘burn’ part of the name comes from the stream which runs through the village. The ‘chat’ part is either an Old English personal name ‘Ceatta’, or the word ‘ceat’, which means ‘piece of wet ground’. In our view we are looking towards the bridge over the burn. The Brown Cow public house is on the right, and the Black Bull Hotel can just be made out further down the road. The village is 400ft above sea level.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories".
Here we see motorists in the village—they are probably touring the area.
The ‘burn’ part of the name comes from the stream which runs through the
village.The ‘chat’ part is either an Old English personal name ‘Ceatta’,
or the word ‘ceat’, which means ‘piece of wet ground’. In our view we are
looking towards the bridge over the burn.The Brown Cow public house is
on the right.The village is 400ft above sea level.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album".
More rooftops, a passing
steam train (they were
being replaced by diesel-
powered locomotives
at this time) and the
sweep of the park
express progress. The
bandstand has arrived.
From the bandstand in
1948 sweets were handed
out to the children
after sports. They were
provided by former
residents who had gone
to live abroad but still
craved news of the town.
An extract from from"Clitheroe Photographic Memories".