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- 3 photos on Colne appear in 4 Frith books - View photos of Colne
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White Bear
A nice picture of the Whire Bear, but not quite reality - where is the mill behind it and Stansfield's plumbers next door?
A memory of Barrowford contributed by John Hill
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 ...read more here
A memory of Nelson contributed by janet cottrell
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 ...read more here
A memory of Nelson contributed by andrew duerden
A visit with a Great Aunt and Uncle
In 1970 my Grandparents (Mr & Mrs Harold Hall of Winnipeg, Canada) and I spent some time with my Grandmother's sister, Ethel Mills and her husband John.
We had a family reunion and dinner in a restaurant. About 20 relations attended. I did not know anyone. Would any one remember that visit and would they like to make contact with me? I remember seeing a coal man in his costume bringing the coal, they had outside toilets, and a fire in everyroom. A community bath was a block away. I took several photos from a large field on a hill.
A memory of Earby contributed by Allaine Beels
Extracts From Colne & Lancashire books
The oldest building in Colne is the church. St Bartholomew’s dates from the 1200s, and much of the 62ft tower is original. The church has stocks and a charnel house in the graveyard. The name Colne means ‘roaring river’.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories".
We move to the third of our three
rivers, and go high into the hills
to find Colne Water. The area
used to be known as Marsden.
Great Marsden covers what is
now called Colne, and Little
Marsden was known as Nelson
down to Reedley. Walverton
Water ran between the two
Marsdens. The district was
entirely dependent on agriculture
two hundred years ago; it slowly
turned to the wool industry, then
to cotton, and now it has a
mixture of light and heavy
industry and engineering. Coal
mining was once a prosperous
industry here.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album".
The mechanisation of weaving in the early 19th century robbed the village of both its industry and population, and the hall, the inspiration for Ferndean Manor in Charlotte Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre, was abandoned in 1818. This 13th-century packhorse bridge is one of seven crossings near the village spanning Wycoller Beck, with older clapper and clam bridges lying just upstream.
An extract from from"Lancashire - A Second Selection Photographic Memories".
Beside the memorial
to the dead of two
world wars is a statue to
another of Colne’s brave
sons, Wallace Hartley.
Appointed bandmaster
on the ‘Titanic’, he
kept his band playing as
the ship sank, helping
to bring calm to the
desperate scene. The
large cupola adorns the
Co-operative building
and beyond, the clock
tower identifies the
Town Hall.
An extract from from"Lancashire Living Memories".
Towneley Hall has a very good collection. It includes the famous Zoffany portrait, ‘Charles Towneley and his Friends’, several Turners and an Epstein bust. Most of the pictures have been acquired by the Council, though the Hall has some pictures formerly in the Towneley Collection.
An extract from from"Burnley Town and City Memories".