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Seedhill Cottage
The house in the foreground is known as Seedhill Cottage. My family lived there from the mid sixties to late seventies. My father was the gamekeeper for the local shoot and water baliff for Whitewell area. My mother was the school cook at Dunsop Bridge. My sister and brother attended school in Dunsop. The family moved to Hellifield when the shoot closed in 1979. I've been back a number of times and it is still a beautiful place.
A memory of Whitewell contributed by Ian Idiens
Happy Memories of Slaidburn
My first introduction to Slaidburn was in the middle of the very cold and snowy winter of 1949-50. I had just driven down from Inverness to this charming Lancashire village with my Dad. It had been a long, cold drive in a 1938 Morris roadster car, loaded with luggage and a big tool box. I was to begin a new job working for Cementation Ltd where my father also worked. The contract was to drill a tunnel from Ellerbeck to supply water to Manchester. I was to continue my apprenticeship as a heavy duty mechanic. We arrived at 23 Church Street Slaidburn late in the day, tired and hungry. Our landlady, Mrs. Waterworth welcomed us with open arms and a nourishing ...read more here
A memory of Slaidburn contributed by Denman Lalonde
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
Extracts From Dunsop Bridge & Lancashire books
This splendid view of the River Hodder shows the magnificent scenery of the area. The photograph shows the scene as it could have been 100 years earlier, except for the gas pipe crossing the river in the bottom left-hand corner. Hidden among the trees in the centre of our photograph is a foot (and animal) bridge just a few miles outside Dunsop Bridge. The hill on the left is called Knot or Sugar Loaf.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories".
This splendid view of the River Hodder shows the magnificent scenery
of the area.The photograph shows the scene as it could have been 100
years earlier, except for the gas pipe crossing the river in the bottom left-
hand corner. Hidden among the trees in the centre of our photograph is
a foot (and animal) bridge just a few miles outside Dunsop Bridge.The
hill on the left is called Knot or Sugar Loaf.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album".
This village at the entrance to the Trough of Bowland has officially been declared the nearest village to the centre of the British Isles. A telephone box marks the spot. The Pendle witches travelled through the Trough to Lancaster for judgement. Brennand Valley is just one of many beauty spots threading the fells near Dunsop Bridge. In Slaidburn’s Church Street there is a plaque stating that the school there was endowed and erected by John Brennand, a much-respected benefactor, who died in 1717.
An extract from from"Lancashire Villages Photographic Memories".
The pure white marble angel (centre left) is seen by all who pass through the Trough of Bowland. Less well known is the painting on the ceiling above the altar showing Kettledrum, a famous racehorse and winner of the 1861 Derby. Owned by the Townley family, Kettledrum was reared at Stud Farm. A trout hatchery is now on the site of another old stables. Indeed, St Hubert's, the Townleys and horse racing are so traditionally linked that villagers feel that Kettledrum's winnings paid for building the church.
An extract from from"Lancashire Villages Photographic Memories".
This lovely view was taken just a few miles north of Dunsop Bridge. We can see the tiny River Brennand running down to join the Whitendale River to make the River Dunsop, which gives the town its name. The Ordnance Survey department has declared Dunsop Bridge to be the village nearest to the exact centre of the British Isles.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories".