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Garstang books (13 available)
Lancaster Town Walk Guide
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Lytham St Anne's Town and City Memories
Paperback
Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album
Paperback
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Bilsborrow
My dad grew up in Bilsborrow in the house next door to the White Bull pub. I spent many a happy day at my nanna and granddad's house. My nanna used to be a cook at Bilsborrow Primary School and my granddad was a bus driver. They were very involved with the community. Our first born son is buried with my grandparents in St Hilda's. I love the place, it is peaceful and beautiful. When I visit to put flowers on our son's grave we always eat at the Roebuck.
A memory of Bilsborrow contributed by Kathryn Heathcote
Shovels Inn - 1952 to 1971
My grandparents, John & Betty Whiteside, were Landlord & Landlady of The Shovels Inn 1952-1971. I was born in 1955 and clearly remeber the pub as it was then, before they tore down walls! The old men of the village taught me how to play dominoes in one of the little rooms that used to be off the main bar. As you walked through the door there used to be an open fire on the right with the dartboard above it. On the photograph, on the extreme right, just outlined against the white building, you can see the petrol pump which was used to fill the charabancs that used to call at the pub on day trips to the Over Wyre ...read more here
A memory of Hambleton contributed by Lynda James
Roundhouse
I went to what we used to call the school on the hill. I lived in Knott End and sometimes when we were rich we'd go to school on the bus, but if not it was your two feet that got you there, anyway my memory relates to the roundhouse, it was a toffee shop when we were kids, things you could get for a penny and when you had tuppence, well I guess you were rich, anyway when I had bus money for coming home after school and depending on the weather, if it was nice I would give in to temptation and nip into the roundhouse. Trying to make a selection from all the toffees and treats was a ...read more here
A memory of Preesall contributed by Eric Butler
Crabbing
Iam not sure how close Iam on the date, however when we where kids, me and my friends would spend most of the day in the summer holidays with string and safety pin, stick some muscle meat on it from the muscle bed from the other side of the jetty, and then we'd tie a stone to the string and then lower this down the side of the jetty to catch an unexpecting crab, you had to be very careful pulling it up from the water as sometimes the crab would fall back in the water, then you'd have to start again, but we would have great fun watching the crabs running all over the place, especially when the tourists where ...read more here
A memory of Knott End-On-Sea contributed by Eric Butler
Extracts From Garstang & Lancashire books
Lancaster’s beautiful canal, with its magnificent sea views of Morecambe Bay, was originally the vision of the factory owners of the locality, who were eager to connect their mills with the national canal network via the Bridgewater. Stone, slate and lime would be carried from the north, and Wigan coal from the south. By 1819 the designer John Rennie had constructed a canal from Kendal in the north down to Wigan, a canal remarkable for the ingenuity of its design.
An extract from from"Canals and Waterways".
Lancaster’s beautiful canal, with its magnificent sea views of Morecambe Bay, was originally the vision of the factory owners of the locality, who were eager to connect their mills with the national canal network via the Bridgewater. Stone, slate and lime would be carried from the north, and Wigan coal from the south. By 1819 the designer John Rennie had constructed a canal from Kendal in the north down to Wigan, a canal remarkable for the ingenuity of its design.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Canals".
The Council Offices are on the right, bearing a datestone of 1913. Before that date, meetings of the Garstang Rural District Council were held at the King’s Arms Hotel. The first clerk was John Noble, who was also clerk to the Gas Company, agent for the Royal Insurance Company for School Attendance, and partner in the coal merchants Noble & Alston. To the far left is the old grammar school in Croston Road erected in 1756, which became an arts centre.
An extract from from"The Fylde Photographic Memories".
Once famed for bluebells, Nicky Nook remains a favourite part of the countryside, within easy reach of Garstang. The wooded ravine of Nicky Nook draws botanists and sketchers. It is situated in the parish of Nether Wyresdale, one of the most extensive in the Rural District, an area of 4,244 acres of fertile agricultural land.
An extract from from"The Fylde Photographic Memories".
The weekly market which dates back centuries is held every Thursday. The Market Cross, which once had two lamps attached to its worn pillar and stone base, was repaired in 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. Steps, fish stones and butter slabs were alongside, covered with produce on market days. Prices for markets as far off as Preston were set here. The fixing of egg prices each week was decided on the High Street until 1939, when Garstang lost that privilege. Preston Co-op (left) with Martin’s Bank next door faces the King’s Arms. At the end of High Street is the Market Hall.
An extract from from"The Fylde Photographic Memories".