Gisburn
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Gisburn books (15 available)
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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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
my first day in Barlick
My first memory of Barnoldswick was coming off a laycocks bus on station road outside the conservative club, it was a lovely july morning, wakes week as it was called then. my reason for the visit was to see my sister Margaret Honeyman, who had moved here a year or two previousley With me on this visit was my sister Mary, and her husband Jimmy Ritchie, and my older brother George Brennan.
The town was completely deserted, it seemed as though we were the only ones stood on station road, and anywhere else on the town for that matter, every shop on Church street was closed, baring in mind that this was about 8.45 am on a saturday morning i ...read more here
A memory of Barnoldswick contributed by angus brennan
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
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 Gisburn & Lancashire books
The name of the village had an ‘e’ on the end until the railway company put up their sign spelt ‘Gisburn’, and the ‘e’ was forgotten. Mentioned in the Domesday Book, the village has always been a magnet for visitors and day-trippers. Here we see the main street, and two cars parked outside the Ribblesdale Arms. Once a year the village would be packed with visitors; they came to lean over Paythorne Bridge and watch the salmon leaping in the River Ribble. Salmon Sunday was still popular into the 1960s, and it is making a revival today. One of the Lister family built Gisburn Hall and Gisburn Park. Now a hospital, it was later the home of the Ribblesdale family. I wonder what the bunting is celebrating?
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories".
The name of the village had an ‘e’ on the end until the railway company put
up their sign spelt ‘Gisburn’, and the ‘e’ was forgotten. Here we see the main
street. Once a year the village would be packed with visitors; they came to lean
over Paythorne Bridge and watch the salmon leaping in the River Ribble.
Salmon Sunday was still popular into the 1960s, and it is making a revival
today. One of the Lister family built Gisburn Hall and Gisburn Park. Now a
hospital, it was later the home of the Ribblesdale family.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album".
The road running through the village is the A59 from Clitheroe to Skipton. Note the New Inn on the left of the picture, and how large the name-board of the publican was. The village policeman in his cape stands in the middle of the road. Guy of Gisburn, of Robin Hood fame, was said to have come from this village. In 1260 a charter was granted to the Abbot of Sawley Abbey to hold a fair in Gisburn. The width of the street shows that the village was laid out with room for the country market that was once held here, with stalls on the cobbles either side. Some of the cottages go back to the 1500s. The local lords were the Lister family, many of whom lie in the small village church.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories".
The River Ribble is one of the
major rivers in the north-west of
England. It rises on the border
with Yorkshire, and tumbles
down the hillsides to meet up
with the River Hodder and the
River Calder to gather strength
before pushing on to Preston and
the coast. This area where the
three rivers meet is one that has
sustained life since man arrived
in the area. The fact that there
are so many streams and burns
feeding into the river system
makes the area even more
fascinating. Every village has a
river or a stream; the water was
so pure that it was the drinking
water, the ale and the washing
machine of the community.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album".
St Mary’s churchyard in Gisburn contains an unusual headstone, that of Jenny Preston, showing a witch with her
cauldron. Oliver Cromwell stabled horses and troops in the church after the Battle of Preston in 1648.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Beautiful Villages".