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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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Helmshore memories
Read and share memories of Helmshore and Lancashire inspired by Frith photos
Helmshore 1950-1964
We lived at No 23 Broadway, Ronald my dad, Ruth my mum, Colin, me, Glenda and Kenneth. Next door was a working farm as the houses had only just been built. On Thursdats they used to run cows from the railway station to the auction market, fun and games they were in the gardens. There wasn't a lot to do but they were happy days. I went to Helmshore Primary School, headmaster Mr Jenkins, then to Haslingden Secondary School, headmaster Clem Hill. Helmshore is very built up now, but it has still got that village feel and I go back from time to time. I go walking down Ravenshore reliving those childhood days when myself and John Rothwell went rabbiting with ...read more here
Contributed by HARRY MADEN
#69 Broadway
I was only 11yrs old when we moved from Helmshore to America. Helmshore was a wonderful place to have your childhood.
Sometime between 1963 and 1965 we built a snowman that made the front page of the local paper, that year was a huge snow storm. There was a shop called Joyces on Broadway, where we bought the nice gifts. I remember attending Helmshore primary school till May of 1965. The headmaster was Mr Jenkins, and the top class teacher was Mr Smith. In those days the punishment was too extreame hard and cruel, but I survived. Apart from that I have fond memories,and I must say the
steam train rides were great.
Peter Chadderton
Contributed by Peter Chadderton
Lancashire memories
Helmshore 1950-1964
We lived at No 23 Broadway, Ronald my dad, Ruth my mum, Colin, me, Glenda and Kenneth. Next door was a working farm as the houses had only just been built. On Thursdats they used to run cows from the railway station to the auction market, fun and games they were in the gardens. There wasn't a lot to do but they were happy days. I went to Helmshore Primary School, headmaster Mr Jenkins, then to Haslingden Secondary School, headmaster Clem Hill. Helmshore is very built up now, but it has still got that village feel and I go back from time to time. I go walking down Ravenshore reliving those childhood days when myself and John Rothwell went rabbiting with ...read more here
A memory of Helmshore contributed by HARRY MADEN
#69 Broadway
I was only 11yrs old when we moved from Helmshore to America. Helmshore was a wonderful place to have your childhood.
Sometime between 1963 and 1965 we built a snowman that made the front page of the local paper, that year was a huge snow storm. There was a shop called Joyces on Broadway, where we bought the nice gifts. I remember attending Helmshore primary school till May of 1965. The headmaster was Mr Jenkins, and the top class teacher was Mr Smith. In those days the punishment was too extreame hard and cruel, but I survived. Apart from that I have fond memories,and I must say the
steam train rides were great.
Peter Chadderton
A memory of Helmshore contributed by Peter Chadderton
Extracts From Helmshore & Lancashire books
This is the edge
of the rock
gardens, and we
can see one of
the terra-cotta
vases (centre
left). There
were over
two miles of
footpaths in the
park. The sign
on the grass in
the foreground
reads ‘No dogs allowed‘.
An extract from from"Accrington Old and New Photographic Memories".
The new shops
on Broadway are
on the site of the
former outside
market. Also just
visible on the
left are the new
Cornhill shops,
which are on the
site of the Odeon cinema.
An extract from from"Accrington Old and New Photographic Memories".
The figures on top of the Market Hall were removed for five years when sewerage work was being undertaken nearby, but
they were returned after cleaning and repair in December 1986. According to the reports of the opening of the building,
they represent industry, commerce and agriculture. The cornucopia with cherubs on either side of the clock illustrates the
produce available inside the building.
An extract from from"Accrington Old and New Photographic Memories".
Cock Bridge takes Whalley Road across the River Calder (now much cleaner
than it used to be) and links Great Harwood and Whalley. This stone bridge is
in an attractive spot, popular with walkers, as many good footpaths from Great
Harwood, Whalley and Read converge here. Just above the bridge on the Great
Harwood side is the Game Cock Inn.
An extract from from"Accrington Old and New Photographic Memories".
Hollins Hill was built in 1909 by William Haworth, as a home for himself and his sister Anne. The house was designed by the
eminent architect, Walter Brierley of York (who also designed Dyke Nook, the home of the Blake family on Whalley Road).
Built on the south side of the town in over 13 acres of park, Hollins Hill commanded a fine view of the hills. The formal
rose garden was reputed to be one of the finest in Lancashire. The house imitates Tudor Architecture and the oak panelling
and the oak staircase rank amongst the important features of the building. Carvings of flowers, animals and birds indicate
William and Anne’s love of nature.
In 1871 William Haworth had joined his father Thomas in the family cotton business; Thomas was a major employer and
owned several mills. Twenty years later, William succeeded his father as head of the company, and expanded and improved
the business.
Sadly, William died in 1913 so was not able to enjoy the pleasures of such a fine house for very long. After his death Anne,
along with her companion and staff continued to live there. Anne died in 1920 and Hollins Hill was bequeathed to the
Corporation of Accrington for use as an art gallery. In September 1921, the house, renamed the Haworth Art Gallery, opened
as the town’s first public art gallery.
In 1942 the gallery closed for the duration of the war and the pictures, together with several items from the museum at
Clayton-le-Moors, were put into store. Contingency plans were made to utilise the gallery as an emergency hospital in case
the Victoria Hospital was put out of action by enemy attacks and a system of fire watching was begun. Fortunately these
plans came to nothing and the gallery began to be used as a hostel where off-duty service women, posted to this area, could
spend their leisure time. The gallery reopened to the public in June 1945. Nowadays the gallery has achieved world-wide
fame as the home of the largest collection of Tiffany glass in Europe.
An extract from from"Accrington Old and New Photographic Memories".