Hodder River
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- 2 photos on Hodder River appear in 3 Frith books - View photos of Hodder River
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Saturday Evening Out
I remember very well going to visit an old friend of my parents who lived in Mayfayre Avenue in Lydiate those days. Mum, Dad & myself we would get the Ribble Bus from the Black Bull and get off at the Weld Blundell Inn and walk to their house. Good memories!
A memory of Lydiate contributed by Brenda Vanderwert
Living in old skem
Born in 1961 in Ormskirk Hospital to Richard & Eva Esp, i have lived in Skem for 21years before moving to Kitt Green Wigan after getting married. My memories of Skem is the schools i attended first Barns Road, then Brookfield County Primary and lastly Glenburn High, i left there in 1977. I try to visit Skem as often as i can but now living in Grantham Lincolnhsire i find it hard to get over. Both my parents are still living in Skem. I remember Skem United winning the cup in the early 70's and watching them drive through the town in a open top bus displaying the cup, what a welcoming home they had. I also remember the Concourse being ...read more here
A memory of Skelmersdale contributed by Sandra Skene
My holidays
I was born in Skelmersdale in 1958 to Wilfred Conder and Freada Price. I moved to Newcastle in 1960. My mum used to take me there for my holidays. Her parents lived on Hollands Lane in a cottage. I have not been back since 1980 for an unsuccesful attempt to visit my aunty and cousins. They lived by Skelmersdale football ground, although it is gone now.
A memory of Skelmersdale contributed by billy conder
Family ties
I lived in Ormskirk, 33 Thompson Ave, for 10 years till my family moved to Canterbury. I started school at Greeby Hill then just before I was going to Wigan Road we moved. My friends were the Hankins, Tony Dayley. It was a great place to live with so many families in the same boat as us, not a lot of money but a lot of great memories.
A memory of Ormskirk contributed by michael dobson
Extracts From Hodder River & Lancashire books
Here we see the pack-horse bridge at Hurst Green. The newer road bridge, built in 1826, is behind it. Clitheroe and Great Mitton are to the right, and Stoneyhurst to the left. In 1648 Oliver Cromwell himself led 4,000 men across that old bridge in single file. He had stayed the night at Stoneyhurst, and it took most of the day for the horses, mules and men to cross. The bridge was built in the mid 1500s at a cost of £70, and was paid for by Richard Sherburne, lord of the manor. It is still there today; it is being restored at the moment, as it was deemed unsafe by the authorities.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories".
The name Hodder means
‘pleasant stream’. It is a Celtic
name, and it describes the river
well. Rising on Lamb Hill Fell,
the river now runs into the Stock
Reservoir and then resumes its
wandering in North Lancashire.
In an area dominated by rivers,
crossing them has always been a
problem.The smaller rivers were
crossed on planks and stepping
stones. Then came fords: cutting
the banks to widen rivers makes
them shallow enough to drive or
walk across. However, the need to
be able to cross in all weathers, at
all times of the year, meant
bridges had to be built. One of
the most famous of the area’s
bridges, and certainly one of the
oldest on the Hodder, is near
Hurst Green (Stoneyhurst).
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album".
Chorley’s oldest building is the parish
church of St Lawrence, which was built in
the 14th century. The centre aisle is the
original church; the two side aisles were
added in c1860.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album".
Chorley’s oldest building is the parish
church of St Lawrence, which was built in
the 14th century. The centre aisle is the
original church; the two side aisles were
added in c1860.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album".
The hall, parts of which date from 1550, has been re-built and added to over
the years. It was only two stories high when it was first built—the long gallery
and the balustraded top were added in 1685. The Hall belonged to the
Charnock, the Brooke and the Parker families before Reginald Tatton gave it
to the town as part of a memorial to the local men who gave their lives in the
First World War. It was formally handed over in February 1922, and it opened
as a museum on 31 May 1924.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album".