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Walking to Skippool
When I was young we lived a short distance from here. A Sunday afternoon walk usually involved "going top see the boats"
A memory of Poulton-Le-Fylde contributed by Alan Fryer
Little Nellie
Hi anyone remember "Little Nellie" (husband Joe) and their daughter Annie and grand daughter Margaret, from Sultan Street in Accrington. We used to travel down on the same bus with them every Friday night. In those days, we got the bus from the bottom of Water Street/Melbourne Street (now Eastgate). They had a caravan on Thornfield for years and years. When you passed the shop and turned onto the site, their caravan was way down the bottom, tucked in a corner. Little Nellie was extremely small and always seemed to wear mens wide legged trousers, with turn ups!
June
A memory of Staining contributed by june huntingdon
1960 onwards
"Oh Happy Days". My first view of Staining was the 9th June 1960. I remember it well. I seem to remember the Staining bus did NOT go into the village, but stopped across from the old Plough pub. My gran had bought a caravan there, just up Chain Lane, on Mrs Smiths caravan site. Mr and Mrs Smith lived in the farmhouse, their 4 daughters lived nearby in the two red brick semis which Nana Smith had had built. (Auntie Fred'a has now been altered beyond all recognition). I got to know them all over the years. "Auntie Irene" Openshaw, with husband Norman and sons Charles, Dennis and Philip - their house was next to the caravan site and known as ...read more here
A memory of Staining contributed by june huntingdon
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
Extracts From Singleton & Lancashire books
The post office, shrouded in mature trees, is situated opposite the old vicarage (now a private house). Singleton was one of the model villages built up and down the country in the 19th century: Squire Miller provided St Anne’s Church, picturesque cottages for the workers, and the much photographed little fire station. The ashes of Richard Dumbreck, last squire of Singleton, were scattered at St Anne’s in March 2003.
An extract from from"The Fylde Photographic Memories".
Outside Holroyd's shop and post office is a sign warning of a low bridge ahead. Opposite this leafy corner was the vicarage, now a private house. This pleasant Fylde village was rebuilt by Thomas Horrocks Miller. He succeeded Alderman Thomas Miller as lord of the manor in 1865, and lived at Singleton Park. He had a great interest in land drainage, and he owned valuable antiques. He also owned a famous stallion, Honest Tom, which died in 1885. Squire Miller had the horse's head preserved.
An extract from from"Lancashire Villages Photographic Memories".
Pargetting is a feature of this delightful building, which used to house the village fire engine (which was not famed for speed—it was often a case of ‘first find your horse’). One of the loveliest villages in the Fylde, and enriched by lavish tree planting, Singleton is still truly rural, as I realised when giving a talk at the village hall: a cow looked in at the window.
An extract from from"The Fylde Photographic Memories".
As with many seaside resorts, one of the popular attractions was a
trip in a boat. At Blackpool, sailing boats were often loaded and
unloaded by means of portable gangways, one of which is in the
picture. In the background is the North Pier, with an excursion
steamer alongside its landing stage. This picture was taken from the
South Jetty.
An extract from from"Blackpool Pocket Album".
This photograph looks towards the seafront
and the pier. Though there are one or two
motorcars around, the scene is relatively
traffic free; people appear to be quite at ease
either walking or standing in the middle
of the road.
An extract from from"Blackpool Pocket Album".