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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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MY TURTON AND EDGWORTH ANCESTORS - 1730
MY PATERNAL ANCESTORS CAME FROM TURTON AND QUARLTON, AS WELL AS SURROUNDING AREAS.
JAMES GARTSIDE OF TURTON MARRIED JANE ISHERWOOD OF QUARLTON AT BOLTON PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER IN 1730.
THEY HAD AT LEAST 2 CHILDREN:
ELIZABETH/BETTY WHO MARRIED ARTHUR KAY IN 1750 AT ST PETER'S.
JOHN WHO MARRIED 1. AN ALICE (4 CHILDREN) AND 2. BETTY BROOKS (ABOUT 6 CHILDREN.)
THE DESCENDANTS OF JAMES AND JANE WERE ALL FARMERS AND WEAVERS AROUND TURTON.
CAROLYN WILSON. 11TH MAY, 2007
Contributed by CAROLYN WILSON
Lancashire memories
MY TURTON AND EDGWORTH ANCESTORS - 1730
MY PATERNAL ANCESTORS CAME FROM TURTON AND QUARLTON, AS WELL AS SURROUNDING AREAS.
JAMES GARTSIDE OF TURTON MARRIED JANE ISHERWOOD OF QUARLTON AT BOLTON PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER IN 1730.
THEY HAD AT LEAST 2 CHILDREN:
ELIZABETH/BETTY WHO MARRIED ARTHUR KAY IN 1750 AT ST PETER'S.
JOHN WHO MARRIED 1. AN ALICE (4 CHILDREN) AND 2. BETTY BROOKS (ABOUT 6 CHILDREN.)
THE DESCENDANTS OF JAMES AND JANE WERE ALL FARMERS AND WEAVERS AROUND TURTON.
CAROLYN WILSON. 11TH MAY, 2007
A memory of Turton contributed by CAROLYN WILSON
Windsor Road
We moved to Bromley Cross about 1947 just before my sister Virginia was born, it was a lovely new prefab, but I don't remember much about the inside of it apart from the wood-burning stove, that sticks in my mind for some reason. When it was thundering and lightning Mum would sit with us children on the back step and we would watch as the lightning snaked through the sky. A couple of years later they started to build new houses across the road and my Mum knew the councillor Mr Dart, I think he asked her which one she would like and she told him the one on the corner. That is how we came to live at 32 Windsor ...read more here
A memory of Bromley Cross contributed by julie christo
13 Hardy Mill
My dad was away fighting in the war, so mum and I moved to live with my granny and grandad at 13 Hardy Mill Rd. I remember from about 1945 I had a special friend called Desiree and we used to play across the road where there was a river, many times we got home with our feet wet and got a smack for it. My granny was very strict , she had to be, she had brought up 10 children on just a policeman's wage, grandad was the local bobby and granny used to take in washing from the local butcher to supplement his wage. When she said to do something you did it, no arguing.
Dad must have been ...read more here
A memory of Harwood contributed by julie christo
Extracts From Turton & Lancashire books
Turton Tower lies four miles south of Darwen, and four miles north-east of Bolton. The villages of Turton and Turton Bottoms are next to the Tower. Turton Tower is basically two buildings, a pele tower dating from the 1100s, modernised around 1450, and a farm house or family hall, added in the late 14th century. In 1930 the hall was sold to the local authorities, and Turton Tower is now open to the public; it is well worth a visit.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories".
Turton Tower lies four miles south of Darwen,
and four miles north-east of Bolton.The villages
of Turton and Turton Bottoms are next to the
Tower.Turton Tower is basically two buildings, a
pele tower dating from the 1100s, modernised
around 1450, and a farm house or family hall,
added in the late 14th century. In 1930 the hall
was sold to the local authorities, and Turton
Tower is now open to the public; it is well worth
a visit.
An extract from from"Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album".
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".