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Bilsborrow
My dad grew up in Bilsborrow in the house next door to the White Bull pub. I spent many a happy day at my nanna and granddad's house. My nanna used to be a cook at Bilsborrow Primary School and my granddad was a bus driver. They were very involved with the community. Our first born son is buried with my grandparents in St Hilda's. I love the place, it is peaceful and beautiful. When I visit to put flowers on our son's grave we always eat at the Roebuck.
Contributed by Kathryn Heathcote
Lancashire memories
Bilsborrow
My dad grew up in Bilsborrow in the house next door to the White Bull pub. I spent many a happy day at my nanna and granddad's house. My nanna used to be a cook at Bilsborrow Primary School and my granddad was a bus driver. They were very involved with the community. Our first born son is buried with my grandparents in St Hilda's. I love the place, it is peaceful and beautiful. When I visit to put flowers on our son's grave we always eat at the Roebuck.
A memory of Bilsborrow contributed by Kathryn Heathcote
St Walburg''s
My great-grandfather Hugh Bell (born 1854) was the 13th child to be baptised at the then new church. He was later married there in 1874 to an Alice Gradwell from Preston. One of many children of William Gradwell (born 1818) and a descendant from the famous GRADWELL family. I, Brian Freeman, was a painter and decorator and served my apprenticeship with John Corbishley and Sons, 170 North Road, Preston from 1950/1956, and was not aware when Corbishleys decorated St Walburge's Church that my family had any connection with the said church.
A memory of Preston contributed by brian freeman
Preston Docks
Memories of Preston docks. 1959 I started work at 15 at Geest Ind as a banana selector until 18, then trained as crane driver for Preston Corporation as a dockside crane driver. Also as mobile crane driver until Preston docks closed. On Saturday and Sunday I worked pulp boats, end of shift the pulp gang had a whip round, tanner a man, for the driver as driver was not on piecework like the dockers were. As I look at my 35 cine of Preston docks, I have happy memories of gone by.
A memory of Preston contributed by james pickup
Extracts From Bilsborrow & Lancashire books
This is the corner of St Anne’s Road West and Garden
Street (right) before it was fully surfaced. The rather
solitary buildings are now part of the urban sprawl
that characterises every shopping centre.
An extract from from"Lytham St Anne's Town and City Memories".
Kiosks on the beach; donkey rides; parasols; shady hats. All the
ingredients for a perfect seaside holiday.
An extract from from"Lytham St Anne's Town and City Memories".
It is after World War II, and Britain is getting back into economic
gear. The Pier Orchestra under Lionel Johns continues to entertain.
An increasing use of motor vehicles means that a car park is
needed. A few years after this photograph was taken, the pier was
completely enclosed and given over to slot machines and paid
advertising hoardings. For the time being its popularity is assured.
An extract from from"Lytham St Anne's Town and City Memories".
Opened in 1885, the pier cost something in the order of £30,000 to build. The
North Channel provided a navigable stretch of water close to the head, and thus
several large steamers and private yachts were able to moor here. The notice
advertising ‘Fred Carlton’s White Coons’ could well raise an eyebrow today.
An extract from from"Lytham St Anne's Town and City Memories".
By 1906 the pier had been considerably widened and extended in length. The
amenities now included a concert pavilion (at the pier head on the left), a bank
kiosk and a Moorish pavilion (in the centre of the picture).
An extract from from"Lytham St Anne's Town and City Memories".