Upholland
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Map of Lancashire
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Upholland memories
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Roby Mill school
I attended Roby Mill School. Miss Simm was my teacher. She caught the bus to the monument (Vicarage Corner), and walked down College Road picking pupils up along the way. It was almost 1 mile in distance, she did this twice a day every school day. Ash Wednesday, Good Friday etc we were expected to attend Upholland parish church (St Thomas's). Mrs Webster was the head teacher and lived a few doors away from us. Mary Wilkinson was my best friend but moved back to Liverpool.
Contributed by dorothy kelly
Childhood
I lived in Ormskirk Road, next to the Grimshaw Lane Pub. I went to Digmoor School, and then on to Skem Secondary School. My memories are of my wonderful childhood, that was spent walking and playing all around the fields that surrounded our house.
When I was older I would cycle through back Digmoor to Moorside Farm where my friend lived, and we would spend hours on the Moss. I remember the ASlmond family, who lived at Digmoor Hall before it was demolished, and relatives at Worthington House Farm nearby.
I love to see the old photos on the web sites as they bring back happy memories.
Contributed by JOAN NEVILLE
Home
I was brought up in Up Holland and still think of it as home.
Contributed by John Baxter
Lancashire memories
The Ormerod family.
Ormerod House passed out of the Ormerod family when the male line died out and the three daughters of the last Ormerod married. Their husbands were John Hargreaves, a local coal mine owner, the Rev William Thursby who became vicar of the local church and General Scarlett who led the Charge of the Heavy Brigade to retake the field after the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava. The family fortunes grew with the mines during the Industrial Revolution and the boom in the cotton industry but in their enthusiasm to mine more and more coal they managed to extend the mine workings from the pit head some four miles away, under the house which caused ...read more here
A memory of Burnley contributed by I Ormerod
Extracts From Upholland & Lancashire books
In a few yards
there were many
clothes shops here,
including Weaver to
Wearer, Burtons and
Fifty Shilling Tailors
Ltd. The building
on the corner of
Broadway with
the stylish curved
frontage (right)
housed Woods the
tobacconist’s and
Porter’s Wallpapers,
both familiar names
to Accringtonians
over many years.
An extract from from"Accrington Old and New Photographic Memories".
This part of
Blackburn Road
was a hive of
activity with lots
of shops. The
electric tram
(just visible
under the bridge)
shows that the
photograph was
taken after 1907,
when the old
steam trams of
the Baltic Fleet
were withdrawn.
The Baptist
chapel (centre
left) was built in
1836, but since
a larger building
was erected on
Cannon Street
in 1874, it has
undergone many
changes of use.
An extract from from"Accrington Old and New Photographic Memories".
The Town Hall was
originally known as the
Peel Institution, and
was used as Assembly
Rooms. The etching on
the windows, ‘Magistrates
Room’ and ‘Solicitors
Room’, reminds us that
the Magistrates’ Courts
were also housed here
for many years. The
police station, just visible
behind on the left at
the top of Union Street,
was accessible from the
court via an underground
passage for the prisoners
to pass through on their
way from dock to cell. The
imposing ballroom has
seen many gatherings of
different types, including
the Grand Fancy Dress
Ball that is advertised on
the large poster along
with the Cyclists Parade.
These events were amongst
fundraising activities
for the provision of a
Cottage Hospital. Recently
refurbished, the ballroom is
still in regular use today for
a variety of events.
An extract from from"Accrington Old and New Photographic Memories".
This busy junction
had cars battling
for right of way. On
the opposite corner
from the Yorkshire
Bank was Redman’s
the grocer’s (centre
right), beloved by
local housewives
for their selection
and good value.
Beyond that, the
Co-op furniture
store is in the
building which was
formerly the home
of Woolworth’s.
An extract from from"Accrington Old and New Photographic Memories".
The outside stalls
made way for
flower planters
and trees, and
neat railings
direct foot traffic
to safer road
crossings. The
Central Bus
Terminus was
completed at
this date, and
so were the
new ‘umbrella’
markets behind
the Market Hall.
An extract from from"Accrington Old and New Photographic Memories".