Places

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Maps

228 maps found.

1908-1910, Backburn Ref. RNC629682
1947, Blackburn Ref. NPO642317
1909, Blackburn Ref. RNC642303
1910, Blackburn Ref. RNC642301
1924, Blackburn Ref. POP642315
1896, Blackburn Ref. RNE642315
1947, Blackburn Ref. NPO642315
1903, Blackburn Ref. RNC642315
1896, Blackburn Ref. RNE642317
1923, Blackburn Ref. POP642317
1903, Blackburn Ref. RNC642317
1892, Blackburn Ref. HOSM34171
1904-1905, Blackburn Ref. RNC642307
1886 - 1887, Longford Ref. HOSM37927
1924, Feniscowles Ref. POP704384
1896, Feniscowles Ref. RNE704385
1891 - 1893, Feniscowles Ref. HOSM45294
1903, Feniscowles Ref. RNC704385
1947, Feniscowles Ref. NPO704385
1896, Feniscowles Ref. RNE704384

Books

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Memories

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Victoria Terrace

Thanks to everyone who sent their memories of Newburn and Millfield, it brings it all back! I lived at 16 victoria terrace from about 1955 until it was demolished. I remembered how overcrowded we must have been in a one bedroomed house, ...Read more

A memory of Newburn by rosselross

Treco Bay

We stayed in a small caravan the first holiday we had in Porthcawl during the miners fortnight holiday in June many years ago. Other wise it would be day or afternoon trips to Porthcawl and other seaside resorts along the South Wales coast . ...Read more

A memory of Porthcawl by Brian Neale

Sunny Blaenllechau

born in sunny blaen in 1954 growing up in the village was and always will be the highlight of my childhood so many good people i remember playing in the Glyn with Kevin hughes slapperers around blaen sports day up in the field ...Read more

A memory of Blaenllechau by Howard Thomas

Portmanmoor Rd Late70 Early80s Splott

Hi everyone , omg u all brought back good memories ..drakes, the fish shop with huge scary crocodile hanging from ceiling, on corner on portmanmoor rd , which is where i lived, no. 13..yes we was poor very poor ,i ...Read more

A memory of Splott by ullkei

My Time At Netherside Hall School 1967 To 168

hi my name is anthony blackburn i ad some good time there i remember tony haywood and a boy called steven windows he was in a wheelchair i used to be in the football team as well mr mercer was my ...Read more

A memory of Grassington

Growing Up In Kelloholm 1959 1969

I was born to Janette (maiden name Fowler) and Charlie Ross in 1959 and lived at 13 Main Street and then 15 Guffock Road. My granny and grandad were Isabel and William Fowler(aka 'Slip Fowler' the bookie!). I too, ...Read more

A memory of Kelloholm by Isabella Agnew

Coundon

I remember living in george st west on the new rows I can remembet the shops there were lots ; the co-op walter wilsons where my aunt worked there was a tv shop post office; sparks shop tben another I cant remember the name then bottom ...Read more

A memory of Coundon by johndobe01

A Sad Sight

I was born at number 8 and subsequently lived until I was 10 at number 8 High Street. I remember the baker's (Macleod's I think) where my birthday cake was always displayed for a few days before the actual day (so were the birthday ...Read more

A memory of Anstruther Easter by sheenaliddell

A Life Time Ago

I would like ti know if there are any of my old mates are still there my name was ina Namylor loved living there. my head teacher was mr browm my first teacher was mrs neil mr smith to words the end as I left to go to England I left ...Read more

A memory of Twechar

Working On Blackburn Market In The 1950s

I was born in 1935 and raised in Blackburn, attending the Grammar School until my widowed mother could not afford to keep me there. I left school in February 1952 and got a job as a Junior Clerk in the Markets ...Read more

A memory of Blackburn

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Captions

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Caption For Roslin, Castle 1897

Edinburgh fell, Holyrood was burnt.

Caption For Amport, Village 1898

During the 1830s this pretty village was the scene of a major uprising among farm labourers, with angry mobs burn- ing hayricks and destroying machinery.

Caption For Amport, Village 1898

During the 1830s this pretty village was the scene of a major uprising among farm labourers, with angry mobs burning hayricks and destroying machinery.

Caption For Brockweir, The Village C1955

We are looking back across the Wye to the village.

Caption For Edinburgh, Holyroodhouse, King Charles's Bedroom 1897

The following year, Hertford was back in Scotland, burning five market towns, sacking 243 villages, and laying waste to crops.

Caption For Bremhill, The Cross, Church And School C1960

She remembers the two classrooms with old paraffin lamps and tortoise stoves which 'used to get red hot so we burned in the front and shivered in the back'.

Caption For Gilsland, The Village C1950

Poltross Burn, which flows through the middle of the village, marks the border between Northumberland and Cumbria.

Caption For Standon, High Street C1965

The corn mill burned down in 1961, and then in 1964 Dr Beeching swung his axe and the pretty railway line from Buntingford to Ware was closed.

Caption For Easthampstead, Church 1901

The stall backs are fine pedimented panels dating from the 17th century, and came from Oxford Cathedral.

Caption For Blackburn, Exchange 1899

Here we see the grand facade of the Blackburn Exchange & Reading Room, which opened in April 1865.

Caption For Blackburn, Exchange 1899

Here we see the grand facade of the Blackburn Exchange & Reading Room, which opened in April 1865.

Caption For Blackburn, Public Hall & Sessions House 1923

Blackburn's Public Hall opened in 1923.The Sessions House is just beyond it on the right.

Caption For Blackburn, Public Hall & Sessions House 1923

Blackburn's Public Hall opened in 1923.

Caption For Blackburn, The Town Hall C1955

Blackburn became a County Borough in 1888.

Caption For Blackburn, The Boulevard C1955

This photograph captures the great changes that were going on in Blackburn during the post-war period.

Caption For Preston, The Bridge Over The Ribble 1903

This bridge is a railway bridge, and is now part of the west coast main line.Another railway bridge (to Blackburn) can be seen in the distance.

Caption For Preston, The Bridge Over The Ribble 1903

Another railway bridge (to Blackburn) can be seen in the distance.

Caption For Blackburn, The Boulevard C1955

This photograph captures the changes that were going on in Blackburn at the time.

Caption For Blackburn, Sudell Cross 1895

Stationers and Bookshop.The large window proudly proclaims that they have a Bible and Prayer Book Department.The horse-drawn tram heads off towards the Town Hall.The Sudell family can be traced back

Caption For Blackburn, Market 1894

Blackburn had two markets, the indoor market and an open air one, held every Wednesday and Saturday, when this photograph was taken.

Caption For Blackburn, The Town Hall C1955

Blackburn became a County Borough in 1888.

Caption For Blackburn, Market 1894

When this photograph was taken, Blackburn had two markets, the indoor market and an open air one, held every Wednesday and Saturday.

Caption For Blackburn, The Market And Town Hall 1894

Blackburn means 'on the black stream'.The town guards the entrances to the river valleys we have been looking at in earlier pages - the Ribble, the Hyndeburn and the Hodder - and was the starting

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road 1897

Blackburn Road is at the very heart of the town.