Places
36 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Blackburn, Lancashire
- Darwen, Lancashire
- Blackburn, Lothian
- Brookhouse, Lancashire (near Blackburn)
- Cherry Tree, Lancashire
- Turton Bottoms, Lancashire
- Belmont, Lancashire
- Little Harwood, Lancashire
- Blackburn, Grampian (near Cranloch)
- Blackburn, Grampian (near Kintore)
- Blackburn, Yorkshire (near Rotherham)
- Pleasington, Lancashire
- Feniscowles, Lancashire (near Blackburn)
- Feniscowles, Lancashire (near Blackburn)
- Intack, Lancashire (near Blackburn)
- Mill Hill, Lancashire (near Blackburn)
- Four Lane Ends, Lancashire (near Blackburn)
- Waterloo, Lancashire
- Brownhill, Lancashire
- Whitehall, Lancashire
- Chapeltown, Lancashire
- Blacksnape, Lancashire
- Bank Hey, Lancashire
- Edge Fold, Lancashire
- Feniscliffe, Lancashire
- Whittlestone Head, Lancashire
- Higher Croft, Lancashire
- Chapels, Lancashire
- Rosehill, Lancashire
- Waterside, Lancashire
- Edgworth, Lancashire
- Hoddlesden, Lancashire
- Pickup Bank, Lancashire
- Pleckgate, Lancashire
- Lammack, Lancashire
- Lower Darwen, Lancashire
Photos
182 photos found. Showing results 1 to 20.
Maps
232 maps found.
Memories
183 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.
1939 Onwards I Remember
I was born in 1939, the year war started, and remember being lifted out of bed in the middle of the night and the barrage balloons looked like big elephants in the sky. I also remember the table shelter in the lounge which I ...Read more
A memory of Harborne in 1940 by
1940s And 50s
I was born in 1942 and lived in Ovington Grove behind The Lonnen. My memories would fill several books, but for starters:- the Regal; Quadrini's; Number 2 blue bus; Holy Cross Church; Cowgate then Wingrove Schools; playing football by ...Read more
A memory of Fenham by
1965
1964 and my parents announced to us kids that we were going to move to the countryside from Great Bar in Birmingham where we were all living at my grandmothers house My Father had died back when I was seven and mother had eventually ...Read more
A memory of Market Harborough by
1967
I arrived in Stanford-le-hope September, 1967, at 11.00pm to teach as a Student Infant class teacher in St.Josephs, Scratton Road. I was greeted by Sr. Mary Aidan at the railway station and stayed in the Convent for a few nights, until the ...Read more
A memory of Stanford-le-Hope by
1970 4
I remember a fair bit about this place and the people who were there. Boys were Demo Bennett, John Cunningham, Nick Fosco, Aloysuis Gamotea, Bendon Slattery (who went to Stoneyhurst) Phivos Petrou and his bothers (I think they had a hotel in ...Read more
A memory of Copthorne in 1970 by
45 Blackburn Drive, Cowdenbeath
My family lived at 45 Blackburn Drive, Cowdenbeath from 1954 to 1963. Does anyone have a picture of a similar prefab that they could share with me, please?
A memory of Cowdenbeath by
80 Years Turnchapel
Hi, my name is William John Maunder and I am 81 years old and my first memory of Turnchapel is the early years of the WW2 . At the time I was living at Crownhill at that time on the outskirts of Plymouth, today day near B&Q ...Read more
A memory of Turnchapel
A Million Miles From A Game Of Football.
I wrote this piece for a writing group exercise in April/May 2019, near my home in NE Scotland. LIttle did I know then that some of the memories would form part of my Mum's Eulogy just three months later. The day ...Read more
A memory of Wembley by
A Great Start To Life Growing Up In North Bitchburn
Here are just a few of my childhood memories of my youth in North Bitchburn. My name is Ian Pinkney, I lived at No 10 Constantine Road, along with my father Raymond, he was in charge of the ...Read more
A memory of North Bitchburn
A Happy Accrington Childhood
My brother Anthony and I grew up in Barnes Street/Lee Street where my parents ran an off-licence from about 1953 - 1962. We both went to Miss Caulfield's Preparatory school and my brother went on to Blackburn Grammar ...Read more
A memory of Accrington in 1960 by
Captions
68 captions found. Showing results 1 to 24.
The 'burn' part of the name comes from the stream which runs through the village.
Here we see the grand facade of the Blackburn Exchange & Reading Room, which opened in April 1865.
Said to be a devotee of the black arts, he was abducted by his God-fearing tenants, rolled in a sheet of lead and taken to Ninestane Rig, a stone circle beyond Whitterhope Burn.
Here we see the grand facade of the Blackburn Exchange & Reading Room, which opened in April 1865.
Blackburn's Public Hall opened in 1923.The Sessions House is just beyond it on the right.
Blackburn's Public Hall opened in 1923.
'Slaid' means 'flat marshy ground', 'burn' is the Old English word for brook, so the name means 'flat marshy ground by the brook', which describes the area well.
Blackburn became a County Borough in 1888.
This photograph captures the great changes that were going on in Blackburn during the post-war period.
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.
Another railway bridge (to Blackburn) can be seen in the distance.
This photograph captures the changes that were going on in Blackburn at the time.
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
Blackburn had two markets, the indoor market and an open air one, held every Wednesday and Saturday, when this photograph was taken.
Blackburn became a County Borough in 1888.
When this photograph was taken, Blackburn had two markets, the indoor market and an open air one, held every Wednesday and Saturday.
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
Blackburn Road is at the very heart of the town.
Slaid means 'flat marshy ground', burn is the Old English word for brook, so the name means 'flat marshy ground by the brook', which describes the area well.
A bleak featureless view of Blackburn New Town.
The River Almond flows from Blackburn to the three towns of East, Mid and West Calder.
Stone setts pave the street and unobtrusive traffic lights control its junction with Manchester and Blackburn Roads.
is now the East Lancashire Preserved Railway.As well as having three railway lines, the town also had three turnpike roads.They were the Whalley to Manchester Road (1790), now Abbey Street; the Blackburn
Places such as Blackburn and Burnley were all but empty as millworkers and their families escaped en masse to Blackpool, Southport, Morecambe, Scarborough and North Wales.
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