Slaidburn, Town End c.1955
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Photo ref: S139007
Photo of Slaidburn, Town End c.1955

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Slaidburn nestles in a hollow with higher ground around it. As well as the River Hodder at the east of the village, it has Crossdale Brook running through it. That brook has a weir just before it enters the village, which was built to keep the water deeper for a mill that was here two centuries ago. It was at Slaidburn that many of the ancient pack-horse trails used to meet or cross. Here we see the outskirts of Slaidburn.

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A Selection of Memories from Slaidburn

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Slaidburn

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My father, Ken Hatton, worked as a surveyor with Cementation, a civil engineering company from Bentley Nr. Doncaster. They were driving a water tunnel under the Trough of Bowland. At that time we lived in Clitheroe at 12 Windsor Avenue off Henthorn Road. I remember going down Low Moor to a beauty spot known locally as "little Blackpool" on the River Lune, for some reason I always associate it with ...see more
My first introduction to Slaidburn was in the middle of the very cold and snowy winter of 1949-50. I had just driven down from Inverness to this charming Lancashire village with my Dad. It had been a long, cold drive in a 1938 Morris roadster car, loaded with luggage and a big tool box. I was to begin a new job working for Cementation Ltd where my father also worked. The contract was to drill a tunnel ...see more