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Nostalgic memories of Stacksteads's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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My Mother's House
I could not believe it when I discovered this photo of 1 Fernville Terrace as it belonged to my Mum's parents George & Marion Pickup. My sister and I spent every Christmas and Easter there when we were growing up. We travelled from Essex each time. We fondly remember climbing up the extreme (or so it seemed to us) hill at the back of the sloping garden and using tea trays to sledge back down again. Boy ...see more
Childhood on Osborne Terrace
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Added 22 October 2020

Iron Bridge Cat Steps Stacksteads Bacup Lancs.
I lived across the road very near to the cat steps which was a primitive path taking you up the hillside to a roadway at the top , then leading to Fearns high school.I used this path four times a day. The path is still there today.
Stacksteads, Fearns Hall (1557) c1955
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Added 26 July 2015

Bacup Railway
I remember travelling on the train from Bacup to Rawtenstall and then on to Manchester where I caught a train to March in Cambridgeshire where we lived. I can remember seeing the big cotton mill which was called Ross Mill, which, I believe was big enough (if turned into flats) to house everyone in Bacup.
Stacksteads, Fernville Terrace c1955
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Added 10 January 2014

Western School
Attended Western School, which has since been demolished and is now a bungalow housing estate.
Stacksteads, Fernville Terrace c1955
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Added 23 October 2013

Stacksteads Boyhood.
My family moved from Haslingden to Newchurch Road in 1950 opposite the Farhome Tavern. As an eight year old I attended Western Junior School until 1953 leaving to attend Blackthorn Secondary Modern until June 1957 when our family moved to Morecambe. After school walking home in the Bacup direction I passed several shops and Stacksteads Station standing back on the right. The next main landmark was the ...see more
Stacksteads, Fernville Terrace c1955
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Added 20 October 2011

2 Breweries In The Glen, Stacksteads
I have walked past this brewery many times as a child and an adult, it felt spooky, a large dark stone building. But there was also another brewery on the opposite side of the road with a very big house in its own grounds that the owners lived in, unfortunately I cannot remember the name of the brewery, does anyone know?
Stacksteads, Glen Top c1950
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Added 08 April 2011

Fearns Stacksteads
I went to Fearns High School and passed the Hall every day, as school involved climbing a hill and using what was called the Cat Steps which was a path up the hillside constructed from all sizes and shapes of stones. A boy in my class lived at Fearns Hall, this was in the 1960s.
Stacksteads, Fearns Hall (1557) c1955
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Added 08 April 2011

Childhood On Osborne Terrace
In 1949 the houses on Osborne Terrace were just being built, as soon as they were coming available the council were moving people in, our family moved into no 21. I was 4 years old. It was a lovely place then, nice and quiet, not much in the way of traffic then. There were 4 chip shops on the main road, the only one that is left now used to be called Hartleys. There was a barber's shop called Fred ...see more
Stacksteads, Fernville Terrace c1955
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Added 05 February 2009

Stacksteads Glen Top The Old Brewery.
I well remember the building in this photograph. I believe it was built as a brewery and in 1957 I remember working there, I was a joiner and was sent there at times to carry out joinery repairs etc. The firm I worked for at the time was J Greenhalgh of Rawtenstall. The brewery I recall was called Baxters, and was taken over a few years later by Beverly's beers, shortly after that it was demolished and can now be seen only as a large grass area.
Stacksteads, Glen Top c1950
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Added 03 September 2006