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Torrisholme, Lancashire
Torrisholme maps
Historic maps of Torrisholme and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Torrisholme maps
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Torrisholme books
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Lancashire - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
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Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories
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The Fylde Photographic Memories
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Memories of Torrisholme
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Torrisholme in the 1960s and 1970s
My name is Susan Railton (nee Price) and I grew up in Torrisholme in the 1960s and 1970s. It was always a place where everyone knew and cared about each other. I lived on Hyde Road and could see The Square from my bedroom. I remember going to the corner shops where Booths is now. I especially loved Mr Lupton's (I... [more]
Shared on 07 December 2008
Lancashire memories
From 1952 to 1959, aged 9 to 16 and at Morecambe Grammar School, I played the piano in the solo classes at the Morecambe Musical Festival - a premier event in the calendar of the Winter Gardens. It brought in thousands of people during the week; choirs, brass bands and soloists from Scotland, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Wales etc. with all their supporters,... [more]
Shared on 29 November 2007
My great grandfather, Peter Wild, built the house called Uplands, on Haltex Lane on the banks of the canal in 1900 after he'd retired from the steel industry in Rotherham and Sheffield. I never met him but in 1996 I called at the house and had a lovely chat with Mrs Greenwood, the lady who lived in the flat which is... [more]
Shared on 14 January 2009
I lived with my grandparents in Bolton le Sands. I used to cycle to Morecambe most mornings, to J. W. Blands, painters and decorators, where I was apprenticed, hail rain and snow. I knew every inch of the coast road, the top of Hest Bank hill and down past the Cinderella Home, past the golf links and Happy Mount Park.
Shared on 13 April 2008
when i was young i would go for fish and chips they were great and there was always
something to do some where to ride on our bikes at hest bank.
I now live in australia and in 2006 took my three girls to england for a holiday
and went for a walk along the canal and over the railway... [more]
Shared on 02 February 2008
I used to work at Henrys store, in the stock room. It was my first real job. It was a great old place. In the cellar was a secret passage way to the castle, bricked up from when there was a farmhouse there, I was told.
Christmas time was fantastic with Father Christmas and the grotto, and Father Christmas was my... [more]
Shared on 07 December 2008
Each week, as a 15 - 16 year-old, I used to cycle from Morecambe on a Sunday morning for an organ lesson at the chapel of the Moor Hospital. It was uphill there and downhill home. My teacher was the organist there, also Director of Music at LRGS, and my lesson started after the Sunday morning service. As I progressed I... [more]
Shared on 24 April 2008
The 1881 census shows my grandfather (John Smart) and his family living in this house. He was the Landscape Gardener of the park.
Shared on 14 October 2006
Extracts From Torrisholme & Lancashire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Torrisholme, inspired by Frith photos.
Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham Pocket Album
Here we see the centre of Torrisholme, a quiet Morecambe suburb, on a pleasant, sunny day. It is an old settlement—Domesday Book recorded Torrisholme as Toredholme, and later still as Toroldesbi. The George Hotel is on the right, next to Shaw's shop. In 1965 Torrisholme was developing as a place to live for people working in Morecambe or Lancaster; from here they could easily commute to... [more]
This is an extract from Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham Pocket Album.
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Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham Pocket Album
This 'Happy Days' wagonette or country-style horse bus, harking back to transport in earlier days, is taking a party on a jaunt on a sunny day. Our photographer was lucky to catch the party who pose happily for him. They are probably regulars from the hotel, and are going on a specially-organised day out. Torrisholme was once a hamlet two miles north-west of Lancaster, and was one of... [more]
This is an extract from Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham Pocket Album.
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Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham Pocket Album
The southern part of Morecambe was always referred to as the West End. Here we see the exclusive part of Morecambe. Our view takes in Werwick's Revolving Tower and shows what working-class people did for their week's holiday: they sat and relaxed and took in the sea air.
This is an extract from Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham Pocket Album.
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