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Schooldays
High St is the main rd or the A57 going through Swallownest on to Sheffield. On the left was the main bus stop, presumably the people are waiting for the bus. When I was 13 (1963) its the stop I used to catch the bus going to ...Read more
A memory of Swallownest by
My Life And Family Memoirs As A Resident Of Eccles
Dear Francis Frith Members, BORN: In Eccles and Patricrof Hospital !st Address: Clifton Road, Monton Eccles Entertainment: Broadway Cinema; Fond memories of Welsh lady Mrs Hardisty singong along to ...Read more
A memory of Eccles in 1947 by
Home At Last
I am Paul Percy Robinson who always felt I did not belong in a town and perused with interest the origins of my family it took years, but eventually found a wee place called the broom house just up the bank at Eglingham and traced my ...Read more
A memory of Eglingham in 2000 by
Good Times In Weaste
Hello I have just read Steve Buck's article - you will remember me Steve, I was born in 1958 and we went to St Lukes at the same time. It was magic growing up in Weaste. As you know, there wasn't any money about but never the ...Read more
A memory of Salford in 1963 by
Winster Rd.,
We moved to Peel Green when I was 9 we lived in Winster Rd., it was a new house when we moved in it was one of the first to be finished, When we moved there the houses on the opposite side were just being started, I remember the shop at the ...Read more
A memory of Peel Green by
Wartime Evacuee 1939 1940
In August 1939 I was evacuated frm Salford to Caton. I had my gas mask, a small parcel of food and a label on my clothing. We arrived at the then beautiful station, adorned with flowers. Then we walked to the Village ...Read more
A memory of Caton in 1930 by
The Lees Of Callow End
My father's mother's family (Lee or Lea) lived in a cottage called Brook House, near Broadlands Farm. We have a picture of Brook House painted in about 1910, in which it seems as if the cottage may have been part of the ...Read more
A memory of Callow End by
Return Of The Native
I am now 63 but it wasn't till a couple of years ago that looking at my BC I actually took in that I was born at the Holbrook Maternity Home June 30th 1947. I'd always put down Belper as my place of birth as I'd only glanced at ...Read more
A memory of Holbrook in 1947 by
My Birthplace
I was born at Orchard Bakery Cottages which is beyond the trees to the right of this photo. Many generations of my family attended the school. My great Aunt May (Skilton) in the early 1900s; various of my Uncles (Pat & Geoff ...Read more
A memory of Holmwood Corner in 1958 by
Moving To A Brand New Council House
I was born on Aston Terrace (leading down to Brookhouse colliery) in 1956, lived there till I was 3-4ish yet I can remember running down to the bridge to get there before the steam train passed under the bridge, ...Read more
A memory of Aston in 1959 by
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Rows of stone cottages and rolling farmland characterise Brookhouse, which is close to Caton with Littledale and a popular retreat for commuters to Lancaster.
Whirlow Brook House was formerly the home of Sir Walter Benton Jones.
Brookhouse is an ancient village north-east of Lancaster just above Caton.
Whirlow Brook House was formerly the home of Sir Walter Benton Jones.
The house is called Brook House; there is an inscription above the crest over the porch (just to the right of the road sign) that dates the building to 1574.
Brookhouse is an ancient village north-east of Lancaster just above Caton.
Brooke House, the town centre's only housing unit, opened on 7 July 1962.
Brooke House, the town centre's only housing unit, opened on 7 July 1962.
The growth is self-evident here, with Brooke House's massive V-shaped struts in the background (left) and the post office under construction.
Their names are recorded in the Golden Book, housed within the building.
Today there are 34 listed buildings in the Basildon area, including the raised pool with Mother and Child Statue and Brooke House in the Town Square; both of these are listed Grade II.
