Places
36 places found.
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- Lancaster, Lancashire
- Preston, Lancashire
- Ormskirk, Lancashire
- Blackpool, Lancashire
- Heysham, Lancashire
- Fleetwood, Lancashire
- Blackburn, Lancashire
- Clitheroe, Lancashire
- Burnley, Lancashire
- Morecambe, Lancashire
- Accrington, Lancashire
- Nelson, Lancashire
- Earby, Lancashire
- Chorley, Lancashire
- Carnforth, Lancashire
- Darwen, Lancashire
- Longridge, Lancashire
- Barnoldswick, Lancashire
- Thornton, Lancashire
- Colne, Lancashire
- Bacup, Lancashire
- Freckleton, Lancashire
- Cleveleys, Lancashire
- Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire
- Adlington, Lancashire
- Fulwood, Lancashire
- Whitworth, Lancashire
- Haslingden, Lancashire
- Clayton-Le-Moors, Lancashire
- Barrowford, Lancashire
- Skelmersdale, Lancashire
- Bamber Bridge, Lancashire
- Great Harwood, Lancashire
- Padiham, Lancashire
- Church, Lancashire
- Kirkham, Lancashire
Photos
6,495 photos found. Showing results 21 to 40.
Maps
3,155 maps found.
Books
22 books found. Showing results 25 to 22.
Memories
131 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.
A Plumrose Representative Who Called At Whitehaven Buying Group
In the 1960's I used to call on members of Whithaven Buying Group and Take transfer orders for Plumrose Ltd Products. They were famous for their Chopped ham and pork , luncheon ...Read more
A memory of High Harrington by
Family Connections.
The gentleman with the scythe over his shoulder was my grandfather. His name was Joseph Jackson, born in 1849 at Bootle in Cumberland. He spent most of his life as a tenant farmer, first at Canleton Farm near Egremont also in ...Read more
A memory of Greenodd in 1920 by
Fynn From The Black Dog
I'm also related to Mr William Fynn ( of sorts!) who ran the Black Dog. He passed away in 1912 after an unsuccessful operation. His wife Rosanna born in Lancashire was of Scottish heritage. Grace was her niece ...Read more
A memory of Horndon on the Hill by
Royal National Hospital Ventnor
I worked as a nurse at the hospital from 1955 to 1956 and went back for the first time in June of this year. It was really nostalgic to be there again, even though the hospital has long gone the Botanic Gardens are ...Read more
A memory of Ventnor in 1956 by
A Winter Crossing On The North Sea
I well remember the King George Dock as I embarked here with 33rd Signal Regiment (a TAVR unit formerly known as the Lancashire and Cheshire Yeomanry). We were en route to Germany having a posting to ...Read more
A memory of Kingston upon Hull in 1968 by
Growing Up In Newton
I was born in the old cottage on the left, 175 High Street, in 1948, as June Glencross, my parents squatted there after the war, my dad became the local builder. In 1956 we moved up the road to the old congregational ...Read more
A memory of Newton-le-Willows in 1948 by
Daneswood Convalescent Home 1958/9
I was a pre - Nursing student at Daneswood for two years. I hailed from Bolton, Lancashire and it was my first time away from home and town. I fell in love with Woburn Sands and enjoyed my time at Daneswood, to ...Read more
A memory of Woburn Sands in 1958 by
Happy Days At Mill Bridge
Hi to anyone looking at this photo, I lived just up the road at Valley Cottages and used to play by the bridge, we all sat on the bridge wall and had our photograph taken. I am on the right with wellington boots on, ...Read more
A memory of Bishop's Tawton in 1955 by
Broadway Lido.....My Home
Yes.....the Broadway Lidi was my home. I am Stuart Smith, my father Gordon Smith was the first manager (well, they called it superintendent then) at the Lido. We moved there when I was about 3 years old, and lived in a ...Read more
A memory of Bridgwater in 1960 by
Robert William Shaw Family My Greatgrandfather
My GreatGrandParents Were Robert William Shaw and Eleanor (Wilkinson) Shaw. He worked as a Roller Coverer at a Cotton Factory, I do not know what the name of the factory was. I know my Grandmothers name ...Read more
A memory of Sabden in 1880 by
Captions
171 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.
Standing high in the Pennines on Yorkshire's border with Lancashire, Ripponden has been an important settlement on the River Ryburn, but made its name from the wool trade in the 19th century and before
Beyond the village rises Wetherlam, the most northerly of the Coniston Fells, and over to the left, hidden by cloud, Lancashire's highest peak, the Old Man.
Walsden is a former woollen town in the Calder Gap between Yorkshire and Lancashire, just to the south of Todmorden.
The 1906 Baedecker Guide states that 'in July and August especially, Douglas and its neighbourhood are practically the playground for the operatives of Lancashire and Yorkshire, but at other seasons and
Urmston is noted for being the birthplace in 1708 of John Collier, Lancashire's first dialect poet.
By this date Southport's reliance on the holiday trade was already declining; its location made it an attractive proposition as a residential area not only for Lancashire businessmen and their families
New Brighton was originally conceived as 'The sea-bathing rendezvous par excellence of the Lancashire people of note', but things soon went awry.
Away from the bright lights and entertainments of its main resorts, Lancashire's coast has many other fine stretches of expansive beach.
The building no longer serves its original purpose, and Central Lancashire University now uses it as a conference centre.
Much of Lancashire was affected by the Civil Wars, and Warrington, an important crossing on the Mersey and chosen by the Royalist, Lord Derby for his headquarters, saw considerable action.
The promenade guesthouses and private hotels enjoy superb views across the bay to Lancashire over Sands and the southern Lake District.
When the railway came to Grange-over-Sands in 1857 it signalled the town's rapid expansion as a seaside resort for visitors from the industrial mill towns of Lancashire.
Wild and bleak country, the Trough was the road trodden by the women condemned as Lancashire witches on their way to Lancaster Castle.
Thought to have been used since the Bronze Age, the track through the valley was one of several routes followed by packhorse drivers, who carried goods across the moorland hills between Lancashire
This viaduct was constructed of local stone in 1867 for the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company; the line opened in 1870 and closed in the 1960s.
Lancashire landowners since the 15th century, the family achieved prominence in 1589 when Richard Shuttleworth, a successful London lawyer, was knighted and appointed Chief Justice of Chester.
The point from which this photograph was taken, Seed Hill, was at that time in Yorkshire, but looks over the border, defined here by the Hodder, across a corner of Lancashire.
By the 1870s, many Lancashire cotton workers received three day's unpaid holiday a year, which was tacked onto a weekend to give a five-day break.
The River Lune has never suffered the amount of industrial pollution that its southern Lancashire sisters the Mersey and the Ribble have had.
The coming of the railway to Grange-over-Sands in 1857 signalled the town's rapid expansion as a seaside resort for visitors from the industrial mill towns of Lancashire.
A Victorian guidebook, published in 1895, described Morecambe thus: 'Morecambe is much frequented by trippers from the busy towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire, for whose recreation are provided abundant
On Sunday 28 June, as Lancashire enjoyed the hottest day of the year, an event was taking place that would set Europe aflame.
There was at one time another line down to Rawtenstall, joining what is now the East Lancashire Preserved Railway.
Many wealthy business families from industrial Lancashire settled here as it became a fashionable seaside resort in the middle years of the 19th century.
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