Nostalgic memories of Billinge Scarr'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 Grandparents (Noel & Doris Rigby) live on Newton Road, the bungalow roughly where the nation speed limit starts (probably early 50's, and my Grandfather had a Pit by Billinge Hill
I was brought up in St Helens and Billinge was a hilly country village that was five miles away. In the summer of 1949 or 1950 a group of us children of all ages took sandwiches and bottles of pop or water for a picnic on Billinge Lump. The official name is Billinge Hill but anyone who has lived in the area always refers to it as the Lump. The Lump is the highest ground in the area from which you can see both ...see more