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Boynton Hall Revisited 1975 By Matthew Strickland Quarles
I visited Boynton Hall during my year long study abroad as an English Speaking Union Scholarship recipient to Wrekin College, in Wellington, Telford, Shropshire, during the academic year ...Read more
A memory of Boynton in 1975 by
Platt Fields Park
I can remember going for a drive on a sunny Sunday afternoon with my mum and dad to Platt Fields Park, sometimes Dad would hire a boat on the lake and take us rowing, I would have a bag with bread in to to feed the ducks. I ...Read more
A memory of Fallowfield in 1968 by
Pantos At The Welfare Hall 1960s
I have just found this site and was amazed at the photo of the Welfare Hall circa 1960. My dad, Henry Dilkes, and his great friend Sid Robinson were the mainstays of the pantos in the early 1960s, with Henry ...Read more
A memory of Goldthorpe in 1962 by
Crathorne Arms
I lived in Hutton Rudby but we had family friends in Crathorne, the Gibsons. They lived in Rose Cottage opposite the post office and village shop. I use to work on weekends for Redvest Bolton, a local farmer and landlord of the ...Read more
A memory of Crathorne in 1959 by
School 1950s
Those of us who grew up in the very rural villages around Old Basing in 1950's, had to travel to school in Old Basing, by school buses.The school on Milkingpen Lane was the only school for miles. In the late 1950's the school still ...Read more
A memory of Old Basing in 1957 by
Good Old Days In Salford
I was born in Salford, one of six children to Edith Casey and Ken Casey, their other children consisted of Linda, Alan, Barry, Ken, Paul and of course myself. We lived at number 50 Bury Street which was off Ellor Street. ...Read more
A memory of Salford in 1955 by
223 High Street
I lived with my family (Matthews) at 223 High Street from 1955 until 1963, brother David, sisters Cynthia and Jackie, parents Rene and Reg. I think my parents bought the house in 1952 as my brother was born in the back ...Read more
A memory of Marske-By-The-Sea in 1955 by
Those Were The Days!
I would like to share with you some of my early childhood memories of my formative years in Parndon, including places and names that might evoke similar memories to myself. I hope you will bear with me, as I will probably ...Read more
A memory of Great Parndon in 1955 by
Ripponden Barkisland And Krumlin In The 50s
My first memories were of Krumlin where my mum worked at Krumlin mill as a piece burler & mender. (I remember the boiler house at the mill with the big steam engine that turned all the ...Read more
A memory of Triangle in 1953 by
On The Move
In the summer of 1952 I learnt that my parents had decided to move from our home in the Midlands to the West Country as my father wished to return to where his relatives lived. It came as no surprise therefore, when one day they ...Read more
A memory of Dartmouth in 1952
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Both the Town Hall, the stone building on the right, and the Bolton Hotel on the left, are still here today.
The Great Hall at Castle Bolton had been converted to a restaurant for visitors when this photograph was taken.
Turton Tower lies four miles south of Darwen, and four miles north-east of Bolton.
Bombarded by warships of the Parliamentary navy, the Queen took shelter until it was considered safe to move on to Boynton Hall.
Originally built in 1790 for Sir John Legard, Storrs Hall was purchased in 1806 by Col John Bolton, a local philanthropist, who from 1808-11 transformed it into the fine Georgian mansion we
Bolton Hall Estate own most of the property here; no new houses have been built, nor is there employment other than in agriculture.
Bombarded by warships of the Parliamentary navy, the Queen took shelter until it was considered safe to move on to Boynton Hall.
The village grew around the estate of Boynton Hall.
The tower, unusual architecturally for this part of Britain, is thought to have been influenced in style by King Henry VI during his stay in Bolton Hall. King
The Town Hall was modelled on that at Bolton, and was completed in 1883, though it was damaged by fire in 1901.
It is thought to have been influenced in style by King Henry VI during his stay in Bolton Hall. King
It was at Waddington Old Hall that Henry VI took refuge after leaving Bolton-by-Bowland, and it was here that he was betrayed and captured in nearby Clitheroe Wood.
Near the Wharfe and overlooking the 1592ft Simon's Seat, Appletreewick was the resting place of monks on their journey between Bolton Abbey and Fountains Abbey.
The clean forceful lines of the neo- classical new town hall were in marked contrast to its rather sedate and friendly looking predecessor, built by the Luton architects John Williams & Sons
Bolton Hall, where once King Henry VI stayed in hiding, has now gone, but the gateposts can still be seen opposite the church.
It was at Waddington Old Hall that Henry VI took refuge after leaving Bolton-by-Bowland, and it was here that he was betrayed and captured in nearby Clitheroe Wood.
Henry VI is said to have lived here in Bolton Hall for a year or so while hiding from the Yorkists in 1464 after losing the Battle of Hexham.
Many refer to this village as the most perfect in Lancashire; with its village green next to the church, and an old inn across the road, it is just how we all imagine an old English village ought to look
