Clitheroe, Brungerley Bridge 1921
Photo ref: 71139
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Photo ref: 71139
Photo of Clitheroe, Brungerley Bridge 1921

More about this scene

Brungerley was long-favoured for its Good Friday and other Bank Holiday celebrations. It was the first outlet for fun following the long winter after Christmas festivities. In 1906 it was recorded that thousands came from Burnley and Padiham besides Clitheroe. Eli Tucker and his sons David and Charles of Brungerley Farm supplied boats.

A Selection of Memories from Clitheroe

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Clitheroe

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I remember playing in this paddling pool as a little boy in the Sixties, a copy of this photo halls in my hall.
This was a weekend to remember! The Clitheroe Morris Men invited several other dance "sides" to join them for a weekend of dancing, music and - of course - beer drinking! By a lucky chance I was included in this invitation due to a strange set of circumstances... Just the Autumn before, in 1979, I had begun to play my piano accordian for the Whitethorn Morris team in Harrow, ...see more
I remember this pool vividly! One day I was riding my tricyle round the outside of the pool, which wasn't filled with water at the time. Unfortunately I happened to fall in and I cut my hand on a broken glass. After 34 years I still have a scar to prove it.