Inskip, Main Road c.1950
Photo ref: I64003
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On the left we can see a line of old-fashioned telegraph poles. Not all post offices in the Fylde had a telegraph office early in the 20th century, nor could they deal with postal orders. Charles Ashton from Thornton-le-Fylde post office had to walk from there to Inskip on most days, and in snow he followed the telegraph poles. The tall chimney above the thatched cottage belonged to Tom Rowe's cheese factory. Run from Preston, it started business in 1930. Part of its sign can be seen just behind the vintage car.

A Selection of Memories from Inskip

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 Inskip

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It was the long hot summer and I'd been posted to HMS Inskip. We moved into married quarters at 6c Nelson Gardens, don't know if it's still there? We loved it there one of our better postings, we'd love to visit again, we always talk about it. We remember the church and graveyard at the side of us with a little swing park also. Up the road we remember Berts shop and a freezer place where you could get your meat. Down the ...see more
I have lived in Inskip most of my life, it is a nice little village that has changed very little in the past 32 years of my life. My parents have lived in Inskip over 30 years and my nanna a lot longer. The changes I have noticed are a few more houses, the loss of our shop and post office, and HMS Inskip has changed hands.