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
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Maps
3,155 maps found.
Books
22 books found. Showing results 97 to 22.
Memories
131 memories found. Showing results 41 to 50.
S S Lancashire
I Came home from Egypt in 1953 on the S S Lancashire, I remember the landing stage was all afloat; we slept on the Ship that night before disembarking to go through customs then onto the train. I've just been to Liverpool - the first time in 59 years, it is a lovely place.
A memory of Liverpool by
Alamein Barracks
These barracks were used as the recruit training centre for the Territorial Army and all volunteers serving with the 33rd (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment completed basic training here in the 1960's before passing out to ...Read more
A memory of Huyton in 1967 by
Heysham Tower
This is not so much a personal memory, as a personal connection! My great-great grandparents lived at the Tower. Thomas John Knowlys (b.1803) and his wife, Anna Maria, (MarIea, not Maree-a!!) nee Hesketh, lived and died there, and had ...Read more
A memory of Heysham in 1860 by
Staying With The Grindle Family
My father worked at Denaby Main Colliery as a steel erector, installing pit head plant. My memories of Denaby Main are of staying with my dad's landlady and her family. They were the Grindle family and their ...Read more
A memory of Denaby Main in 1961 by
Hatch End High School
In December 1995 the Harrow Arts Cuncil organised a festival of dancing at Hatch End High School and invited a dozen or more dance groups and schools to come along and provide a showcase of talent. It was fascinating to see ...Read more
A memory of Hatch End in 1995 by
Eccles Family History
My great-grandfather, Joseph Eccles, built Bilsborrow Hall. He owned a number of cotton mills in Preston and played cricket for Lancashire. I have just started to look into our family history and will hopefully be able to ...Read more
A memory of Bilsborrow by
Life In Wellingborough After The War
My family moved to 121 Midland Road during the winter of 1946 as my father worked in a local paint factory till 1948. There was a huge monkey puzzle tree in the front garden. I was 7 and my sister was 10. ...Read more
A memory of Wellingborough in 1947 by
Mr And Mrs Harris And Brent Knoll Farm
I have such happy memories of Brent Knoll Farm which we "accidentally" stayed at. We live in Lancashire and, think it was c1989. We had been to Weston super Mare for our holidays, staying in a lovely flat. ...Read more
A memory of Brent Knoll in 1990 by
The Army Firing Ranges At Little Altcar
In 1967 I enlisted with the Territorial Army and served five years with the Royal Corps of Signals. My basic training included learning to shoot with the 762 self loading rifle on the ranges near ...Read more
A memory of Hightown in 1967 by
Captions
171 captions found. Showing results 97 to 120.
This Lancashire-style Indian Pavilion burnt out in a fire in 1933; it was rebuilt in 1935, but it was not as grand as the original.
The building nearest to us is in fact the West Lancashire Bank, which opened in 1879; it was later acquired for an extension to the library.
High up above Todmorden, half of which used to be in Lancashire, we find this small Pennine village with a surprising number of mills for its size.
This church may have the oldest foundations of any in Lancashire, dating from Saxon times.
In 1893, a study by a German sociologist found that six out of every seven working-class families in the mill towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire managed to save enough money to spend on a holiday.The
On Sunday 28 June, as Lancashire enjoyed the hottest day of the year, an event was taking place that would set Europe aflame.
In 1893, a study by a German sociologist found that six out of every seven working-class families in the mill towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire managed to save enough money to spend on a holiday.
Morecambe is much frequented by trippers from the busy towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire, for whose recreation are provided abundant entertainments of distinctly popular order.
Freshfield is situated between Formby and Ainsdale on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway route between Liverpool and Southport.
At the time these photographs were taken, Warrington was still part of Lancashire but, after the boundaries were changed in the 1970s, it became part of Cheshire.
Not only did New Brighton attract vast numbers of visitors from Liverpool and Lancashire, but also hawkers too.
This Lancashire-style Indian Pavilion burnt out in a fire in 1933; it was rebuilt in 1935, but it was not as grand as the original.
In 1893, a study by a German sociologist found that six out of every seven working-class families in the mill towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire managed to save enough money to spend on a holiday.
The great residences which the Peels built in Hyndburn have been swept away, but this Tudor cottage, now lovingly restored, remains as a monument to one of Lancashire's great families.
Ellesmere Port was developed primarily to serve the canal that linked the towns in the region with the Mersey and Severn rivers and ultimately with the industrial heartlands of Lancashire and the Midlands
The village was once nicknamed 'the goose village', because it was said that geese from Pendleton tasted better than any others in Lancashire.
Some said that Burnley did not need parks, as the Pennines of South Lancashire are only ten minutes away, and some lovely countryside surrounds the town.
Victoria Buildings c1965 Freshfield is situated between Formby and Ainsdale on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway route between Liverpool and Southport.
Like Shepton Mallet and other southern cloth towns, it prospered until the woollen industry moved to Lancashire and Yorkshire's new mills after 1800 - thus in effect preserving the town for us architecturally
week-enders and in-comers now make up a large part of the old village.The village was once nicknamed 'the goose village', because it was said that geese from Pendleton tasted better than any others in Lancashire
The factory was kept very busy, especially at Christmas, when besides Lancashire cheese, sage and cheddar cheeses were produced; but it was demolished in 1991, and houses were built on the site.
It is also the last resting place of Sir Thomas Tyldesley, who had accompanied the Earl of Derby's 1651 invasion of Lancashire from the Isle of Man in support of Charles II.
On the left, a striped post bearing the red torch of Lancashire County Council denotes a school ahead.
A toll bridge was erected 1864-65 to connect the village with Lancashire.
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