Maps

232 maps found.

1947, Blackburn Ref. NPO642317
1909, Blackburn Ref. RNC642303
1910, Blackburn Ref. RNC642301
1924, Blackburn Ref. POP642315
1896, Blackburn Ref. RNE642315
1947, Blackburn Ref. NPO642315
1903, Blackburn Ref. RNC642315
1896, Blackburn Ref. RNE642317
1923, Blackburn Ref. POP642317
1903, Blackburn Ref. RNC642317
1892, Blackburn Ref. HOSM34171
1904-1905, Blackburn Ref. RNC642307
1886 - 1887, Longford Ref. HOSM37927
1924, Feniscowles Ref. POP704384
1896, Feniscowles Ref. RNE704385
1891 - 1893, Feniscowles Ref. HOSM45294
1903, Feniscowles Ref. RNC704385
1947, Feniscowles Ref. NPO704385
1896, Feniscowles Ref. RNE704384
1903, Feniscowles Ref. RNC704384

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Memories

183 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Grosvenor Road And Urmston, Always A Place In My Heart.

I lived on Grosvenor Road, Urmston - the allotment end - from 1965 to late 1969 age 3 to nearly 8 years of age with my 2 brothers and parents (we then moved to Blackburn). My daughter has recently ...Read more

A memory of Urmston by magwat13

1965

1964 and my parents announced to us kids that we were going to move to the countryside from Great Bar in Birmingham where we were all living at my grandmothers house My Father had died back when I was seven and mother had eventually ...Read more

A memory of Market Harborough by Keith Luckman

Newarthill 1950/60s Tosh And I

Every now and then I reminisce and take a trip down memory lane, of my childhood days growing up in Newarthill on Burnside Rd. I remember Tosh McGarry and I going to Father Gillan's jumble sale and buying an old fox ...Read more

A memory of Newarthill by Peter Laird

Sam Wolstenholme

On 5-6-1877 Sam Wolstenholme was born in Little Lever. Sam played local football then In 1897 he signed for Everton. After 107 games plus three international caps for England he moved to Blackburn in 1905,he played for four ...Read more

A memory of Little Lever by William Stott

Bordon County Junior School Budds Lane

Teachers in the 1970s Mr Pearson - an elderly man whose dentures moved around in his mouth when he spoke. He was great fun and shared his family cinefilms with us during the lessons. It was great fun when he ...Read more

A memory of Bordon by D Toovey

Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which ...Read more

A memory of Dunsmore by Peter Jewell

Sacred Heart Church

This is Sacred Heart RC Church, in Accrington.  It has now been demolished.  I have many great memories and some not so great from this sacred place.  I felt like I had to share this info, with you when I saw this picture. ...Read more

A memory of Accrington by whitewitchwendy

My Time Living In Old Langho.

I moved to Old Langho in I think in 1954, I was an orphan I went to live with Mr and Mrs Pye. We lived at number 42 Larkhill, Mr and Mrs Pye where nurses at Brockhall hospital. There is a bit of a field between the ...Read more

A memory of Old Langho by Terence Pye

Looking For Anyone Who Knew The Blackburn Family ....

especially Kitty who went to Lavender hill school and moved away to Suffolk in 1967/68

A memory of Battersea by Margaret Whymark

Station Road

Fond memories of living in Station Road and going to the old Grange Valley Primary School and Haydock Secondary Modern. My grandfather Charlie Blackburn, ran a grocers shop in Station Road and I lived next door. Also remember all the ...Read more

A memory of Haydock by Philip Wolsey

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Captions

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Caption For Chatburn, The Village 1921

The 'burn' part of the name comes from the stream which runs through the village.

Caption For Blackburn, Exchange 1899

Here we see the grand facade of the Blackburn Exchange & Reading Room, which opened in April 1865.

Caption For Hermiston, 1890

Said to be a devotee of the black arts, he was abducted by his God-fearing tenants, rolled in a sheet of lead and taken to Ninestane Rig, a stone circle beyond Whitterhope Burn.

Caption For Blackburn, Exchange 1899

Here we see the grand facade of the Blackburn Exchange & Reading Room, which opened in April 1865.

Caption For Blackburn, Public Hall & Sessions House 1923

Blackburn's Public Hall opened in 1923.The Sessions House is just beyond it on the right.

Caption For Blackburn, Public Hall & Sessions House 1923

Blackburn's Public Hall opened in 1923.

Caption For Slaidburn, Church Street 1921

'Slaid' means 'flat marshy ground', 'burn' is the Old English word for brook, so the name means 'flat marshy ground by the brook', which describes the area well.

Caption For Blackburn, The Town Hall C1955

Blackburn became a County Borough in 1888.

Caption For Blackburn, The Boulevard C1955

This photograph captures the great changes that were going on in Blackburn during the post-war period.

Caption For Preston, The Bridge Over The Ribble 1903

This bridge is a railway bridge, and is now part of the west coast main line.Another railway bridge (to Blackburn) can be seen in the distance.

Caption For Preston, The Bridge Over The Ribble 1903

Another railway bridge (to Blackburn) can be seen in the distance.

Caption For Blackburn, The Boulevard C1955

This photograph captures the changes that were going on in Blackburn at the time.

Caption For Blackburn, Sudell Cross 1895

Stationers and Bookshop.The large window proudly proclaims that they have a Bible and Prayer Book Department.The horse-drawn tram heads off towards the Town Hall.The Sudell family can be traced back

Caption For Blackburn, Market 1894

Blackburn had two markets, the indoor market and an open air one, held every Wednesday and Saturday, when this photograph was taken.

Caption For Blackburn, The Town Hall C1955

Blackburn became a County Borough in 1888.

Caption For Blackburn, Market 1894

When this photograph was taken, Blackburn had two markets, the indoor market and an open air one, held every Wednesday and Saturday.

Caption For Blackburn, The Market And Town Hall 1894

Blackburn means 'on the black stream'.The town guards the entrances to the river valleys we have been looking at in earlier pages - the Ribble, the Hyndeburn and the Hodder - and was the starting

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road 1897

Blackburn Road is at the very heart of the town.

Caption For Slaidburn, Church Street 1921

Slaid means 'flat marshy ground', burn is the Old English word for brook, so the name means 'flat marshy ground by the brook', which describes the area well.

Caption For Blackburn, The Centre C1960

A bleak featureless view of Blackburn New Town.

Caption For Blackburn, River Almond C1960

The River Almond flows from Blackburn to the three towns of East, Mid and West Calder.

Caption For Haslingden, Deardengate C1955

Stone setts pave the street and unobtrusive traffic lights control its junction with Manchester and Blackburn Roads.

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road C1915

is now the East Lancashire Preserved Railway.As well as having three railway lines, the town also had three turnpike roads.They were the Whalley to Manchester Road (1790), now Abbey Street; the Blackburn

Caption For Blackpool, View From Palatine Hotel 1890

Places such as Blackburn and Burnley were all but empty as millworkers and their families escaped en masse to Blackpool, Southport, Morecambe, Scarborough and North Wales.