Places
36 places found.
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- Blackburn, Lancashire
- Darwen, Lancashire
- Blackburn, Lothian
- Brookhouse, Lancashire (near Blackburn)
- Cherry Tree, Lancashire
- Turton Bottoms, Lancashire
- Belmont, Lancashire
- Little Harwood, Lancashire
- Blackburn, Grampian (near Cranloch)
- Blackburn, Grampian (near Kintore)
- Blackburn, Yorkshire (near Rotherham)
- Pleasington, Lancashire
- Feniscowles, Lancashire (near Blackburn)
- Feniscowles, Lancashire (near Blackburn)
- Intack, Lancashire (near Blackburn)
- Mill Hill, Lancashire (near Blackburn)
- Four Lane Ends, Lancashire (near Blackburn)
- Waterloo, Lancashire
- Brownhill, Lancashire
- Whitehall, Lancashire
- Chapeltown, Lancashire
- Blacksnape, Lancashire
- Bank Hey, Lancashire
- Edge Fold, Lancashire
- Feniscliffe, Lancashire
- Whittlestone Head, Lancashire
- Higher Croft, Lancashire
- Chapels, Lancashire
- Rosehill, Lancashire
- Waterside, Lancashire
- Edgworth, Lancashire
- Hoddlesden, Lancashire
- Pickup Bank, Lancashire
- Pleckgate, Lancashire
- Lammack, Lancashire
- Lower Darwen, Lancashire
Photos
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Maps
232 maps found.
Books
1 books found. Showing results 1 to 1.
Memories
183 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.
Ye Olde High Lane
I moved to High Lane with my parents when I was 15 in 2000. It was a tiny old fashioned village, so tiny infact that there was only one house and everybody in the village lived there. There was one village shop (run by Tubbs and ...Read more
A memory of High Lane in 2000
Horror Uniform
One memory of my time spent at St Peter's as a border (my house been The Rise )were the God awful brown blazers purchased from Moss Bros (of York). It wasn't that they were uncomfortable that was the problem, it was the rule that they had ...Read more
A memory of York in 1985 by
I Lived In No 68 From 1983 To 1985
Of course they had been nicely re-furbished and with all mod cons like running water and electricity. It was a nice experience living in a thatched house and, believe me, they aren't full of spiders and not as much ...Read more
A memory of Thatcham in 1983 by
Chaple Street
I was not born in Thurnscoe, but lived there in Chaple Street. I do not rember the number but it was at the top end, maybe the third house down. I do recall that when we moved into the house that it was very clean but had a strange ...Read more
A memory of Thurnscoe in 1976 by
Happy Horsey Holidays
I have the fondest memories of childhood holidays spent in Ennerdale and a deep and lasting love of the valley, brought about not only by the remote beauty but also the many, very happy times that I have spent there with ...Read more
A memory of Ennerdale Bridge in 1975 by
Blair Castle And Gardens
From 1975-1985 approx, when we were kids from Dalry we lived in the estate below Blair House about 1 mile from main entrance,The Blair Scheme. Myself and a few lads and girls from there used to go up there walking at evenings ...Read more
A memory of Dalry in 1975 by
The Bike Shop The Sweet Shop Leighton Court And The Last Neston Family To Catch Shrimps
On The High Street, Neston as you look towards Liverpool Road with The Cross just behind you you may still be able to see two alleyways. One used to end in a shed ...Read more
A memory of Neston in 1975 by
The Birds Nest South Harrow
I moved to Harrow in 1969, and started DJ'ing in October 1969. I had a residency at The Shaftesbury every Thursday, Friday, Sunday lunchtime and then later in the evening (pubs closed at 3pm in those days). It was ...Read more
A memory of South Harrow in 1971 by
Methilhill Primary 67 78
Stayed in Elmwood Road (35), that strange bit that was Methil but everybody thought was Methilhill. I was the one wi the big, black, daft alsation with the bad ear. Anyway my memories in no particlar order, the primary, ...Read more
A memory of Methilhill in 1970 by
Sleaford County Secondary School
Hi there, Anyone out there who went to the Sec Mod from 1964 to 1970. I was in 1A1, etc all the way through the GCE classes. I was also Head Boy in 1969-70 (not much choice I know). Does anyone also remember the ...Read more
A memory of Sleaford in 1970 by
Captions
68 captions found. Showing results 1 to 24.
The 'burn' part of the name comes from the stream which runs through the village.
Here we see the grand facade of the Blackburn Exchange & Reading Room, which opened in April 1865.
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.
Here we see the grand facade of the Blackburn Exchange & Reading Room, which opened in April 1865.
Blackburn's Public Hall opened in 1923.The Sessions House is just beyond it on the right.
Blackburn's Public Hall opened in 1923.
'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.
Blackburn became a County Borough in 1888.
This photograph captures the great changes that were going on in Blackburn during the post-war period.
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.
Another railway bridge (to Blackburn) can be seen in the distance.
This photograph captures the changes that were going on in Blackburn at the time.
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
Blackburn had two markets, the indoor market and an open air one, held every Wednesday and Saturday, when this photograph was taken.
Blackburn became a County Borough in 1888.
When this photograph was taken, Blackburn had two markets, the indoor market and an open air one, held every Wednesday and Saturday.
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
Blackburn Road is at the very heart of the town.
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.
A bleak featureless view of Blackburn New Town.
The River Almond flows from Blackburn to the three towns of East, Mid and West Calder.
Stone setts pave the street and unobtrusive traffic lights control its junction with Manchester and Blackburn Roads.
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
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.
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