Slaidburn, Church Street 1921
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Now very much part of Lancashire, the village of Slaidburn was in Yorkshire at the time of our photograph. 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. The Black Bull public house on the left was later to become a Youth Hostel. Note the very large board with the landlord's name (A Walker) on it. This was the local custom at the turn of the 19th/20th century, and it led to many pubs taking the landlord's name or nickname as their name in later years. This is where Church Street meets Chapel Street. On the right we see the famous Hark to Bounty Inn, which was used as an area court house.
An extract from Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories.
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