Barrowford, Old Roman Bridge c.1910
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Photo of Barrowford, Old Roman Bridge c.1910

A Selection of Memories from Barrowford

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 Barrowford

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When I was a young lad I used to go to Nelson Speedway. My memories are very vague now but I do remember the smell of the bikes, and ducking down hiding from the gravel spit out whilst the bikes went around the corners. Happy innocent days long before health and safety took the fun out of it for us! After the races we used to go to a shop close to the track and get a drink of pop which if my ...see more
Haighton's is one of the mills to which you refer where my parents worked. Is that John Hill the teacher whose mother's name was Margaret? I was formerly Margaret Drake, nee Mount.
A nice picture of the Whire Bear, but not quite reality - where is the mill behind it and Stansfield's plumbers next door?