Gisburn, Main Street 1921
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The name of the village had an 'e' on the end until the railway company put up their sign spelt 'Gisburn', and the 'e' was forgotten. Mentioned in the Domesday Book, the village has always been a magnet for visitors and day-trippers. Here we see the main street, and two cars parked outside the Ribblesdale Arms. Once a year the village would be packed with visitors; they came to lean over Paythorne Bridge and watch the salmon leaping in the River Ribble. Salmon Sunday was still popular into the 1960s, and it is making a revival today. One of the Lister family built Gisburn Hall and Gisburn Park. Now a hospital, it was later the home of the Ribblesdale family. I wonder what the bunting is celebrating?
An extract from Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories.
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