Grange Over Sands, The Railway 1929

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Photo of Grange Over Sands, The Railway 1929

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When the railway came to Grange-over-Sands in 1857 it signalled the town's rapid expansion as a seaside resort for visitors from the industrial mill towns of Lancashire. Here engine 12501 steams along the front, past the town's park, where the conical-roofed bandstand is prominent.

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Let the train take the strain in this selection of steam train and railway related photographs from The Francis Frith Collection.

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Woodheads Estate History

This picture I believe was taken from Woodheads. You can compare it with an earlier photo of 1894 of 'Grange over Sands from Woodheads' (photo ref 34123). It is interesting to see that the land below Woodheads was still unbuilt upon at 1921 although a new house has appeared on what looks like Highfield Road. In 1908 the Woodheads Estate had land sloping down to Fernleigh Road and Kentsbank Road. I ...see more

Grange-over-Sands, from Grange Fell Road 1921

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Added 19 April 2019

United Reformed Church

We were married here in 1994.

Grange-over-Sands, Congregational Church c1955

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Added 13 July 2018

Yewbarrow Lodge

Is that Yewbarrow Lodge (the original one) in the background? Hit by incendiary bombs in 1941, and burnt badly. We used to play in the remains as children - Sadly SLDC didn't rebuild as per Colonel Porritt's wishes, and now although serving a great purpose as a nursing home, is a ghastly eyesore.