Whalley, The Viaduct From The Nab 1901
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This monumental masterpiece of Victorian engineering lies on the railway route between Preston and Hellifield. It required 49 arches to carry the track across the wide Calder Valley, the highest of which are 70 feet above the river. Construction was finally completed in the early 1850s and, at over 600 yards, it is the longest railway viaduct in the country.
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A Selection of Memories from Whalley
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 Whalley
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I was born in 1947 to Betsy and Leonard Mcgough on Railway Terrace, which I believe is now called Russell Terrace. My mother worked in the cotton mills all her life and retired in a mill at Read. We moved to Moor Lane where we lived for several years before moving to Blackburn Rd with my stepdad Andy Myerscough, who ran the Arbories school of motoring. I met my husband who came from Wigan and have lived here ...see more
My cousin Eileen Vera Derbyshire was born in Blackburn in 1905 and was adopted by the Derbyshire family, when she went by the name of Nelly / Nellie Swales Derbyshire. She was apparently taken in by Nuns at a convent, so I don't know how she came to live with the Derbyshire family. The family lived at Park Villas for some years, and her adopted father was Samuel Derbyshire, who was a joiner ...see more
I was born in Whalley, in the second cottage opposite the Catholic Church in the Sands, in December 1924. Next door to us was Mr Sutton who was well known around Whalley for his ice cream. He used to stand outside the abbey gates with his ice cream and he always had raspberry vinegar to put on top of the cones. I went to Whalley C of E School. Mr J Chew was the headmaster, Miss Edith as we knew her was ...see more
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