Places
36 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Blackburn, Lancashire
- Darwen, Lancashire
- Blackburn, Lothian
- Brookhouse, Lancashire (near Blackburn)
- Cherry Tree, Lancashire
- Turton Bottoms, Lancashire
- Belmont, Lancashire
- Little Harwood, Lancashire
- Blackburn, Grampian (near Cranloch)
- Blackburn, Grampian (near Kintore)
- Blackburn, Yorkshire (near Rotherham)
- Pleasington, Lancashire
- Feniscowles, Lancashire (near Blackburn)
- Feniscowles, Lancashire (near Blackburn)
- Intack, Lancashire (near Blackburn)
- Mill Hill, Lancashire (near Blackburn)
- Four Lane Ends, Lancashire (near Blackburn)
- Waterloo, Lancashire
- Brownhill, Lancashire
- Whitehall, Lancashire
- Chapeltown, Lancashire
- Blacksnape, Lancashire
- Bank Hey, Lancashire
- Edge Fold, Lancashire
- Feniscliffe, Lancashire
- Whittlestone Head, Lancashire
- Higher Croft, Lancashire
- Chapels, Lancashire
- Rosehill, Lancashire
- Waterside, Lancashire
- Edgworth, Lancashire
- Hoddlesden, Lancashire
- Pickup Bank, Lancashire
- Pleckgate, Lancashire
- Lammack, Lancashire
- Lower Darwen, Lancashire
Photos
182 photos found. Showing results 1 to 20.
Maps
232 maps found.
Books
1 books found. Showing results 1 to 1.
Memories
91 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.
Grosvenor Road And Urmston, Always A Place In My Heart.
I lived on Grosvenor Road, Urmston - the allotment end - from 1965 to late 1969 age 3 to nearly 8 years of age with my 2 brothers and parents (we then moved to Blackburn). My daughter has recently ...Read more
A memory of Urmston by
Paras At Watchfield In The 1950s
Yes, I lived on the Watchfield housing estate from 1952 to 1953. Large numbers of paras and their equipment were dropped regularly at the airfield. Trainees jumped from large silver barrage balloons, but ...Read more
A memory of Watchfield in 1953 by
Sam Wolstenholme
On 5-6-1877 Sam Wolstenholme was born in Little Lever. Sam played local football then In 1897 he signed for Everton. After 107 games plus three international caps for England he moved to Blackburn in 1905,he played for four ...Read more
A memory of Little Lever by
War Years
The Tucker family were evacuated to Green Hammerton from 1940 - 1942. My brother John lived with Mr & Mrs Blackburn and my sister lived with Mrs Wray at the post office. They are both alive and still keep in contact with one of the village residents whom I shall be visiting this September.
A memory of Green Hammerton in 1940 by
St Michaels On Wyre
My dad had a cousin who was Vicar at St Michaels on Wyre during the 1945 - 55 era. His name, Raymond Bell. As a child visiting his parents in Wray, near Hornby during the Second World War years I only met Raymond ...Read more
A memory of St Michael's on Wyre in 1950 by
Sacred Heart Church
This is Sacred Heart RC Church, in Accrington. It has now been demolished. I have many great memories and some not so great from this sacred place. I felt like I had to share this info, with you when I saw this picture. ...Read more
A memory of Accrington by
My Time Living In Old Langho.
I moved to Old Langho in I think in 1954, I was an orphan I went to live with Mr and Mrs Pye. We lived at number 42 Larkhill, Mr and Mrs Pye where nurses at Brockhall hospital. There is a bit of a field between the ...Read more
A memory of Old Langho by
My First Job
Just before I was due to leave Peel Brow I was called into Mr (Dinky) Booth's office and told that Turnbull & Stockdale were looking for an Office Boy and that he thought I would fit the bill. I attended an interview with Mr W ...Read more
A memory of Edenfield in 1945 by
Looking For Anyone Who Knew The Blackburn Family ....
especially Kitty who went to Lavender hill school and moved away to Suffolk in 1967/68
A memory of Battersea by
A Happy Accrington Childhood
My brother Anthony and I grew up in Barnes Street/Lee Street where my parents ran an off-licence from about 1953 - 1962. We both went to Miss Caulfield's Preparatory school and my brother went on to Blackburn ...Read more
A memory of Accrington in 1960 by
Captions
63 captions found. Showing results 1 to 24.
Here we see the grand facade of the Blackburn Exchange & Reading Room, which opened in April 1865.
Here we see the grand facade of the Blackburn Exchange & Reading Room, which opened in April 1865.
Blackburn's Public Hall opened in 1923.The Sessions House is just beyond it on the right.
Blackburn's Public Hall opened in 1923.
Blackburn became a County Borough in 1888.
This photograph captures the great changes that were going on in Blackburn during the post-war period.
This bridge is a railway bridge, and is now part of the west coast main line.Another railway bridge (to Blackburn) can be seen in the distance.
Another railway bridge (to Blackburn) can be seen in the distance.
This photograph captures the changes that were going on in Blackburn at the time.
proclaims that they have a Bible and Prayer Book Department.The horse-drawn tram heads off towards the Town Hall.The Sudell family can be traced back to the reign of Edward VI.They owned land in Blackburn
Blackburn had two markets, the indoor market and an open air one, held every Wednesday and Saturday, when this photograph was taken.
When this photograph was taken, Blackburn had two markets, the indoor market and an open air one, held every Wednesday and Saturday.
Blackburn became a County Borough in 1888.
Blackburn means 'on the black stream'.The town guards the entrances to the river valleys we have been looking at in earlier pages - the Ribble, the Hyndeburn and the Hodder - and was the starting
Blackburn Road is at the very heart of the town.
A bleak featureless view of Blackburn New Town.
The River Almond flows from Blackburn to the three towns of East, Mid and West Calder.
Stone setts pave the street and unobtrusive traffic lights control its junction with Manchester and Blackburn Roads.
is now the East Lancashire Preserved Railway.As well as having three railway lines, the town also had three turnpike roads.They were the Whalley to Manchester Road (1790), now Abbey Street; the Blackburn
Places such as Blackburn and Burnley were all but empty as millworkers and their families escaped en masse to Blackpool, Southport, Morecambe, Scarborough and North Wales.
At one time, Stanhill was an isolated hamlet on the road between Blackburn and Oswaldtwistle, and it is most famous as being the home of the inventor James Hargreaves.
The views are of the Town Hall in the centre, the sunken gardens on Broadway, the Parkinson Rock Garden in Oak Hill Park, Blackburn Road and St James' Church.
Blackburn Road has been pedestrianised, enabling improved street furniture and planting.
The patron was Jane Turner, whose husband had been elected in Blackburn's first parliamentary elections the previous year.
