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Todber caravan park, bonfire nights
Does anybody reading this remember Tom Varley's steam museum/bonfire nights in the big brick barn with the music from the engines and parch peas, hotpots and bonfire on top of the hill. Or the little pool in the first static field in the bottom left corner. Or the outside toilet blocks with the handringer outside and big pot sinks that sometimes small children were washed in. My memories of Todber go from 1972- 82, does anybody else remembers anything from that time? The field day on the playing field in the village or walking down to the cattle market from Todber for something to do? No computers in those days.
Contributed by patricia breakell
Lancashire memories
Todber caravan park, bonfire nights
Does anybody reading this remember Tom Varley's steam museum/bonfire nights in the big brick barn with the music from the engines and parch peas, hotpots and bonfire on top of the hill. Or the little pool in the first static field in the bottom left corner. Or the outside toilet blocks with the handringer outside and big pot sinks that sometimes small children were washed in. My memories of Todber go from 1972- 82, does anybody else remembers anything from that time? The field day on the playing field in the village or walking down to the cattle market from Todber for something to do? No computers in those days.
A memory of Gisburn contributed by patricia breakell
My Mum's hairdressing salon
Right on the end of this barn, hidden from view was a small irregular building with it's own door. It had been a small butchers shop some time before my Mum and Dad bought it as a hairdressing salon for my mum to use as a little business.
It had no heating, just two yellow sinks and chairs, a couple of work stations and a telephone table where the phone, appointment book and till sat.
Surprisingly the business did really well. My Dad was the local 'bobby' and so knew everyone in the area. I remember helping out in the school holidays and hearing an old tractor pull up outside - a farmer, hair full of hay, ...read more here
A memory of Bolton By Bowland contributed by gail armstrong
my first day in Barlick
My first memory of Barnoldswick was coming off a laycocks bus on station road outside the conservative club, it was a lovely july morning, wakes week as it was called then. my reason for the visit was to see my sister Margaret Honeyman, who had moved here a year or two previousley With me on this visit was my sister Mary, and her husband Jimmy Ritchie, and my older brother George Brennan.
The town was completely deserted, it seemed as though we were the only ones stood on station road, and anywhere else on the town for that matter, every shop on Church street was closed, baring in mind that this was about 8.45 am on a saturday morning i ...read more here
A memory of Barnoldswick contributed by angus brennan
Extracts From Gisburn & Lancashire books
St Mary’s churchyard in Gisburn contains an unusual headstone, that of Jenny Preston, showing a witch with her
cauldron. Oliver Cromwell stabled horses and troops in the church after the Battle of Preston in 1648.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Beautiful Villages".
Towneley Hall has a very good collection. It includes the famous Zoffany portrait, ‘Charles Towneley and his Friends’, several Turners and an Epstein bust. Most of the pictures have been acquired by the Council, though the Hall has some pictures formerly in the Towneley Collection.
An extract from from"Burnley Town and City Memories".
The chapel is the work of Sir John Towneley (1473-1541), who also saved the magnificent vestments formerly used in Whalley Abbey. The vestments, very rare survivals of the pre-Reformation church, are usually on display near the chapel. The chapel itself is full of interest. On the extreme right, note the beautifully-carved wooden shield over the door of what was once a confessional room. On either side of it are the crests of the Towneleys of Towneley and the Asshetons of Lever, together with the initials RT and IT and the date 1601. The initials are those of Richard and Jane Towneley (formerly Assheton). High on the panelled ceiling are bosses on which are carved the initials of Sir John’s family.
An extract from from"Burnley Town and City Memories".
On the top floor the south-east wing contains the long gallery; below it are what are now called the Regency rooms. The north-west wing, which can be seen in the background, contains the chapel, the kitchens and the two art galleries. In the foreground, the garden area to the left was originally part of the orchard. Note the woman with a child in a pram at the front of the Hall.
An extract from from"Burnley Town and City Memories".
This is the most well known view of Towneley Hall. It shows the building casting a reflection in the pond at the front. To the right, partly hidden by trees, are the former servants’ quarters. Some visitors can be seen by the central door. What is often not realised is that another wing once stood here. It contained the family chapel, which was later moved into the west wing. The only things which spoil this view are the municipal benches.
An extract from from"Burnley Town and City Memories".