Staining
Staining maps (2 available)
Map of Lancashire
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
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Staining books (20 available)
Lancaster Town Walk Guide
Paperback
- 2 photos on Staining appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Staining
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Staining memories
Read and share memories of Staining and Lancashire inspired by Frith photos
1960 onwards
"Oh Happy Days". My first view of Staining was the 9th June 1960. I remember it well. I seem to remember the Staining bus did NOT go into the village, but stopped across from the old Plough pub. My gran had bought a caravan there, just up Chain Lane, on Mrs Smiths caravan site. Mr and Mrs Smith lived in the farmhouse, their 4 daughters lived nearby in the two red brick semis which Nana Smith had had built. (Auntie Fred'a has now been altered beyond all recognition). I got to know them all over the years. "Auntie Irene" Openshaw, with husband Norman and sons Charles, Dennis and Philip - their house was next to the caravan site and known as ...read more here
Contributed by june huntingdon
Little Nellie
Hi anyone remember "Little Nellie" (husband Joe) and their daughter Annie and grand daughter Margaret, from Sultan Street in Accrington. We used to travel down on the same bus with them every Friday night. In those days, we got the bus from the bottom of Water Street/Melbourne Street (now Eastgate). They had a caravan on Thornfield for years and years. When you passed the shop and turned onto the site, their caravan was way down the bottom, tucked in a corner. Little Nellie was extremely small and always seemed to wear mens wide legged trousers, with turn ups!
June
Contributed by june huntingdon
Lancashire memories
Little Nellie
Hi anyone remember "Little Nellie" (husband Joe) and their daughter Annie and grand daughter Margaret, from Sultan Street in Accrington. We used to travel down on the same bus with them every Friday night. In those days, we got the bus from the bottom of Water Street/Melbourne Street (now Eastgate). They had a caravan on Thornfield for years and years. When you passed the shop and turned onto the site, their caravan was way down the bottom, tucked in a corner. Little Nellie was extremely small and always seemed to wear mens wide legged trousers, with turn ups!
June
A memory of Staining contributed by june huntingdon
1960 onwards
"Oh Happy Days". My first view of Staining was the 9th June 1960. I remember it well. I seem to remember the Staining bus did NOT go into the village, but stopped across from the old Plough pub. My gran had bought a caravan there, just up Chain Lane, on Mrs Smiths caravan site. Mr and Mrs Smith lived in the farmhouse, their 4 daughters lived nearby in the two red brick semis which Nana Smith had had built. (Auntie Fred'a has now been altered beyond all recognition). I got to know them all over the years. "Auntie Irene" Openshaw, with husband Norman and sons Charles, Dennis and Philip - their house was next to the caravan site and known as ...read more here
A memory of Staining contributed by june huntingdon
Extracts From Staining & Lancashire books
We can see the 19th-century church of St Luke in the background amidst the trees. The village became Increasingly popular with visitors because of its proximity to Blackpool, but caravans and a holiday camp seem at odds with a village recorded in the Domesday Book. In Mill Lane is one of the Fylde's old windmills for grinding local corn. Like those at Kirkham, Wrea Green and Preesall, it is now a private residence.
An extract from from"Lancashire Villages Photographic Memories".
Of Hardhorn, Newton, and Staining, only the last name is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Holiday caravans are parked on land where ‘footpaths, meadows, pastures, waters, mills’ were once willed to the Benedictine monks. A far cry from cosy caravans was Staining Hall, where the Singleton family lived for generations.
An extract from from"The Fylde Photographic Memories".
As with many seaside resorts, one of the popular attractions was a
trip in a boat. At Blackpool, sailing boats were often loaded and
unloaded by means of portable gangways, one of which is in the
picture. In the background is the North Pier, with an excursion
steamer alongside its landing stage. This picture was taken from the
South Jetty.
An extract from from"Blackpool Pocket Album".
This photograph looks towards the seafront
and the pier. Though there are one or two
motorcars around, the scene is relatively
traffic free; people appear to be quite at ease
either walking or standing in the middle
of the road.
An extract from from"Blackpool Pocket Album".
This shows the new pavilion on the Central Pier. It
is hard to believe that when this pier was built, it was
so far away from the town centre that the revenue it
generated fell far short of what had been anticipated. To
boost business, the pier operated excursions by steamer
to Southport.
An extract from from"Blackpool Pocket Album".