Month: October 2022

  • Old Images of Rochdale, England

    Old Images of Rochdale, England

    Glimpse history through old images of Rochdale, in North West England, UK. Rochdale Carnival 1927 Rochdale’s first annual exhibition and carnival was filmed in 1927, recording the streets crowded by local people as dressed-up adults, children, early cars and even an electric tram passed by in the parade. Rochdale carnival (1927) – British Pathé on…

  • Old Images of Lancashire, England

    Old Images of Lancashire, England

    Glimpse history through old images of Lancashire, in North West England, UK.

  • Old Images of Skelmersdale, Lancashire

    Old Images of Skelmersdale, Lancashire

    Glimpse history through old images of Skelmersdale, Lancashire, in North West England, UK. In 1961, the Government allocated 4,200 acres of land for the building of the new town. 10,000 people living in two small villages and a collection of countryside homes suddenly found themselves about to be replaced by a new industrial town with…

  • Old Images of Haslingden, Lancashire

    Old Images of Haslingden, Lancashire

    Glimpse history through old images of Haslingden, Lancashire, in North West England, UK. Haslingden Carnival 1950 On 9th September 1950, the newsreel about Haslingden’s carnival showed locals walking the streets with lit torches, which were thrown onto a bonfire. Then there’s a moment where a gardener in a waitcoat and apron walks towards the camera…

  • Old Images of Fleetwood, Lancashire

    Old Images of Fleetwood, Lancashire

    Glimpse history through old images of Fleetwood, Lancashire, in North West England, UK. 1930s Model Yatchs 1937 Britain lost the model yatching cup to Norway in 1937, when the Nazi Swastika was Germany’s national flag. Model Yacht Racing At Fleetwood (1937) – British Pathé on YouTube 1939 Back in August 1939, £100 was a serious…

  • Old Images of Darwen, Lancashire

    Old Images of Darwen, Lancashire

    Glimpse history of Darwen, Lancashire, in the North West of England, UK.

  • Old Images of Colne, Lancashire

    Old Images of Colne, Lancashire

    Glimpse history through old images of Colne, Lancashire, in North West England, UK

  • Old Images of Clitheroe, the UK Lancashire town with a Castle

    Old Images of Clitheroe, the UK Lancashire town with a Castle

    Glimpse history through old images of Clitheroe, in Lancashire, England.

  • Old Images of Chorley, Lancashire

    Old Images of Chorley, Lancashire

    Glimpse the past through old images of Chorley, Lancashire, in the North West of England, UK. Gracie Fields 1938 Mr Parkinson’s 12,000 employees built a factory for the government in less time than expected, so he held a big family gala with funfair rides and an appearance from Gracie Fields. The previous year, the former…

  • Old Images of Accrington, Lancashire

    Old Images of Accrington, Lancashire

    Glimpse history through old images of Accrington, in the English county of Lancashire, UK. The image of Blackburn Road at the top of this page is from a vintage postcard, dated to 1904. On 11th June the same year, General Baden-Powell came to open Accrington’s Drill Hall. Today he is best remembered for setting up…