Category: Lancashire
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Old Images of Lancashire, England
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in LancashireGlimpse history through old images of Lancashire, in North West England, UK.
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Old Images of Skelmersdale, Lancashire
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in LancashireGlimpse 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…
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Old Images of Haslingden, Lancashire
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in LancashireGlimpse 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…
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Old Images of Fleetwood, Lancashire
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in LancashireGlimpse history through old images of Fleetwood, Lancashire, in North West England, UK. Shipwreck 1935 Thee men died in the shipwreck of a Belgian Steamer, pushed ashore at Fleetwood in gales and high seas. Lots of local people came to look at the wreck lying on the shore. Fleetwood, Lancashire, Shipwreck (1935) – The Time…
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Old Images of Darwen, Lancashire
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in LancashireGlimpse history of Darwen, Lancashire, in the North West of England, UK.
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Old Images of Colne, Lancashire
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in LancashireGlimpse history through old images of Colne, Lancashire, in North West England, UK
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Old Images of Clitheroe, the UK Lancashire town with a Castle
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in LancashireGlimpse history through old images of Clitheroe, in Lancashire, England.
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Old Images of Chorley, Lancashire
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in LancashireGlimpse 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…
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Old Images of Accrington, Lancashire
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in LancashireGlimpse 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…
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Old Images of Morecambe, Lancashire
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in LancashireGlimpse history through old images of Morecambe, Lancashire, in the North West of England, UK.
