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This is my blog about other local historic subjects with a strong biased to my local patch Rossendale (Lancashire). Memories are made of this......

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

3 Old Rawtenstall Photos to add...



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Quick Access Links to Blogs

  • 3 Old Rawtenstall Photos
  • Appleby Horse Fair.
  • Astoria Ballroom
  • Ben Barnes & Sons Ltd - Coaches
  • Ben Barnes & Sons Ltd - Haulage
  • Burnley Casino- Burnley Mechanics
  • Cloughbottom Reservoir Construction
  • East Lancs Railway - War Weekend
  • Rossendales Earliest Buses, Trams etc
  • Wesley Villa, Bacup Road.
  • Whitaker Park - Now and Then photo

Grateful Contributions..... THANK YOU

Bacup Times for Photo and Poster - Old Astoria..
to vicbfc for info on EMS at Wesley House
Joyce Whelan on info on JH Band - Old Astoria
James Heyworth & John Myerscough for great photos & info on - Old Astoria
David Haworth (Goodshawlad)for photos Old Astoria and Ben Barnes - Rawtenstall Hauliers
David Haworth (Goodshawlad) for cuttings on Ben Barnes & Sons Ltd of Rawtenstall.
David Barnes for lots of photographs and Company information on Ben Barnes & Sons Ltd.
Annette (nee Barnes) for photos and info and adverts for Ben Barnes & Sons Ltd.
Kieron Ridehalgh - for kindly supplying a copy of the Spencer Davis Group poster on the Astoria Blog, and also 11 flyers..
Peter Fisher for allowing us link to his Raw'stall collection and for supplying information on the History of Rawtenstall buses etc.. and also for supplying some bus related/family operative photos, along with Walking Day photos and Friends Meeting Hse Floods photo.. And for the old Astoria photo of when it was a garage.

My Blog List

  • I Love Arnside and Silverdale
    - In memory of Bryan John Yorke (3rd January 1948 - 28th May 2022). A hugely knowledgeable but utterly humble man. He loved this area, and enjoyed sharin...
    2 years ago
  • Haslingden Old and New...
    - This site is dedicated to the memory of it's founder Bryan Yorke. 3rd January 1948 - 28th May 2022 A Haslingden lad who created a unique sourc...
    2 years ago
  • Nature Poetry, Sketches, And the rest.
    Paradise Lost (Paradise Terrace), Haslingden - *"Paradise Lost"* One penny banger, or a three penny jump jack or pinwheel, or maybe the funds only reached a liquorice stick or bubblegum card, I'd get fr...
    5 years ago
  • Burton Swift Bird Study Group
    Burton Swifts - Thursday 1st August 2019 week..... - *Monday 26th 2019* It is very possible we did miss some late birds this year. I had 3 separate reports of birds still present in the areas between the Ma...
    5 years ago
  • Haslingden's Top O'th Slate Nature Site
    Top O'th Slate photo - Nice old photo showing the Top O'th Slate (Click over to enlarge) Kindly shared to us by Michael Mullaney
    5 years ago
  • Haslingden War Heroes
    Abbott, Thomas - Private (11129) - Pte Thomas Abbott *6th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment,* *Killed in Action,* *Died 9th August 1915* *Commemorated at the Helles Memorial.* N...
    9 years ago
  • Beejays Bits and Pieces
    Woodcroft Revisited - A 50s living history DVD - Here we have a great living history documentary about growing up in part of Rossendale in the 1950's. The DVD is really well produced by Ken Stott (remembe...
    12 years ago
  • Haslingden Grane Nature Site
    Frogspawn at Calf Hey.... - Thanks Clifford (Hargreaves) for sending in this great photo of frogspawn on Calf Hey (taken on 23rd March 2010).* Please click over photo to enlarge...* ...
    14 years ago

Links

  • Haslingden Grane Nature Site
  • Haslingden Old and New
  • Haslingden Top O'th Slate Nature Site
  • I Love Arnside & Silverdale
  • Manchester Beat in the 60s
  • Peter Fisher's Superb RAWTENSTALL collection

FEEDBACK....

Joyce Whelan (Nee Newton - 3rd February 2009)
I have just enjoyed looking at the Astoria ballroom newspaper cuttings, in particular the Jimmy Heyworth articles, ...... Thank you for printing the cuttings on your page, it has been a lovely trip down memory lane for myself and my family. Regards. Joyce Whelan (nee Newton).

James Heyworth (18th February 2009)
Dear Bryan,
I am James Heyworth son of Jimmy Heyworth and Margaret (nee Myerscough)I just wanted to send you a note to say how appreciative I am for your feature of the blog on the Astoria which I discovered on the internet.

John Myerscough (18th March 2009)
Dear bee jay,
I much appreciated your article about the Old Astoria in Rawtenstall. Keep up the good work, and I may try to add more info later.
Regards,
John Myerscough.

Dave Haworth (24th April 2009)

Hi Bryan,
Just had a look at your Ben Barnes Blog Part 2.
It is a credit too you finding out all this information and sharing it with everybody .What cracking photographs the barnes family have let you use. There is some cracking information to go with it too. The old photographs of the wagons are grand ones and are a credit too the barnes history. At least now with all the hard work you have put in people will be able too see and read about B.Barnes Transport.
Keep up the good work Bryan.
Regards.
Dave.

Paul Anderson 9th June 2009

Your blog about Barnes is really good have spoke to a few drivers who said it is very interesting, well done.
Regards Paul

Andy Clegg 2nd August 2009

Bryan, after looking at your blog of b barnes I was pleased to see my late father on the pictures as he worked there for approx 14yrs from coming from Scotland to his death in 1982, I worked there briefly after leaving school and found the article very interesting, also if you wanted anymore photos I have a few with my father and some old vehicles…

Many thanks
Andy Clegg

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