The archive is extensive and we aim to make many of these images available online.
*NOVEMBER 2024 UPDATE*
Our Other Collections section is growing, with several new collections just published and others in the pipeline. We have also inherited many images from the late Brian Hall's estate and we are working hard scanning these with the aim of adding many of them to the existing Brian Hall collection.
Did you know that you can also View our Articles to read longer articles written by our volunteers on a range of historical subjects. With Remembrance Day still in our thoughts, we would like to tell you a story. In November, 1944 a Burnley soldier, John Barker, serving with South East Asian Command, wrote to the Burnley Express, enclosing a Burma Campaign souvenir edition of the SEAC services' newspaper. He asked the Express to publish it, to remind people of the 'Forgotten Army' but we don't think this happened. In March 2020, our volunteers found his note and the newspaper, still in excellent condition, and you can read the story which has been written up as one of our Articles - A WARTIME SOUVENIR.
We are now operating without the benefit of Heritage Lottery Funding and welcome donations to enable us to continue scanning negatives and making them available on the website. Donations can be made directly to us or via JUSTGIVING.
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There are now 15,000 images on the website. Our archive rooms are now fully operational although we continue to take a cautious approach. We WELCOME NEW VOLUNTEERS and have vacancies on our Wednesday and Thursday afternoon sessions. If you can spare a couple of hours why not contact us and arrange a visit to the archive. All that is needed are some basic computer skills and an interest in local history. PENDLE AND WEST CRAVEN images can be found in the Surrounding Districts pages and we would welcome volunteers from the Pendle area to help digitise images of this area.
We have produced a short history about the project which you can download.
50 Years Ago
Linda McLoughlin, Ann Pickles, and Ann Devon are the attractive partners for Geoff Pratt in this week's Garrick production of "There's a Girl in My Soup."
The Garrick Theatre was filled on Wednesday evening, 18th December 1974, for the first performance of Terence Frisby's "There's a Girl in My Soup." The play was extremely well staged, with a superb composite set that attracted the spontaneous applause from the audience. The play is a most sophisticated one, but many people might find the sexual innuendoes and blatant flirtations embarrassing and distasteful - a naughty bit of frothy nonsense, but dreadfully shallow. But this doesn't detract from the very fine performance of a very competent cast, superbly headed by Geoff Pratt and Linda McLoughlin. There is no doubt about the thought and care that has gone into the production, and the setting was truly magnificent. The production bore the unmistakeable stamp of George Ridley.
