The archive is extensive and we aim to make many of these images available online.
*MARCH 2024 UPDATE*
Our Other Collections section is growing, with several new collections just published and others in the pipeline.
We have a new set of images entitled 'In the Paper: Clarets Fans and the Burnley Express' produced by Lancashire Archives as part of the Clarets Collective Archive in Burnley Central Library basement. Find more details from this Upcoming Events link.
We are now operating without the benefit of Heritage Lottery Funding and to help us continue would welcome donations. Please contact us for details about how to make a donation or donate online by visiting our page at JUSTGIVING
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There are now over 13,541 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 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 in the Surrounding Districts pages will also now include images from 1963 to 1970 which are scanned from negatives (in addition to those scanned from photographs). These image stories are being transcribed from Nelson Library newspaper film rolls.
We have produced a short history about the project which you can download.
50 Years Ago
The Texas touch at Cliviger.
Cliviger has got that Texas touch as workmen put the finishing touches to a massive oil rig at a site off Bacup road - but it will be some months yet before the oil men know whether or not they have struck it rich.
An exploratory borehole up to 8,000 feet deep is to be sunk and work is expected to last for four months. The drilling is being carried out by an American firm, Quintana Overseas Incorporated. A company spokesman said recently that the chances of finding oil or natural gas were not great, though the area showed some promise.
