The archive is extensive and we aim to make many of these images available online.
*SEPTEMBER 2025 UPDATE*
There are now more than 17,553 images on the website including those on our Other Collections section. There are more images to see if you View our Articles section to read longer articles written by our volunteers on a range of historical subjects.
We have received a donation of Burco Dean archive material which has not yet been digitised for the website but you will find information about Burco Dean and a small selection of images on our Articles page.
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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BCTHIC is most thankful for the generous donations made by:
Burnley Rotary, Burnley Pendleside Rotary, Stocks Massey Bequest Fund, Celeste & Kevin (in Canada) and other donors who have contributed to our funds to enable this project to continue after our Heritage Lottery funding ceased.
All funding contributions are gratefully accepted
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 digitise images and stories about this area as we have no volunteers working on this area at the moment.
We have produced a short history about the project which you can download.
50 years Ago
Cathy is training hard for that coveted England place.
Football enthusiast Catherine O'Sullivan has come a long way since the Burnley Express first featured her soccer debut eight years ago. That was when she scored a "glorious" goal for St John's Junior School which put them on the road to a 7-2 win over Barden in their first match of the season.
Now it seems to be only a matter of time before 16-year-old Cathy plays for England. It was a strange sequence of events that brought her back to football after a few years' break. Who would have thought after a 23-0 defeat by Preston Ladies that Cathy would have offered her services to ailing Rossendale Ladies' football team? However, since she joined them in November, it appears that Cathy has made a tremendous difference to the side, playing a key role in midfield. And now she has been selected to play for the North of England in May, after only five months' playing this season. Moreover, it is from regional matches like this that the national side is selected. Playing against Cathy this season the present England Ladies' captain, Mrs Sheila Parker, said that if it wasn't this season, then next season Cathy stands a very good chance of a regular England place.
