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
Mr Albert Cheesebrough.
Physical fitness runs in the Cheesebrough family. Ask any Burnley FC fan of yesteryear if he remembers Albert and he will probably go into a eulogy of delight at the former Burnley soccer player's scintillating prowess on the field. Albert is now carving up lamb chops in his Southport butcher's shop and leaves the athletic life to one of his daughters.
But his father... that's a different story, for Mr Albert Cheesebrough senior may be pushing 66 but he hasn't got to the wheelchair stage yet. Far from it. He's one of our senior citizen pedal pushers, one of the band who still enjoy cycling - and refuse to concede anything but speed to advancing years. Mr Cheesebrough, of Barden Lane, has been cycling for almost 60 years, but had to wait until he was nearly 40 until he could afford to buy a bike.
