TOWNELEY Hall is asking residents to help them commemorate the 90th anniversay of the end of the First World War by sharing items and stories of local families.
A DOUBLE family reunion took place when 75 descendants of the Thom and Dugdale families gathered from as far afield as Australia, USA, Norway, Denmark, Abu Dhabi, and all over the UK.
FORMER footballing ace Bryan Douglas will be the special guest at a talk in Brindle next week, which will look back at Blackburn Rovers in the 50s and 60s.
FORTY years ago, in April 1968, political parties in Nelson and Colne were preparing for a by-election, following the death of MP Sydney Silverman, who had served the constituency for almost 33 years.
TEN-pin bowling first came to Burnley in 1963, when film and TV star Douglas Fairbanks Junior opened the latest of his eight bowling alleys at Finsley Gate.
AN idea to name the new Freckleton Street bridge, in Blackburn, after the philanthropic Harrison family prompted one local historian to recap its achievements.
