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  • [The Cotton Industry](/The Cotton Industry/Pages/default.aspx)
  • [Culture & Leisure](/Culture and Leisure/Pages/default.aspx)
  • Education
  • [Health & Welfare](/Health and Welfare/Pages/default.aspx)
  • Housing
  • How we used to live
  • [Names of Note](/Names of Note/Pages/default.aspx)
  • [Other Industry](/Other Industry/Pages/default.aspx)
  • Politics
  • [Shops & Markets](/Shops and Markets/Pages/default.aspx)
  • Transport
  • Wars
  • Resources
  • [Useful Websites](/Useful Websites/Pages/default.aspx)
  • Image Galleries

• [Blackburn Encyclopaedia](/Blackburn Encyclopaedia/Pages/Blackburn -Encyclopaedie-A-B.aspx)

  • [Blackburn Encyclopedia A-B](/Blackburn Encyclopaedia/Pages/Blackburn-Encyclopaedia-A-B.aspx)
  • [Blackburn Encyclopedia C-D](/Blackburn Encyclopaedia/Pages/Blackburn-Encyclopedia-C-D.aspx)
  • [Blackburn Encyclopedia E-H](/Blackburn Encyclopaedia/Pages/Blackburn-Encyclopedia-E-H.aspx)
  • [Blackburn Encyclopedia I-L](/Blackburn Encyclopaedia/Pages/Blackburn-Encyclopedia-I-L.aspx)
  • [Blackburn Encyclopedia M-P](/Blackburn Encyclopaedia/Pages/Blackburn-Encyclopedia-M-P.aspx)
  • [Blackburn Encyclopedia Q-U](/Blackburn Encyclopaedia/Pages/Blackburn-Encyclopedia-Q-U.aspx)
  • [Blackburn Encyclopedia V-Z](/Blackburn Encyclopaedia/Pages/Blackburn-Encyclopedia-V-Z.aspx)

• Contact

• [Culture & Leisure](/Culture and Leisure/Pages/default.aspx)

  • [Art](/Culture and Leisure/Art/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Museum](/Culture and Leisure/Art/Pages/Museum.aspx)
    * [Vladimir Sherwood Painting](/Culture and Leisure/Art/Pages/Vladimir-Sherwood-Painting.aspx)
    * [A-D](/Culture and Leisure/Art/Pages/A-D.aspx)
    * [E-H](/Culture and Leisure/Art/Pages/E-H.aspx)
    * [I-L](/Culture and Leisure/Art/Pages/I-L.aspx)
    * [M-P](/Culture and Leisure/Art/Pages/M-P.aspx)
    * [R-Z](/Culture and Leisure/Art/Pages/R-Z.aspx)
    * [Local Artists](/Culture and Leisure/Art/Pages/Local-Artists.aspx)
  • [Buildings](/Culture and Leisure/Buildings/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Towers Above All](/Culture and Leisure/Buildings/Pages/Towers-Above-All.aspx)
    * [The Cathedral](/Culture and Leisure/Buildings/Pages/The-Cathedral.aspx)
    * [Famous landmarks](/Culture and Leisure/Buildings/Pages/Famous-landmarks.aspx)
    * [Buildings of Note](/Culture and Leisure/Buildings/Pages/Buildings-of-Note.aspx)
    * [Architectural Flourishes](/Culture and Leisure/Buildings/Pages/Architectural-Flourishes.aspx)
    * [Farms](/Culture and Leisure/Buildings/Pages/Farms.aspx)
    * [Foundings Fathers](/Culture and Leisure/Buildings/Pages/Foundings-Fathers.aspx)
    * [A Heritage in Stone](/Culture and Leisure/Buildings/Pages/A-Heritage-in-Stone.aspx)
    * [India Mill](/Culture and Leisure/Buildings/Pages/India-Mill.aspx)
    * [Built to Last](/Culture and Leisure/Buildings/Pages/Built-to-Last.aspx)
    * [Public Houses](/Culture and Leisure/Buildings/Pages/Public-Houses.aspx)
    * [Places of Worship](/Culture and Leisure/Buildings/Pages/Places-of-Worship.aspx)
    * [A Vanished Community](/Culture and Leisure/Buildings/Pages/A-Vanished-Community.aspx)
  • [Film](/Culture and Leisure/Film/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Mitchell & Kenyon](/Culture and Leisure/Film/Pages/Mitchell-and-Kenyon.aspx)
  • [Leisure](/Culture and Leisure/Leisure/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Leisure Pursuits](/Culture and Leisure/Leisure/Pages/Leisure-Pursuits.aspx)
    * [Fairs & Wakes](/Culture and Leisure/Leisure/Pages/Fairs-and-Wakes.aspx)
    * [Open Spaces](/Culture and Leisure/Leisure/Pages/Open-Spaces.aspx)
    * [Corporation Park](/Culture and Leisure/Leisure/Pages/Corporation-Park.aspx)
    * [THE HISTORY OF BLACKBURN UNION CLUB](/Culture and Leisure/Leisure/Pages/THE-HISTORY-OF-BLACKBURN-UNION-CLUB.aspx)
    * [Queens Park](/Culture and Leisure/Leisure/Pages/Queens-Park.aspx)
    * [Other parks](/Culture and Leisure/Leisure/Pages/Other-parks.aspx)
  • [Libraries](/Culture and Leisure/Libraries/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Blackburn Library](/Culture and Leisure/Libraries/Pages/Blackburn-Library.aspx)
    * [Librarians](/Culture and Leisure/Libraries/Pages/Librarians.aspx)
    * [Darwen Library](/Culture and Leisure/Libraries/Pages/Darwen-Library.aspx)
  • [Literature](/Culture and Leisure/Literature/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Dialect](/Culture and Leisure/Literature/Pages/Dialect.aspx)
    * [Dorothy Whipple](/Culture and Leisure/Literature/Pages/Dorothy-Whipple.aspx)
    * [Marie Joseph](/Culture and Leisure/Literature/Pages/Marie-Joseph.aspx)
    * [Jessica Lofthouse](/Culture and Leisure/Literature/Pages/Jessica-Lofthouse.aspx)
    * [Ethel Carnie](/Culture and Leisure/Literature/Pages/Ethel-Carnie.aspx)
    * [William Woodruff](/Culture and Leisure/Literature/Pages/William-Woodruff.aspx)
    * [Poets](/Culture and Leisure/Literature/Pages/Poets.aspx)
    * [J.G. Ballard](/Culture and Leisure/Literature/Pages/J.G.-Ballard.aspx)
    * [Ian Thomson](/Culture and Leisure/Literature/Pages/Ian-Thomson.aspx)
    * [Charles Dickens (link to Blackburn and Hoghton tower)](/Culture and Leisure/Literature/Pages/Charles-Dickens-%28link-to-Blackburn-and-Hoghton-tower%29.aspx)
  • [Museum](/Culture and Leisure/Museum/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Museum Treasures](/Culture and Leisure/Museum/Pages/Museum-Treasures.aspx)
  • [Music](/Culture and Leisure/Music/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Four Pennies](/Culture and Leisure/Music/Pages/Four-Pennies.aspx)
    * [William Wolstenholme](/Culture and Leisure/Music/Pages/William-Wolstenholme.aspx)
    * [Barry Gray](/Culture and Leisure/Music/Pages/Barry-Gray.aspx)
    * [Paganini](/Culture and Leisure/Music/Pages/Paganini.aspx)
    * [Harry Crellin](/Culture and Leisure/Music/Pages/Harry-Crellin.aspx)
    * [Paul Robeson](/Culture and Leisure/Music/Pages/Paul-Robeson.aspx)
    * [Acid House](/Culture and Leisure/Music/Pages/Acid-House.aspx)
    * [Betty Blackburn](/Culture and Leisure/Music/Pages/Betty-Blackburn.aspx)
    * [Wilfred Worden](/Culture and Leisure/Music/Pages/Wilfred-Worden.aspx)
    * [pop stars born in Blackburn](/Culture and Leisure/Music/Pages/pop-stars-born-in-Blackburn.aspx)
  • [Sport](/Culture and Leisure/Sport/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Cricket](/Culture and Leisure/Sport/Pages/Cricket.aspx)
    * [Blackburn Rovers](/Culture and Leisure/Sport/Pages/Blackburn-Rovers.aspx)
    * [Football](/Culture and Leisure/Sport/Pages/Football.aspx)
    * [Football Players](/Culture and Leisure/Sport/Pages/Football-Players.aspx)
    * [Golf](/Culture and Leisure/Sport/Pages/Golf.aspx)
    * [Bowling](/Culture and Leisure/Sport/Pages/Bowling.aspx)
    * [Cycling](/Culture and Leisure/Sport/Pages/Cycling.aspx)
    * [Boxing](/Culture and Leisure/Sport/Pages/Boxing.aspx)
    * [Curling](/Culture and Leisure/Sport/Pages/Curling.aspx)
    * [Horse Racing](/Culture and Leisure/Sport/Pages/Horse-Racing.aspx)
    * [Jack Higgins](/Culture and Leisure/Sport/Pages/Jack-Higgins.aspx)
    * [Weightlifting Club](/Culture and Leisure/Sport/Pages/Weightlifting-Club.aspx)
    * [East Lancs Cricket Club](/Culture and Leisure/Sport/Pages/East-Lancs-Cricket-Club.aspx)
    * [Swimming](/Culture and Leisure/Sport/Pages/Swimming.aspx)
    * [Memories of Sunday School League Cricket](/Culture and Leisure/Sport/Pages/Memories-of-Sunday-School-League-Cricket.aspx)
    * [Blackburn Rovers Players 1880s to 1990s](/Culture and Leisure/Sport/Pages/Blackburn-Rovers-Players-1880s-to-1990s.aspx)
  • [The Seasons](/Culture and Leisure/The Seasons/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Winter](/Culture and Leisure/The Seasons/Pages/Winter.aspx)
    * [Spring](/Culture and Leisure/The Seasons/Pages/Spring.aspx)
  • [Theatre](/Culture and Leisure/Theatre/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Albert Whelan](/Culture and Leisure/Theatre/Pages/Albert-Whelan.aspx)
    * [Eric Sykes](/Culture and Leisure/Theatre/Pages/Eric-Sykes.aspx)
    * [Houdini](/Culture and Leisure/Theatre/Pages/Houdini.aspx)
    * [Michael Billington](/Culture and Leisure/Theatre/Pages/Michael-Billington.aspx)
    * [Sir Norman Wisdom](/Culture and Leisure/Theatre/Pages/Sir-Norman-Wisdom.aspx)
    * [Stan Laurel](/Culture and Leisure/Theatre/Pages/Stan-Laurel.aspx)
    * [The Show Must Go On](/Culture and Leisure/Theatre/Pages/The-Show-Must-Go-On.aspx)
    * [The Wild West Comes to Blackburn](/Culture and Leisure/Theatre/Pages/The-Wild-West-Comes-to-Blackburn.aspx)

• Education

  • [19th Century Schools](/Education/19th Century Schools/Pages/default.aspx)
  • [20th Century Schools](/Education/20th Century Schools/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Personal Experiences](/Education/20th Century Schools/Pages/Personal-Experiences.aspx)
  • Blackburn Girls High School
  • Schools and Colleges
  • Blackburn Girls High School
  • Former Pupils
  • Schools and Colleges

• [Health & Welfare](/Health and Welfare/Pages/default.aspx)

  • [Efforts at Reform](/Health and Welfare/Efforts at Reform/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Temperance Movement](/Health and Welfare/Efforts at Reform/Pages/Temperance-Movement.aspx)
    * [Encounters with alcoholism in a Blackburn family](/Health and Welfare/Efforts at Reform/Pages/Encounters-with-alcoholism-in-a-Blackburn-family.aspx)
  • [How we used to live](/Health and Welfare/How we used to live/Pages/default.aspx)
  • [Institutions](/Health and Welfare/Institutions/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Hospitals](/Health and Welfare/Institutions/Pages/Hospitals.aspx)
    * [Workhouses](/Health and Welfare/Institutions/Pages/Workhouses.aspx)
  • [Social Conditions](/Health and Welfare/Social Conditions/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Blackburn's elite by Alan Crosby](/Health and Welfare/Social Conditions/Pages/Blackburn's-elite-by-Alan-Crosby.aspx)
  • [Working Conditions](/Health and Welfare/Working Conditions/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Tough Times](/Health and Welfare/Working Conditions/Pages/Tough-Times.aspx)
    * [Living conditions](/Health and Welfare/Working Conditions/Pages/Living-conditions.aspx)
    * [Conditions Improve](/Health and Welfare/Working Conditions/Pages/Conditions-Improve.aspx)
    * [The Hungry Forties](/Health and Welfare/Working Conditions/Pages/The-Hungry-Forties.aspx)
  • [Employment](/Health and Welfare/Pages/Employment.aspx)
  • [Hospital & Health](/Health and Welfare/Pages/Hospital-and-Health.aspx)
  • [Law & Order](/Health and Welfare/Pages/Law-and-Order.aspx)
  • [Fire Service](/Health and Welfare/Pages/Fire-Service.aspx)
  • [Murder on the Heath](/Health and Welfare/Pages/Murder on the Heath.aspx)
  • [How the Blackburn poor Live](/Health and Welfare/Pages/How-the-Blackburn-poor-Live.aspx)
  • [The Blackburn Destructor](/Health and Welfare/Pages/The-Blackburn-Destructor.aspx)
  • [Witness Statements](/Health and Welfare/Pages/Witness-Statements.aspx)
  • [PC 23 Charles Whitehead](/Health and Welfare/Pages/PC-23-Charles-Whitehead.aspx)
  • [The Revidge Tank](/Health and Welfare/Pages/The-Revidge-Tank.aspx)
  • [Rubbish Disposal in 19th Cent. Blackburn](/Health and Welfare/Pages/Rubbish-Disposal-in-19th-Cent.-Blackburn.aspx)
  • [Alms Houses](/Health and Welfare/Pages/Alms-Houses.aspx)

• Housing

  • [Health & Welfare](/Housing/Health and Welfare/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Thesis by Andrew Taylor](/Housing/Health and Welfare/Pages/Thesis-by-Andrew-Taylor.aspx)
  • [Parish histories](/Housing/Parish histories/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Lower Darwen, A History by Gerald Schofield](/Housing/Parish histories/Pages/A-History-by-Gerald-Schofield.aspx)
    * [Witton Eyes Days gone Bye](/Housing/Parish histories/Pages/Witton-Eyes-Days-gone-Bye.aspx)
    * [Audley-A Landscape That Reinvents Itself ](/Housing/Parish histories/Pages/Audley-A-Landscape-That-Reinvents-Itself.aspx)
    * [Mill Hill The Area where I Grow up](/Housing/Parish histories/Pages/Mill-Hill-The-Area-where-I-Grow-up.aspx)
    * [Salesbury Area, A History.](/Housing/Parish histories/Pages/SALESBURY-AREA,-A-HISTORY-.aspx)
    * [History of Wilpshire Area](/Housing/Parish histories/Pages/History-of-Wilpshire-Area.aspx)
    * [Beardwood and Billinge Area](/Housing/Parish histories/Pages/Beardwood and Billinge Area.aspx)
    * [History of Cherry Tree and Feniscliffe ](/Housing/Parish histories/Pages/History-of-Cherry-Tree-and-Feniscliffe-.aspx)
    * [Ewood and Fernhurst](/Housing/Parish histories/Pages/Ewood-and-Fernhurst.aspx)
    * [LAMMACK AND PLECKGATE ](/Housing/Parish histories/Pages/LAMMACK-AND-PLECKGATE-.aspx)
    * [Wensley Fold Area in Blackburn](/Housing/Parish histories/Pages/Wensley-Fold-Area-in-Blackburn.aspx)
    * [History of Shire Brow](/Housing/Parish histories/Pages/History-of-Shire-Brow.aspx)
    * [History of Whitebirk and Intack](/Housing/Parish histories/Pages/History-of-Whitebirk-and-Intack.aspx)
  • Living Spaces
  • Houses of Gentry
  • Darwen Street shops of Yesteryear
  • Church Street Blackburn’s Premier Street
  • Manors, Halls and Large Houses
  • Woodfold Hall Sales Catalogue

• How we used to live

  • [20th Century](/howweusedtolive/20th Century/Pages/default.aspx)
  • [Down Memory Lane](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [A - E](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/A-E.aspx)
    * [F - J](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/F-J.aspx)
    * [K - O](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/K-O.aspx)
    * [P - T](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/P-T.aspx)
    * [U - Z](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/U-Z.aspx)
    * [Jack Bury](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/Jack-Bury.aspx)
    * [Hundred Years Ago](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/Hundred-Years-Ago.aspx)
    * [Inspector Pattison](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/Inspector-Pattison.aspx)
    * [Abram's Articles](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/Abrams-Articles.aspx)
    * [Darwen's Flood](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/Darwens-Flood.aspx)
    * [Reminiscences](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/Reminiscences.aspx)
    * [Elizabeth Whitehouse](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/Elizabeth-Whitehouse.aspx)
    * [Healds Blackburn](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/Healds-Blackburn.aspx)
    * [Hilda Graham Remembers](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/Hilda-Graham-Remembers.aspx)
    * [May Kenyon's Memories](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/May-Kenyons-Memories.aspx)
    * [Joseph Fielding](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/Joseph-Fielding.aspx)
    * [Life in a lancashire Cotton Town](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/Life-in-a-lancashire-Cotton-Town.aspx)
    * [All Our Yesterdays](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/All-Our-Yesterdays.aspx)
    * [Remember When](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/Remember-When.aspx)
    * [Before I Go Upstairs By Sheila Brennan](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/Before-I-Go-Upstairs-By-Sheila-Brennan.aspx)
    * [Hundred Years Ago 1914](/howweusedtolive/Down Memory Lane/Pages/Hundred-Years-Ago-1914.aspx)

• Image Galleries

  • Library
  • The Talbot Collection
  • The Shaw Collection
  • Military collection 1

• [Names of Note](/Names of Note/Pages/default.aspx)

  • [Captains of Industry](/Names of Note/Captains of Industry/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Eccles Shorrock](/Names of Note/Captains of Industry/Pages/Eccles-Shorrock.aspx)
    * [Frank Brian Mercer](/Names of Note/Captains of Industry/Pages/Frank-Brian-Mercer.aspx)
    * [Boyle James](/Names of Note/Captains of Industry/Pages/Boyle-James.aspx)
    * [The Holden Family Cotton Manufacturers](/Names of Note/Captains of Industry/Pages/The-Holden-Family-Cotton-Manufacturers.aspx)
  • [Celebrities](/Names of Note/Celebrities/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Russell Harty](/Names of Note/Celebrities/Pages/Russell-Harty.aspx)
  • [Cemetery Walk](/Names of Note/Cemetery Walk/Pages/default.aspx)
  • [Characters](/Names of Note/characters/Pages/default.aspx)
  • [Explorers](/Names of Note/Explorers/Pages/default.aspx)
  • [Notorious Names](/Names of Note/Notorious Names/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Vampires](/Names of Note/Notorious Names/Pages/Vampires.aspx)
  • [Notable Names of Blackburn and Darwen](/Names of Note/Pages/Notable-Names-of-Blackburn-and-Darwen.aspx)
  • [Founding Fathers](/Names of Note/Pages/Founding-Fathers.aspx)
  • [Rev. Dr. Robert West Pearson](/Names of Note/Pages/Rev.-Dr.-Robert-West-Pearson.aspx)
  • [Henry Ainsworth](/Names of Note/Pages/Henry-Ainsworth.aspx)

• [Other Industry](/Other Industry/Pages/default.aspx)

  • [Brewing](/Other Industry/Brewing/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Brewing industry An Introduction](/Other Industry/Brewing/Pages/Brewing-industry-An-Introduction.aspx)
    * [The Thwaites Family By Gordon Hartley](/Other Industry/Brewing/Pages/The-Thwaites-Family-By-Gordon-Hartley.aspx)
    * [The Dutton Family By Gordon Hartley](/Other Industry/Brewing/Pages/The-Dutton-Family-By-Gordon-Hartley.aspx)
  • [Coal Mining](/Other Industry/Coal Mining/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Coal Mining in the area](/Other Industry/Coal Mining/Pages/Coal-Mining-in-the-area.aspx)
    * [Rishton Colliery](/Other Industry/Coal Mining/Pages/Rishton-Colliery.aspx)
  • [Diversification](/Other Industry/Diversification/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [New Industries](/Other Industry/Diversification/Pages/New-Industries.aspx)
  • [Paper and Chemical](/Other Industry/Pages/Paper-and-Chemical.aspx)
  • [Engineering and Electronics](/Other Industry/Pages/Engineering-and-Electronics.aspx)
  • [Corn Milling Blackburn and Darwen](/Other Industry/Pages/Corn-Milling-Blackburn-and-Darwen.aspx)
  • [Brick Making in Blackburn and Darwen](/Other Industry/Pages/Brick-Making-in-Blackburn-and-Darwen.aspx)
  • [Retail Trade](/Other Industry/Pages/Retail-Trade.aspx)
  • [Walpamur (Crown Paints)](/Other Industry/Pages/Walpamur-%28Crown-Paints%29.aspx)
  • [Rope Making](/Other Industry/Pages/Rope-Making.aspx)

• Politics

  • [Blackburn Members of Parliament](/Politics/Blackburn Members of Parliament/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Philip Snowden 1864-1937 ](/Politics/Blackburn Members of Parliament/Pages/Philip-Snowden-1864-1937.aspx)
    * [Barbara Castle](/Politics/Blackburn Members of Parliament/Pages/Barbara-Castle.aspx)
    * [David Shackleton](/Politics/Blackburn Members of Parliament/Pages/David-Shackleton.aspx)
    * [William Feilding](/Politics/Blackburn Members of Parliament/Pages/William-Feilding.aspx)
    * [Mary Agnes Hamilton](/Politics/Blackburn Members of Parliament/Pages/Mary-Agnes-Hamilton.aspx)
    * [James Pikington ](/Politics/Blackburn Members of Parliament/Pages/James-Pikington-.aspx)
    * [William Turner](/Politics/Blackburn Members of Parliament/Pages/William-Turner.aspx)
  • [Contemporary Account](/Politics/Contemporary Account/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Tiplady's Blackburn](/Politics/Contemporary Account/Pages/Tiplady's Blackburn.aspx)
    * [The Diary of Charles Tiplady](/Politics/Contemporary Account/Pages/The-Diary-of-Charles-Tiplady.aspx)
    * [Tiplady Memorabilia](/Politics/Contemporary Account/Pages/Tiplady-Memorabilia.aspx)
    * [Diary of Charles Tiplady 1839-1849](/Politics/Contemporary Account/Pages/Diary of Charles Tiplady 1839-1849.aspx)
    * [Diary of Charles Tiplady 1850 -1859](/Politics/Contemporary Account/Pages/Diary-of-Charles-Tiplady-1850--1859.aspx)
    * [Diary of Charles Tiplady 1860 -1869](/Politics/Contemporary Account/Pages/Diary-of-Charles-Tiplady-1860--1869.aspx)
    * [Diary of Charles Tiplady 1870 - 1873](/Politics/Contemporary Account/Pages/Diary-of-Charles-Tiplady-1870---1873.aspx)
  • Mayors
    * Mid 19th Century
    * Late 19th Century
    * 20th Century
    * 21st Century
    * List of Mayors for Blackburn and Darwen
    * 20th Century 1950-1970
    * Mayors 1970-2000
    * Darwen Mayors
  • Voting
    * Influence and Incorporation
    * Voters Lists
    * Mayoral Insignia
  • Charters
  • Political Figures
  • Women's Suffrage
  • Trade Unions
  • Women at Peterloo

• Resources

  • Directories
    * 1814 Directory
    * 1818 Directory
    * 1848 Directory
    * 1854 Directory
    * Blackburn Parochial Street Directory
  • Glossary
    * Textile Terms
  • Aud​io Visual Resources​
  • Bibliographies
  • Contact Us

• [Shops & Markets](/Shops and Markets/Pages/default.aspx)

  • [Grocers](/Shops and Markets/Grocers/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Sellers](/Shops and Markets/Grocers/Pages/Sellers.aspx)
  • [Markets](/Shops and Markets/Pages/Markets.aspx)
  • [Blackburn Co-op Emporium](/Shops and Markets/Pages/Blackburn-Co-op-Emporium.aspx)
  • [Clothing Departments](/Shops and Markets/Pages/Clothing-Departments.aspx)
  • [Other Departments](/Shops and Markets/Pages/Other-Departments.aspx)
  • [Blackburns Market Cross](/Shops and Markets/Pages/Blackburns-Market-Cross.aspx)
  • [Thwaites Arcade](/Shops and Markets/Pages/Thwaites-Arcade.aspx)

• [The Cotton Industry](/The Cotton Industry/Pages/default.aspx)

  • [19th Century](/The Cotton Industry/19th Century/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Personal Experiences](/The Cotton Industry/19th Century/Pages/Personal-Experiences.aspx)
  • [20th Century](/The Cotton Industry/20th Century/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Life in the Mill](/The Cotton Industry/20th Century/Pages/Life-in-the-Mill.aspx)
  • [Ancillary Trades](/The Cotton Industry/Ancillary Trades/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Support Industries](/The Cotton Industry/Ancillary Trades/Pages/Support-Industries.aspx)
  • [Cotton Famine](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Famine/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Hard Times By Gerald Schofield](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Famine/Pages/Hard-Times-By-Gerald-Schofield.aspx)
    * [The Cotton Famine](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Famine/Pages/The-Cotton-Famine.aspx)
    * [George Burnett's Diary 1862-1863](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Famine/Pages/George-Burnett's-Diary-1862-1863.aspx)
  • [Cotton Industry 18th to 20th Century](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Industry 18th to 20th Century/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [A History of E and G Hindle](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Industry 18th to 20th Century/Pages/A-History-of-E-and-G-Hindle.aspx)
    * [After the Cotton Famine](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Industry 18th to 20th Century/Pages/After-the-Cotton-Famine.aspx)
    * [Depression in the industry](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Industry 18th to 20th Century/Pages/Depression-in-the-industry.aspx)
    * [Improvements in the industry](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Industry 18th to 20th Century/Pages/Improvements-in-the-industry.aspx)
    * [Cotton industry in the Wars](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Industry 18th to 20th Century/Pages/Cotton-industry-in-the-Wars.aspx)
    * [India Mill](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Industry 18th to 20th Century/Pages/India-Mill.aspx)
    * [The rise of the middle class](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Industry 18th to 20th Century/Pages/The-rise-of-the-middle-class.aspx)
    * [Cotton riots 1878](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Industry 18th to 20th Century/Pages/Cotton-riots-1878.aspx)
    * [Roe Lee Mill Royal visit](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Industry 18th to 20th Century/Pages/Roe-Lee-Mill-Royal-visit.aspx)
  • [Cotton Industry Decline](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Industry Decline/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [End of an Era](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Industry Decline/Pages/End-of-an-Era.aspx)
  • [Cotton Industry in Britain](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Industry in Britain/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Cotton Industry in Britain](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Industry in Britain/Pages/Cotton-Industry-in-Britain.aspx)
    * [Mahatma Gandhi](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Industry in Britain/Pages/Mahatma-Gandhi.aspx)
    * [Mechanisation of the Mills](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Industry in Britain/Pages/Mechanisation-of-the-Mills.aspx)
    * [Crisis in the Industry](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Industry in Britain/Pages/Crisis-in-the-Industry.aspx)
  • [Cotton Mills](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Mills/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Knuzden Brook Mill](/The Cotton Industry/Cotton Mills/Pages/Knuzden Brook Mill.aspx)
  • [Immigration](/The Cotton Industry/Immigration/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Labour Shortage](/The Cotton Industry/Immigration/Pages/Labour-Shortage.aspx)
  • [Mechanisation of the Mills](/The Cotton Industry/Mechanisation of the Mills/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Social Unrest](/The Cotton Industry/Mechanisation of the Mills/Pages/Social-Unrest.aspx)
    * [Textile Machinery](/The Cotton Industry/Mechanisation of the Mills/Pages/Textile-Machinery.aspx)
    * [Steam Powered Mills](/The Cotton Industry/Mechanisation of the Mills/Pages/Steam-Powered-Mills.aspx)
    * [Factory System](/The Cotton Industry/Mechanisation of the Mills/Pages/Factory-System.aspx)
    * [Expansion of the industry](/The Cotton Industry/Mechanisation of the Mills/Pages/Expansion-of-the-industry.aspx)
  • [The Handloom Era](/The Cotton Industry/The Handloom Era/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Handloom Weavers Cottages Blackburn](/The Cotton Industry/The Handloom Era/Pages/Handloom-Weavers-Cottages-Blackburn.aspx)
    * [Handloom Weavers Cottages Darwen](/The Cotton Industry/The Handloom Era/Pages/Handloom-Weavers-Cottages-Darwen.aspx)
    * [Handloom Weavers Cottages Other](/The Cotton Industry/The Handloom Era/Pages/Handloom-Weavers-Cottages-Other.aspx)
    * [The Handloom Era-Domestic Textile Production](/The Cotton Industry/The Handloom Era/Pages/The-Handloom-Era-Domestic-Textile-Production.aspx)
    * [The Handloom Era](/The Cotton Industry/The Handloom Era/Pages/The-Handloom-Era.aspx)
    * [Darwen's Last Hand-Loom Weaver](/The Cotton Industry/The Handloom Era/Pages/Darwen's-Last-Hand-Loom-Weaver.aspx)
  • [19th Century](/The Cotton Industry/Pages/19th-Century.aspx)
  • [20th Century](/The Cotton Industry/Pages/20th-Century.aspx)
  • [Ancillary Trades](/The Cotton Industry/Pages/Ancillary-Trades.aspx)
  • [Cotton Famine](/The Cotton Industry/Pages/Cotton-Famine.aspx)
  • [Cotton Industry 18th to 20th Century](/The Cotton Industry/Pages/Cotton-Industry-18th-to-20th-Century.aspx)
  • [Cotton Industry Decline](/The Cotton Industry/Pages/Cotton-Industry-Decline.aspx)
  • [Cotton Industry in Britain](/The Cotton Industry/Pages/Cotton-Industry-in-Britain.aspx)
  • [Cotton Mills](/The Cotton Industry/Pages/Cotton-Mills.aspx)
  • [Crisis in the Industry](/The Cotton Industry/Pages/Crisis-in-the-Industry.aspx)
  • [Decline](/The Cotton Industry/Pages/Decline.aspx)

• Transport

  • Trams
    * Blackburn to Accrington
    * Next Stop Accrington
    * Accrington Route
    * Blackburn to Darwen
    * All Aboard for the Circus
    * Destination Darwen
    * The Darwen Route
    * Tickets please for Darwen
    * Darwen Next Stop
    * Development of Trams
    * Electrification
    * Closures
    * Accidents
    * Blackburn Tramway Memories
  • Canals
  • Packhorse
  • Road
  • Rail

• [Useful Websites](/Useful Websites/Pages/default.aspx)

• Wars

  • Darwen
  • Boer War
    * James Pitts, V.C.
  • Pre Boer War Conflicts
    * Crimea
    * Charge of the Light Brigade
    * Peninsular War
  • [Roll of Honour](/Wars/Roll of Honour/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [World War 1](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 1/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Blackburn](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 1/Pages/Blackburn.aspx)
    * [Darwen](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 1/Pages/Darwen.aspx)
    * [Digital Roll of Honour](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 1/Pages/Digital-Roll-of-Honour.aspx)
    * [Letter A](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 1/Pages/Letter-A.aspx)
    * [Letter B](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 1/Pages/Letter-B.aspx)
    * [Letter C](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 1/Pages/Letter-C.aspx)
    * [Letter D](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 1/Pages/Letter-D.aspx)
    * [Letter E](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 1/Pages/Letter-E.aspx)
    * [Letter F](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 1/Pages/Letter-F.aspx)
    * [Leter G](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 1/Pages/Letter-G.aspx)
    * [Letter H](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 1/Pages/Letter-H.aspx)
    * [Letter I,J,K](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 1/Pages/Letter-I,J,K.aspx)
    * [Letter L](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 1/Pages/Letter-L.aspx)
    * [Letter M](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 1/Pages/Letter-M.aspx)
    * [Letter N,O](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 1/Pages/Letter-N,O.aspx)
    * [Letter P,Q](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 1/Pages/Letter-P,Q.aspx)
    * [Letter R](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 1/Pages/Letter-R.aspx)
    * [Letter S](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 1/Pages/Letter-S.aspx)
    * [Letter T](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 1/Pages/Letter-T.aspx)
    * [Letters V,W,Y](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 1/Pages/Letters-V,W,Y.aspx)
    * [World War 2](/Wars/Roll of Honour/World War 2/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [RH WW2 A to Z](/Wars/Roll of Honour/Pages/RH-WW2-A-to-Z.aspx)
    * [Letter A](/Wars/Roll of Honour/Pages/Letter-A.aspx)
    * [Letter B](/Wars/Roll of Honour/Pages/Letter-B.aspx)
    * [Letter C](/Wars/Roll of Honour/Pages/Letter-C.aspx)
    * [Letter D](/Wars/Roll of Honour/Pages/Letter-D.aspx)
    * [Letter E](/Wars/Roll of Honour/Pages/Letter-E.aspx)
    * [Letter F](/Wars/Roll of Honour/Pages/Letter-F.aspx)
    * [Letter G](/Wars/Roll of Honour/Pages/Letter-G.aspx)
    * [Letter H](/Wars/Roll of Honour/Pages/Letter-H.aspx)
    * [Letter I,J,K](/Wars/Roll of Honour/Pages/Letter-I,J,K.aspx)
    * [Letter M](/Wars/Roll of Honour/Pages/Letter-M.aspx)
    * [Letter L](/Wars/Roll of Honour/Pages/Letter-L.aspx)
    * [Letter N,O](/Wars/Roll of Honour/Pages/Letter-N,O.aspx)
    * [Letter P](/Wars/Roll of Honour/Pages/Letter-P.aspx)
    * [Letter R](/Wars/Roll of Honour/Pages/Letter-R.aspx)
    * [Letter S](/Wars/Roll of Honour/Pages/Letter-S.aspx)
    * [Letter T](/Wars/Roll of Honour/Pages/Letter-T.aspx)
    * [Letter V,W,Y](/Wars/Roll of Honour/Pages/Letter-V,W,Y.aspx)
  • [War Graves (All Wars)](/Wars/War Graves/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Blackburn Cemetery](/Wars/War Graves/Blackburn Cemetery/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [East Lancs Reg A - E](/Wars/War Graves/Blackburn Cemetery/Pages/East-Lancs-Reg A-E.aspx)
    * [East Lancs Reg F - L](/Wars/War Graves/Blackburn Cemetery/Pages/East-Lancs-Reg F-L.aspx)
    * [East Lancs Reg M - S](/Wars/War Graves/Blackburn Cemetery/Pages/East-Lancs-Reg M-S.aspx)
    * [East Lancs Reg T - W](/Wars/War Graves/Blackburn Cemetery/Pages/East-Lancs-Reg T-W.aspx)
    * [RAF Graves](/Wars/War Graves/Blackburn Cemetery/Pages/RAF-Graves.aspx)
    * [RAF Graves A - H](/Wars/War Graves/Blackburn Cemetery/Pages/RAF-Graves-A-H.aspx)
    * [RAF Graves J - W](/Wars/War Graves/Blackburn Cemetery/Pages/RAF-Graves-J-W.aspx)
    * [Darwen Cemetery](/Wars/War Graves/Darwen Cemetery/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Lower Darwen](/Wars/War Graves/Lower Darwen/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Other Burial Grounds in Blackburn & Darwen](/Wars/War Graves/Other Burial Grounds in Blackburn and Darwen/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Tockholes](/Wars/War Graves/Tockholes/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [East Lancs A - E](/Wars/War Graves/Pages/East-Lancs-A-E.aspx)
    * [East Lancs F - L](/Wars/War Graves/Pages/East-Lancs-F-L.aspx)
    * [East Lancs M - S](/Wars/War Graves/Pages/East-Lancs-M-S.aspx)
    * [East Lancs T - W](/Wars/War Graves/Pages/East-Lancs-T-W.aspx)
    * [RAF Graves](/Wars/War Graves/Pages/RAF-Graves.aspx)
    * [RAF Graves A - H](/Wars/War Graves/Pages/RAF-Graves-A-H.aspx)
    * [RAF Graves J - W](/Wars/War Graves/Pages/RAF-Graves-J-W.aspx)
  • [War Memorials (All Wars)](/Wars/War Memorials-All Wars/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [War Memorials](/Wars/War Memorials-All Wars/Pages/War-Memorials.aspx)
    * [C of E Memorials](/Wars/War Memorials-All Wars/Pages/C-of-E-Memorials.aspx)
    * [Non-Conformist Memorials](/Wars/War Memorials-All Wars/Pages/Non-Conformist-Memorials.aspx)
    * [Catholic Memorials](/Wars/War Memorials-All Wars/Pages/Catholic-Memorials.aspx)
    * [School Memorials](/Wars/War Memorials-All Wars/Pages/School-Memorials.aspx)
    * [Workplace Memorials](/Wars/War Memorials-All Wars/Pages/Workplace-Memorials.aspx)
    * [Audley Range Congregational Church](/Wars/War Memorials-All Wars/Pages/Audley-Range-Congregational-Church.aspx)
    * [Darwen Clubs Memorials](/Wars/War Memorials-All Wars/Pages/Darwen-Clubs-Memorials.aspx)
  • [World War 1](/Wars/World War 1/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [1914](/Wars/World War 1/1914/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [1915](/Wars/World War 1/1915/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [1916](/Wars/World War 1/1916/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [1917](/Wars/World War 1/1917/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [1918 & Armistice](/Wars/World War 1/1918 and Armistice/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Casulties & Recollections of Sun](/Wars/World War 1/Casulties and Recollections of Sun/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Remembrance The Story of my Granddad An Involuntary Hero](/Wars/World War 1/Casulties and Recollections of Sun/Pages/Remembrance-The-Story-of-my-Granddad-An-Involuntary-Hero.aspx)
    * [Conscientious Objectors](/Wars/World War 1/Conscientious Objectors/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Diaries](/Wars/World War 1/Diaries/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Families at War](/Wars/World War 1/Families at War/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Home Front WW1](/Wars/World War 1/Home Front WW1/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Local Heroes WW1](/Wars/World War 1/Local Heroes WW1/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Militaria (Badges, Medals, Equipment)](/Wars/World War 1/Militaria/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Naval Battles](/Wars/World War 1/Naval Battles/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Peronne & Maricourt](/Wars/World War 1/Peronne and Maricourt/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Prisoners of War](/Wars/World War 1/Prisoners of War/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Regiments WW1](/Wars/World War 1/Regiments WW1/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Reveille](/Wars/World War 1/Reveille/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Reveille](/Wars/World War 1/Reveille/Pages/Reveille.aspx)
    * [A to F](/Wars/World War 1/Reveille/Pages/A to F.aspx)
    * [Darwen](/Wars/World War 1/Reveille/Pages/Darwen.aspx)
    * [G to L](/Wars/World War 1/Reveille/Pages/G to L.aspx)
    * [M to R](/Wars/World War 1/Reveille/Pages/M-to-R.aspx)
    * [M to Z](/Wars/World War 1/Reveille/Pages/M-to-Z.aspx)
    * [S to Z](/Wars/World War 1/Reveille/Pages/S-to-Z.aspx)
    * [Websites (WW1)](/Wars/World War 1/WebsitesWW1/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Diaries](/Wars/World War 1/Pages/Diaries.aspx)
    * [War Memoirs by George C. Miller](/Wars/World War 1/Pages/War-Memoirs-by-George-C.-Miller.aspx)
    * [Darwen](/Wars/World War 1/Pages/Darwen.aspx)
  • [World War 2](/Wars/World War 2/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Casualties & recollections of surviving soldiers WW2](/Wars/World War 2/Casualties and recollections of surviving soldiers WW2/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Evacuation](/Wars/World War 2/Evacuation/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Home Front WW2](/Wars/World War 2/Home Front WW2/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [Darwen's War](/Wars/World War 2/Home Front WW2/Pages/Darwen's-War.aspx)
    * [Websites (WW2)](/Wars/World War 2/WebsitesWW2/Pages/default.aspx)
    * [When Blackburn Rovers Went To War](/Wars/World War 2/Pages/When-Blackburn-Rovers-Went-To-War.aspx)
    * [Blackburn Prisoners of War WW2](/Wars/World War 2/Pages/Blackburn-Prisoners-of-War-WW2.aspx)
  • World War Two
  • Blackburn War Memorials

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