OneGuyFromBarlick

Wendyf wrote: ↑16 Jun 2022, 05:26 I think that's at the top of Skipton Road in Colne, the archway behind the bus is the entrance to the yard of the Commercial Hotel.

Not quite - it's the top of Cumberland St, opposite the Union car park

The pub opposite Richmond Court was the Swan (hence Swan Croft). The Parkers was in Church St.

The clock was apparently so heavy that it threatened the integrity of the building! As there was a clock in the tower of St Bartholomew's (next door) at the time, it was unnecessary - and the Town Hall came along a few years later.

After Mr King-Wilkinson's death Slaidburn became part of Lord Clitheroe's estate. I doubt if much has changed!

Stanley wrote: ↑04 Aug 2020, 02:26
I think it was the Traveller's Rest at Foulridge that was monstered as 'the worst pub in England' once.

It was the Hare & Hounds - The Sun headline was "Britains Grottiest Boozer"

Only speculation, but I imagine the station would also be used by villagers from Paythorne, Horton and Halton West as well as surrounding farms. It was the practice of many farmers in the early 20th. Century to attend the annual cattle sales in Oban, where they could get cattle from the Highlands an...

For access to Parish Church records, you may find this site useful: http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/

Barritt is a common name in Foulridge, and there are still people of that name in the village. The Barritt family has farmed at Hill Top since at least the 18th. Century, probably longer

If you're on Facebook, it will be worth putting something on the Colne Lancashire Now and Then page - it has hundreds of members with Colne connections. I got my first school satchel from Armistead Hartley's.