tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post2225759724384949495..comments2024-03-17T05:54:30.910-07:00Comments on BLACKBURN PAST: Thwaites Arcade - 1963Blackburnladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-62808558335265376362014-06-26T00:41:26.578-07:002014-06-26T00:41:26.578-07:00In fact Lynda, if you look at the above photograph...In fact Lynda, if you look at the above photograph from 1963, at the far end you can see part of the pavilion mentioned above and you can also see one of the gateposts of the Cathedral. I'm pretty sure those gateposts still stand.<br /><br />ColinBlackburnladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-9764926612886855022014-06-26T00:36:52.993-07:002014-06-26T00:36:52.993-07:00Hi Lynda
If you know Church St, which I'll as...Hi Lynda<br /><br />If you know Church St, which I'll assume you do. Well we have the three Georgian pavilions still there on the Cathedral side of the street. The entrance to Thwaites Arcade was opposite the uppermost pavilion (the one closest to Darwen St).<br /><br />The arcade ran between Church St and Lord St, which was a street that ran parallel with Church St. The top end of Lord St isBlackburnladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-2089363280027580272014-06-25T13:49:42.094-07:002014-06-25T13:49:42.094-07:00Can you tell me where the Thwaite Arcade was in co...Can you tell me where the Thwaite Arcade was in context to Blackburn today? Also when did it close?<br />LyndaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383363657142772449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-57659276895872333422013-05-01T13:26:15.299-07:002013-05-01T13:26:15.299-07:00Hi John
It's quite a while since I last saw i...Hi John<br /><br />It's quite a while since I last saw it, but at one point a bloke steps out of a Lion (as in brewery) pub and then walks around the corner down a street lit by street lamps. I've never been able to place the pub. Mind you, Lion had pubs all over the region, not just here in Blackburn.<br /><br />The scene near the beginning (not the opening, looking down Preston New Rd) Blackburnladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-72262172649606583732013-04-30T23:56:37.924-07:002013-04-30T23:56:37.924-07:00Hi Colin,
Thanks for the tip. I found a few phot...Hi Colin,<br /><br />Thanks for the tip. I found a few photos on Cottontown.<br /> <br />Michael Grigsby told me by email four years ago that the mill interiors were shot in Preston.<br />The market and pub scenes are particularly interesting. Nearly everyone is drinking halves. I spotted Thwaites' "Green Top".<br /><br />Sad to read that Michael Grigsby died earlier this year. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-83082075725094119172013-04-29T22:51:17.362-07:002013-04-29T22:51:17.362-07:00Hi John
I think a couple (well at least one) of E...Hi John<br /><br />I think a couple (well at least one) of Eddleston's photos of Railway Rd caught a bit of the Telegraph building. There's plenty of other photos of that building. Have a look on Cottontown sometime, there's some on there.<br /><br />Yeah I have a copy of the Grigsby short film, but I wasn't aware of the actual years it was filmed. My copy never plays too well anyBlackburnladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-63400520057858005462013-04-29T22:35:17.431-07:002013-04-29T22:35:17.431-07:00Looks like the Burlington Arcade in London (but mo...Looks like the Burlington Arcade in London (but more impressive). Wish I was old enough to remember it. <br /><br />Did John Eddleston take any photos of Telegraph House? That was one of my favourite Blackburn buildings.<br /><br />You probably already know about Michael Grigsby's 1962 film "Tomorrow's Saturday" -- it was shot in Blackburn and Preston over the summers of 1959 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com