tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post3056537748792415052..comments2024-03-17T05:54:30.910-07:00Comments on BLACKBURN PAST: John Eddleston - PhotographerBlackburnladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-76450236660849103262018-02-04T10:59:37.922-08:002018-02-04T10:59:37.922-08:00Just had the good fortune to stumble on the Larkhi...Just had the good fortune to stumble on the Larkhill/Regent St pic - and, boy, did the memories come flooding back. I attended QEGS in the Sixties and regularly hiked back from West Park Road (saving the three ha’pence a bus to the Boulevard would have cost!) to the bus stop outside the sweet shop. The 215 bus (later rebranded 232) would pick me and various Ribble Valley cronies there and convey Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842116459735367620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-24428156768105462022018-01-29T06:04:01.030-08:002018-01-29T06:04:01.030-08:00Hi elizabeth hannan , well loved the days when mum...Hi elizabeth hannan , well loved the days when mum and took all thekids to the chippy at larkhill they was the days well miss every moment . Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-55511798585165817242017-08-18T07:08:02.411-07:002017-08-18T07:08:02.411-07:00Sorry Carol-Ann, I can't help you with that qu...Sorry Carol-Ann, I can't help you with that quest. I would have thought you were in the right research field being on the genealogy sites like Ancestry. The only other suggestion I could make is for you to visit your local libraries respective reference departments (both Blackburn and Chorley) armed with names, dates of birth etc and take a look through the local trade directories, electoral Blackburnladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-29700602661808369372017-08-18T02:57:56.487-07:002017-08-18T02:57:56.487-07:00Hi Blackburnlad,
I'm currently trying to go t...Hi Blackburnlad, <br />I'm currently trying to go through my family history and wondered if you knew where I would start. I'm on ancestry and I've gathered bits of info but it doesn't go into what their personal lives were like. Any advice. I'm dealing in the Blackburn, Heapey, Chorley at the moment. Carol-Annnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-62822600920779610822016-04-12T08:27:14.403-07:002016-04-12T08:27:14.403-07:00like a kid with a box of crayons - I love it.
Dave...like a kid with a box of crayons - I love it.<br />DaveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-40032396663568181052016-04-09T01:56:56.680-07:002016-04-09T01:56:56.680-07:00Hi
As far as I'm aware, there's only one ...Hi<br /><br />As far as I'm aware, there's only one published photograph of John Eddleston's that is in colour. It's the one of St Alban's church parade / walk on Brookhouse Lane (it's on here somewhere I think).<br /><br />I've seen the images on Facebook that I think you are referring to. They're not genuine colour photographs. They've just been played about Blackburnladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-21791385497952692622016-04-09T00:53:55.621-07:002016-04-09T00:53:55.621-07:00I've seen some of Eddlestones 60s photos on fa...I've seen some of Eddlestones 60s photos on facebook recently in colour. Are some of yours coloured or are they all black and white.<br />Dave<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-43852869665428393572016-01-07T10:28:51.277-08:002016-01-07T10:28:51.277-08:00Your sign sounds like a good find. I've just h...Your sign sounds like a good find. I've just had a quick Google and from the ones I've seen, it could have at one time been set into the back of a chair (an advertising chair).<br /><br />There's quite a few of John Eddleston's photos that caught different parts of Penny St and Lark Hill, so have a look through the others on here and you may recognise some more shops.<br /><br />Blackburnladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-55158362206703615952016-01-06T20:56:15.945-08:002016-01-06T20:56:15.945-08:00I used to buy sweets at the post office/sweet shop...I used to buy sweets at the post office/sweet shop on my way home from the Convent, which I attended 1969-76. <br /><br />By the time I was in the 6th form, almost all of the houses to the west of Penny St/Whalley New Road had been demolished. A tin advertising sign that I found in the rubble ('Watson's Matchless Cleanser is the Best Soap for All Purposes!') now adorns my kitchen Chrysippushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03753461077597997191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-39479785565565994142015-03-18T12:57:52.213-07:002015-03-18T12:57:52.213-07:00Hi Clare -- I never knew the Christian name of M...Hi Clare -- I never knew the Christian name of Mr Holt, so got confused when your sister referred to Conway's chemist. I only ever knew it as Holt's.<br /><br />There's a photo on Cottontown of the mural they painted on the side of your bedroom, it's a colour photo too from what I can remember. Yeah it would have been to construct Barbara Castle Way that they wanted you out.<br Blackburnladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-84275948438166404392015-03-18T12:37:10.846-07:002015-03-18T12:37:10.846-07:00Hi - I'm Clare Julie's sister. Holt's...Hi - I'm Clare Julie's sister. Holt's chemist was owned by Conway Holt. I remember the post office vaguely but the 2 shops either side of us changed hands several times. i lived with my grandparents Norman and Ethel Gleave till the early 80's and by that time the post office and shop next door were demolished and i remember a mural being painted on our outside wall of which my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-10891440197688580112015-02-23T21:19:50.108-08:002015-02-23T21:19:50.108-08:00Hi Julie,
I remember the chippy / cafe quite well...Hi Julie,<br /><br />I remember the chippy / cafe quite well, as I spent the first 9 years of my life living just around the corner (Caton St, off Regent St). Even after we had moved away to Shear Brow in 1967, I still spent much of my time hanging around that area. <br /><br />When I left school in 1974, my first job was at ELCB across from Notre Dame convent and I was at college for 1 day a Blackburnladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-77461557890519248192015-02-23T15:26:43.495-08:002015-02-23T15:26:43.495-08:00Hello my Grandparent's owned the Cosy Cafe, 5 ...Hello my Grandparent's owned the Cosy Cafe, 5 Larkhill. I dont know exact dates but during 1960's and 70's. I lived there too from 1969 for 7 years. Their name was Gleave. The photo is good i can see Conway's chemist. I dont remember the post office, it was an antique shop. I'm really pleased to have found your pages.<br />Thanks <br />Julie Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-54456892036356128332015-02-09T01:05:05.188-08:002015-02-09T01:05:05.188-08:00Hi Sajad
You'll find that all the photos on h...Hi Sajad<br /><br />You'll find that all the photos on here will be much older than the 80's and 90's. <br /><br />All I could suggest is that you try the central library for photos and I'm sure if you contact the right people in the Town Hall, they could direct you to the right bodies involved in retail, the Chamber of Trade or whatever they might be called these days.<br /><br /Blackburnladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-16279126217946257642015-02-09T00:09:45.077-08:002015-02-09T00:09:45.077-08:00HI,
I am currently organising an event to raise fu...HI,<br />I am currently organising an event to raise funds for a local charity East lancs Hospice , the theme of the event is Blackburn through the ages, 80's and 90's. I am looking for photos of the retail history of Blackburn to exhibit. Please could help me or support me in anyway or direct me to where I could find some to exhibit on the night. <br />The event venue and time <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04655776761737282560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-47769387913182191622013-04-22T14:49:37.258-07:002013-04-22T14:49:37.258-07:00The clarity difference here is what I've menti...The clarity difference here is what I've mentioned before about the books. The original photo is crystal clear, and I know the Facebook photograph is a scan of the book, but it's not really that much worse than what appears in the book (okay, it is quite a bit). It'd be great for these books to be republished at a resolution that did John justice.Lorcannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-22471352049551154282013-02-26T22:09:02.886-08:002013-02-26T22:09:02.886-08:00Cheers John. I'm hoping to get them all on in ...Cheers John. I'm hoping to get them all on in time, but as I mentioned to Lorcan, quite a few of them need a little cleaning up first. It's nothing much on any of them, just specs of dust that have accumulated on the edges of the slides and the odd stain here and there. Some I'm leaving exactly as they are, as cleaning them is too tricky (for me anyway).<br /><br />Nice story with Blackburnladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-60393689570483113742013-02-26T14:27:47.262-08:002013-02-26T14:27:47.262-08:00Hi Colin
It's a nice gesture putting all of th...Hi Colin<br />It's a nice gesture putting all of these photo's of John Eddleston's on here and giving him the credit he deserves (It's something that others could do well to take note of)<br />I once rode my bike through here and I totally ignored the policemans "Stop hand Signal" in order to catch my mates up who where riding a fair way ahead of me and I got the biggestJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14778367518820505220noreply@blogger.com