BLACKBURN PAST

A royal visit to Blackburn. King George V and his entourage were here on 10th July 1913 to lay the foundation stone of the public halls...

A 1905 view of of Railway Road, or Station Road as it was back then. Taken from Salford Bridge, the group of people to the right would ha...

Whenever Blackburn people reminisce about our old Victorian railway station, they very often talk about the old 'ship in a g...

This is the visit of Princess Louise, who was in Blackburn on the 30th September 1905 to unveil the statue of her late mother Queen Victo...

An early 1920's view of Railway Road, looking out across Salford Bridge onto Holme Street and the Theatre Royal on the corner of Ains...

A nice shot of the railway station when it was still London Midland and Scottish (LMS) Railways. This image dates to the 1940's, I ...

The Boulevard or Station Square as it is called here. Doesn't it look tidy? There's about four modes of transport on view, the ta...

Three more images of the Boulevard, all looking in the same general direction, but from different periods. The top one dates to aro...

Another image of the Boulevard or Station Square as it was known. The postmark on the rear looks to be 1910, but it's a bit smudged...

I really like this old photo. I don't know why (maybe Hollywood movies), but shoe-shine boys, or whatever the correct term is, are ...

Two quite common shots of the Boulevard, taken from a similar angle. The top one is from c1925 and the bottom one dates to approximately ...

A lovely Edwardian view of the Boulevard, or Station Square / Station Road, as it was then known. Like the Church Street photo, it's ...

I know, it's not strictly speaking on the Boulevard, but the entrance is and I had to give it a label. Ding Dong......  '' ...

( Please click on the image to expand it ) Yet another view of the Boulevard. This one dates to the early years of the 19th century. No...

Eeeeeeeh there's a lot more traffic on that stretch of Railway Road these days. This shot, looking towards Salford, from approximatel...

Another view of the Boulevard, showing the cathedral (or parish church, as it still was, back then). Both Queen Victoria's and Gladst...

Not exactly a picture postcard image, but this view of  Railway Road, with a foggy/smoggy skyline behind, is the Blackburn that many peop...

Another 'grainy' old view of the Boulevard, but still interesting to see how it altered from decade to decade. The Telegraph buildi...

The upper of these two photographs, is one of the oldest images I have of the Boulevard.  I'm assuming it was taken before the P...

A nice old scene from a time long ago, showing the railway station, the electricity works and the Palace Theatre. Probably dates to the t...