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...

The Bridge Inn at Mellor, with a nice advertisement painted on the gable for Whewell's High Class Ales & Special Nourishing Stout...

As you can see from the text, this is the Mellor Church Cricket Team in 1929. It's a photo from an old book I used to have from tha...

The postmark on this card was 1904, but I think the image is from around 1890. It's a pretty good depiction, when you think that th...

Of all of John Eddleston's photographs of Blackburn, well the ones that have been published (about 200 of them in total), this is the...

The Bowling Green Inn on the corner of Eanam and Syke St. The pub probably takes its name from a bowling green that was once on Cicel...

Just for a break from the John Eddleston photos from the 1960's, here's a couple of postcard images of Wilpshire from 1907. T...

Looking down Whalley Banks into King St, with the old Roxy Cinema on the right. Nice lamp post on the left, possibly adapted from one of ...

Looking south along King William Street, towards the bend where Lord Street crosses. The dark edifice on the extreme right of the photo i...

Looking  along Northgate from the entrance of the old Police Station, towards Sudell Cross, Limbrick and the Shear Brow area beyond that....

Thwaites Arcade viewed from the Church St end and looking in the direction of Lord St. Courtesy of John Eddleston

Following on from the previous photo, this is the same part of the Easter Fair, only viewed from the opposite end, from King William St a...

The Easter Fair.  For anyone unsure of the location (younger folks), the two buildings in the background are still with us today on Kin...

I think this is a superb photo of the lake and the flats at Queens Park. Nice colours, it almost looks like a watercolour painting and gr...

A Happy New Year to all the visitors to this blog / site. Thank You for your contributions over the last 12 months. (PS  -  This ph...

A nice old photo of St Paul's School (for Alan H), with New Park St running up the left hand side and Alma St to the right. I'm u...

I think I've a few pictures of the West Park Lodge on here, but this is probably the first of the East Park Lodge. The rooftops at ...

All I know about this photo, is what it has printed on it, Rose Cottage, Feniscowles. Does anyone recognise the house, know where it is...

Last weekend someone asked me about Cuckoo Hall (sorry, I accidentally deleted your comment instead of publishing it). I think you we...

Stephen Horsfield is a locally based artist with an interest in the history of the area, particularly his home town Blackburn. His painting...