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Do You Remember... Memories Lancashire Not Forgotten is a heritage and arts project, supported memories of how we used to live, work and play and work live, to used we how of memories by the Heritage Lottery Fund, for A Blackburn town centre heritage trail with with trail heritage centre town Blackburn A people living with dementia, and their relatives and carers. Reminiscence events took place across Lancashire – with sessions held in Blackburn, Darwen, Burnley, Padiham and Blackpool – to capture people’s valuable stories from the past. To help rekindle memories, the project used a wealth of heritage materials – everything from shuttles and Memories saucepans to old photos of buildings Do you remember... within this map. Three artists were commissioned “I bought my wedding to take these memories and create “It was tuppence to dress from Thwaites” exciting new work for exhibition. ...ANY OF THE go to the cinema” Artist Lyndsey Roe’s work can be STATUES BEING seen in Blackburn Central Library and ...GOING TO MOVED? “I used to love Enid Blyton, I would do chores Darwen Library. ANY CONCERTS for my mum and then read and read” Lancashire Not Forgotten is a AT KING GEORGE’S Cover images left to right by: collaboration between: HALL? “Oh the shrimp ladies! They were always Lyndsey Roe, Jonathan Bean, Sarah Lippett Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, ...GOING TO Map images by: Lyndsey Roe so smiley and sparkling white!” Lancashire County Council, THE CINEMA? More information about Blackburn’s rich heritage can be and Blackpool Borough Council. found at: www.cottontown.org “Easter fair was the big do in all information correct at time of going to press www.lancashirenotforgotten.co.uk ...SHOPPING Blackburn, they had a maypole” AT THE OLD ...VISITING “We queued the whole of Saturday to CO-OP? THE MUSEUM? get tickets for Joe Loss” (at KGH) PR ESTON NEW RO 1 Blackburn Cathedral AD 18 Lewis Textile Museum Until 1926 the Cathedral was the To the left of the old Town E WAY A CASTL A6078 parish church of St Mary the Virgin. The interior RBAR 19 Hall is the former Lewis A677 BA B is notable for its 20th century artwork. The huge ARB Textile Museum, built in 1858. ARA T CAS round metal sculpture on the outer wall is by Mark S T The building was given to L E W A A Jallard and is called ‘The I Blackburn in 1936. Two years T Y R E Healing of the Nations’. O E later it opened as the town’s T R T Blackburn C Textile Museum, including an 20 I The S 1 R Museum V Bureau ICHMON H 2 Church Street K D TERRA art gallery. It closed in 2006. IN CE T G R Sculptures W 19 22 O IL ST A6078 These modern artworks T LIA GE W 19 Museum and E 14 M N S E S A are called ‘Transitions’. R T H N Art Gallery T 18 XC I E A S They represent the E 15 The building opened in 1874. U growth of the cotton G 16 It was the Library as well as A 21 T T N Town plant and the growth of N E the Museum. The Library then O O Hall E M R Blackburn. R T moved into the old Co-op T S B H TOWN HALL ST 17 Y building. Today the Museum L 13 G 3 The Waterloo A N A K K N E T The Mall E has outstanding collections Y I E Pavilions MO 11 12 N P OR G of books, coins, and religious Built in 1835 as three W Blackburn HI icons. ManyGH of the exhibits separate buildings, Library I E L R L from the former EA Lewis Textile the pavilions are now King I N A AM George’s M AM Museum are now displayed AN restored. The spaces Hall E S Bus Station 10 B 9 here. You can watch a film T Blackburn in between have been A N R SALFORD R O Market clip, ‘Blackburn Looms’ T R E enclosed with glass. O T E H T N 8 on the Lancashire Not A6078 G 7 A S T Forgotten website. T E The Mall 4 Cathedral Gateway R T E S E H The route between the C R T UR M W H A 20 Richmond Terrace T C I three elaborate cast iron gates is called Ancient Carriage Drive. O S L RD 2 3 W N LO The terrace was built in the early 1800s. People who once lived It may well mark the traditional entrance to the grounds of the T T 5 A A EE Y here include the mill owner John Baynes and the brewer John medieval parish church. G R R U ST N 6 O Dutton. Today the houses are largely used as business premises E E A LD S EI 4 23 D T F Fleming Square by solicitors, architects and dentists. 5 The Woven Globe R Cathedral T E E E 31 Square E This sculpture was made for the Millennium. It stands in the area R T 28 Blackburn T 21 County Court Buildings S where the town’s market cross would have been. T Cathedral 1 Y E D CI E E C The County CourtL buildings are beyond the car park ramp. They R A EL T Y D S R Railway ST 27 openedR in MarchU 1864 during the Cotton Famine. G W Station EE 6 N T A The Old Bank I K E 30 R N 24 The bank was built in the 1870s. Its massive stonework and E M I S 22 St John’s ChurchH N T 25 window-bars were designed to reassure people during times of 26 G I C R The church was erected in the late 18th century on land given 29 I E H unrest. In 1878 there were cotton riots in Blackburn. N E G T ET by Henry Sudell, who contributed half the £8,000 cost. It was RE L E ST A ILE N JUB deconsecrated in 1975. Today it is home to an arts venue called 7 Mitchell & Kenyon Plaque E ET T The Bureau. This is the site of the shop where the film makers, Mitchell and A674 E E TR E S R S T Kenyon, had their business. In the 1900s they were well known R E S 23 Queen Victoria Statue for their two-minute films of factory workers, local processions ET P E The statue was unveiled in 1905 by Queen Victoria’s daughter, T G and sporting events. S D I Princess Louise. The sculptor was Bertram McKennal. Blackburn’s R B F well-known film makers, Mitchell and Kenyon, filmed the unveiling. 8 Paganini Blue Plaque R E C A6078 The famous violinist Paganani came to Blackburn in 1833. This K L 24 E T Railway Station plaque marks the site of the inn where he stayed, which was later B T REE Y O R ST The frontage of the station is Grade II listed. The station has a R N WEI named after him. O T M S modern domed roof covering platforms one and two. By the ramp E T A666 E S R R T E T R to platform four is a stainless steel screen showing Blackburn’s 9 William Ewart Gladstone Statue S E E E T G T heritage. It includes images of Kathleen Ferrier, Barbara Castle This statue was originally on the Boulevard. In 1955 it was moved IN K and Jack Walker. to just outside the old Technical College. In 1983 it moved again, to its present site. The 1935 red telephone kiosk nearby is Grade 25 Original Post Office II listed. ‘The Postal Order’ pub was originally the main Post Office, which T opened in 1910. A blue plaque commemorates the pre-1900 10 The Victoria Building RY STREE NTERBU terminus of the steam tramway to Darwen. This was the main front of the old Technical College, which is CA now Blackburn College. It was built in 1887 for Queen Victoria’s 26 Former Philanthropic Mutual Assurance Society Golden Jubilee. LOWER AUDLEY STREET This building is a fine example of late 19th century commercial architecture. 11 27 Darwen Street 14 Sudell Cross Numbers 28-32 are some of the oldest surviving buildings in this HenryA679 Sudell was once the town’s richest man, a philanthropist street. Next door is BBC Radio Lancashire. A blue plaque marks who then became bankrupt. Sudell Cross was originally the site the scene of the 1842 Plug Riots. of the Big Lamp. In itsA679 place today is a large artwork by Simon Watkinson called ‘The Braid’ which was installed in 2007. 28 Fleming Square 12 The walls of Fleming Square incorporate salvaged architectural 15 The Cotton Exchange features. The railings at the end recall its days as a fish market. The Exchange opened in 1865. The building was also used for Within the Square itself is the façade of the 1849 Exchange Arcade. public meetings and concerts. Charles Dickens gave a public 11 King George’s Hall reading here. The building eventually became a cinema, known by 29 King Street King George V laid the foundation stone in 1913. Over the years, many different names: the Majestic, the Essoldi, the Classic and This was once the grandest street in Blackburn. Numbers one and many memorable concerts have taken place here, including Ted the Apollo.
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