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There is no evidence From Church Street upt’ Market Street page 14 that Colne was a Roman settlement with the name of “Colunio”! The former village of Waterside (in the South From Market Street upt’ Keighley Road page 19 Valley to the right of Albert Road) is full of history. Locals called Waterside ‘Wapping’, which means ‘by Making your way back page 21 the water’, as Colne Water runs through the valley. It was once the heart of Colne with a population twice the size of the rest of the town during the 19th Century when cotton was king. The wealth of Colne was built on the cotton industry and its good transport links. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal opened to Leeds in 1796 and to Liverpool in 1816 – so connecting cotton, canal and the Colne Community. The railway to Leeds opened in 1848 and to Manchester and Liverpool in 1849. Main roads were built in the 1920/30s along the East Lancashire Valley routes. In 1900 there were 55 cotton mills in Colne with 27 of them in Waterside. Of these,17 were in the South Valley east of the railway viaduct up to Carry Lane. and 10 were to the west of the viaduct on the boundary A view of Colne in 1900 showing the mills of Colne. with Nelson. Today not one remains as a cotton weaving mill. Most of the larger houses in Albert Road were former residences of mill owners or managers. 1 From t’ train upt’ Albert Road 1 rom t’ train upt’ Albert Road 2 1. The Railwaybetween Leeds and The gardens around the station, as 2. The Crown Hotel, Albert Road opened Skipton was extended to Colne in 1848. with the rest of Colne, are cared for by as a Commercial Inn and Billiards Room The Colne viaduct was completed in Colne in Bloom - winners in 2009, for the in 1852 and served mainly rail users. 1847 with its six arches, spanning 45 feet. second year running of Best Large Town in The Colne to Burnley section was finally the North West in Bloom Competition. opened in 1849. The sculpture of Millie - the Mill Girl This section incorporated the East celebrates the many women who were Lancashire Railway. The Colne – Skipton employed in the textile industry in the section of the railway line was closed on town. 2nd February 1970. 2 3 From t’ train upt’ Albert Road 3 3. After the Crown Hotel comes 90 Albert Road, the family home of Wallace Hartley, the bandmaster of the ill-fated Titanic which sank on 15th May 1912. The Bethel Independent Methodist Chapel and Sunday School, Burnley Road is where Wallace Hartley was a member of the choir and played the violin, while his father was the choirmaster. The Wallace Hartley bronze bust is next to the war memorial in Albert Road and records his tragic death. An ornate burial monument marks his grave in Colne Cemetery, Keighley Road. His funeral attracted the largest crowds the town had ever seen as they walked in procession from the Bethel Chapel to the cemetery. 4 5 From t’ train upt’ Albert Road 4 6 5 4. The car park after Queen Street on the hung himself there from a beam on the left was the site of the Old Court House fifth floor, by the water tower, during the and Police Station and cells from 1876 – big depression in 1933. 1961. The Police Station was moved next door to 82 Albert Road from 1961 – 1978. 7. The Rectory was designed by the Rector of Colne, Rev. John Henderson, 5. Opposite you is 113 Albert Road, West and built in 1829. End Buildings [1906], which has seen It has traditional cobbles [setts]. Near the many uses – originally a Baptist chapel, top, there is a good view over the South then a military hospital followed by Valley of Waterside with the Millennium engineering, sewing and picture businesses. Green. Beyond to the left is the only 6. At the traffic lights, you will find remaining five storey mill in Colne, Spring Sutherland Street on the right opposite Gardens [Haslam’s] Mill, built in 1840. you. This is the steepest street in Colne. Harry Haslam, the owner and a bankrupt, 6 7 From Albert Road upt’ Church Street rom Albert Road upt’ Church Street 8 8. The Gables[now the Providence the home of the Providence Independent Independent Methodist Church], behind Methodist Chapel. the War Memorial, was built for Nicholas There are other interesting memorabilia England Junior, a mill owner in Waterside, by the war memorial, such as an old gas in 1867. After his death it became the lamp dated 1840 which came from Croft home of Thomas Shaw Junior. Terrace, Waterside, and a horse mounting In 1907 it was converted into a block, thought to be from the 17th Century. Carnegie Public Library. In 1972, the The mounting block was found at the top of library moved to its new premises on Colne Lane and used by the many customers Market Street and The Gables became of the Cross Keys Inn. 8 9 From Albert Road upt’ Church Street There is a modern stone sculpture of 12. Further up Albert Road, on the left, is 9 11 a guitar to celebrate the annual Colne Spring Lane. This was originally known Rhythm & Blues Festival which takes place as Springy Lane as it twists and turns at every August bank holiday. the bottom. There are still a number of old back-to-back cottages, which were 9. Next door is the Municipal Hall, homes for workers at Vivary Mill. Four of opened as the Colne Municipal Technical these ancient homes still have the crystal School [and Evening Institute] in 1901 clear original spring water in the cellars. In with a 1000 places for students. Spring Lane, there is also the Centenary Arch, designated in 1995 to celebrate 10. Opposite are two houses built for mill the hundred years since Colne received owners in 1870. The Bank House, home its Royal Charter of Incorporation as a of Thomas Shaw, son of Robert Shaw Borough on 17th July 1895. There are a [now Pendle Leisure Services] and Stanley number of streets and houses off Albert Villas, home of Samuel Catlow [Colne’s Road associated with the Earl of Derby, the First Mayor in 1895]. Stanley family, who were big landowners in Colne (e.g. Derby, Stanley and Earl Streets, 11. The Colne & District Co-operative shop signs. as well as Stanley House and Villas). Society founded in 1886 was the largest Their first retailer in the area with 26 branch shops headquarters opened by the 2nd World War. The Co-op Society on Saturday, 26th built its Central Premises in Albert Road, May 1889, these were called The Emporium, in 1906/7, on land renamed in 1947 bought from the estate of the late Robert as the Shackleton Shaw of Colne Hall, Linden Road, which Buildings to mark the had been built in 1868. Colne Hall home of completion of 50 years of official service The Hall was used as the Co-op’s Robert shaw major cotton with Colne Society by the President, J. W. main office from 1903. The Emporium manufacturer, whose story Shackleton. Shackleton Hall as it’s now is told in the Robert Neill was the first building in the country to be book Song of Sunrise (also known is further up Albert Road, past the constructed with reinforced concrete. It is printed as Mills of Colne), Town Hall, in Church Street (between the now called Norway House and has a range this building was used as Barclays Bank and the Parish Church). offices for the Co-operative of shops, some still displaying the old Co-op building now converted into flats 10 11 16 From Albert Road upt’ Church Street 13 14 15 13.