Bygone Times

Colne Co-op: Bakery & Abattoir

Colne & District Co-op: Bakery & Abattoir The Colne & District Co-operative Bakery, abattoir (slaughterhouse) were situated on Stanley Street, Colne. (As well as their pork butchering dept., joinery & undertaking dept. and dairy dept.). Co-op […]

Bygone Times

Colne Co-Op: Waterside

Colne & District Co-operative Society: Waterside The first store run on a co-operative basis in Colne appears to have begun about 1848 in what was the Chartist news room in Parliament Street.  However, this business […]

Barrowford

Barrowford Community Choir at Booths

Barrowford Community Choir at Booths Barrowford Community Choir at Booths in Barrowford on Sat 7th Dec 2019.  The venue was completely packed out and, as usual, the quirky Choir gave a superb festive performance. Choir […]

Colne

Christmas in Colne 2019

Christmas in Colne 2019 The Christmas in Colne event was as popular as ever, tempting more than 5,000 people to the town centre to celebrate the beginning of the Christmas Season. There were two Santa’s […]