Haslingden Old and New...

Haslingden derives from Hazeldean or Valley of the Hazels. It lies 19 miles north of Manchester in the County of Lancashire. A area at one time noted in particular for its Stone, it also played a big part in the Woollen and then later Cotton Industries from the 18th and through the 19th and early to mid 20th Century... It is steeped in Local History and can also boast to have one of the most beautiful Natural Valleys around, where thousands come and visit annually

Monday, 20 August 2018

HASLINGDEN ARMY AND ARMY CADETS

Haslingden Army Cadets from 1964

Raymond Peel, Peter Collinge, Graham Peel

Photo: Kindly shared to us by Raymond Peel

Above 3 photos are Haslingden Army Cadets -3rd February 1977

Sunday, 19 August 2018

Haslingden High School - Broadway

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Cutting kindly shared by Jackie Ramsbottom

Grammar School Head is new all in school principal.
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Cutting: thanks to Chris Kirby

Haslingden High School's under 14 team.

Unbeaten in 16 matches 1976/77

Back Row left to right: John Wylie, John Sudworth, Geoffrey Clegg,

Simon Butterworth, David Pickles, John Herd, John Riley and Gary Heywood.

Front: Andrew Siddle, Andrew Sidley, Gary Wood,

Ian Fox, Neil Maudsley, Duncan Wade and Andrew Horrocks.
also ARCHIVED HASLINGDEN SPORT FOOTBALL

May 1981 and this group of Haslingden High students are seen on the last day of school before going out into the world of further education, apprenticeships of the battle for jobs.

Haslingden High School play 1979 (Click over to enlarge)
The Cast of "VJ Hooray!" written by Mr. Diggle

Back L to R: Hazel Vesper, Karen Mann, Julian Royle, Philip Shaw.
Front L to R: Ian Hain, Julia Willis, Janet Glaze, Janet Waddington, Andrew Astbury (wearing hat), Simon McManus, Duncan Wheelhouse

Haslingden High School 1979 (Click over to enlarge)

thought to have been taken of the cast of "VJ Hoorah" written by teacher Mr. Diggle

names submitted (in no order): Lisa Astbury, Julie Willis, Philip Winward, Michael Jefferson, Susan Coyle, Debbie Hallam, Hazel Vesper (holding plate)

Tuesday, 14 August 2018

Irwell Vale and Edenfield photos

Kindly shared to us by Raymond Whittaker

Refers to George Thomas Haworth and the Primitive Methodist Church, Irwell Vale

Irwell Vale Chapel (Click over to enlarge)

Photo kindly shared to us by Ray Whittaker
Photo taken in 1968 - 75th Anniversary of Chapel

The above 3 photos relate to "Inspecting the Cloth" at the Irwell Vale Mill (Click over to enlarge)

On the top photo: 5 women sat inspecting, the middle one is Annie Howarth she was the organist at the church. There is a plaque in the church saying she was the organist for I think 60 years. I need to visit to check if my memory is correct. Born 9th Feb 1896 She would tell us of a ghost that would visit her and stand at the foot of her bed at 16 Bowker vale.

(photo: kindly shared by Ray Whittaker)

Taken back in 1933 by the side of the Chapel (Click over to enlarge)

Centenary celebrations of the village of Irwell Vale.

(Photo: Kindly shared to us by Ray Whittaker)

Above are 3 Great War Memorial photos (Click over to enlarge)

Photos: Kindly shared to us by Ray Whittaker

A older photo from the Edenfield National School (Click over to enlarge)

Photo: Kindly shared to us by Ray Whittaker

Another old photo from Edenfield National School

Photo: Kindly shared to us by Ray Whittaker

Edenfield School c1900 (Click over to enlarge)

Photo: Thanks to Ray Whittaker for kindly sharing with us

Ray Whittaker's family lived at Bowker St in Irwell Vale (Click over to enlarge)

This was in the family collection but not sure whether it pertains to Irwell Vale or not

Photo: Thanks to Ray Whittaker for kindly sharing with us.

Snow scene on the Irwell Vale Road (Click over to enlarge)

Photo: Kindly shared to us by Ray Whittaker

Irwell Vale Celebrations - Stood on the steps of the Church (Click over to enlarge)

Photo: Kindly shared to us by Ray Whittaker

Standing back row: Alberta Lonsdale; Edith White; George Haworth; Robert Shoreman.

Front row: Jim Spencer (seated), Mary Garside, Elsie Harris; Evelyn Davenport; Ben Riley (seated) and Dyson Buckley. 1919

Names thanks to John Simpson

Irwell Vale Primitive Methodist Sunday School float - August 1919 - Shows CWS Shop at bottom of Milne Street (Click over to enlarge)

Photo: Kindly shared to us by Ray Whittaker

This is the Irwell Vale Primitive Methodist Sunday School float representing the Pilgrim Fathers, which took part in a pageant in Rawtenstall in August 1919. It was organised by the Rossendale Sunday School Union. Thirty-one tableaux depicted 'the great place of religion in the story of England.'

Irwell Vale - Best Kept Village Award 1992 - Rossendale Free Press

(Kindly shared to us by Jackie Ramsbottom)

Thursday, 2 August 2018

Wade - Clegg family

This is a early photo of the Wade family kindly shared to us by Raymond Clegg Jnr

the Great Grandson of Mr. Bidwell Wade shown in the photo.

The soldier in the photograph is my great grandfather Bidwell Wade.The little boy is my grandad Robert (Bob) Wade. Bidwell was awarded the Military medal for bravery in battle in Arras Northern France in 1917.He fought off a German advance,defending a machine gun nest when all his comrades apart from the commanding officer had been killed.

This is again showing Bob Wade Snr with Haslingden Cricket Club (1932)

Shown in the photo front row to the right hand and also shown in caricature (above)

(Cuttings kindly shared by his Grandson Raymond Clegg Jnr)

Bob Wade was the wicket keeper.He recalls stumping Learie Constantine only for the umpire to give him not out.Bob said he was 2 inches outside his crease.Learie turned to Bob
and said,’Aye I was out lad but they’ve all come to see me bat,not you keep wicket.’
Also now archived under HASLINGDEN SPORT - CRICKET

St. James F.C. - features Bob Wade Snr has goalkeeper and stood behind

Alderman Watson (Mayor)

(Photo: Kindly shared by his grandson Raymond Clegg Jnr)

Unknown local team ? shows Mr. R. Wade (snr) has goalkeeper

this was Bobby's dad and Grandad to Ray Clegg Jnr.

(Photo: Kindly shared to us by Raymond Clegg Jnr)

St. James F.C. - Mr. R. Wade (snr) has goalkeeper

this was Bobby's dad and Grandad to Ray Clegg Jnr.

(Photo: Kindly shared to us by Raymond Clegg Jnr)

Haslingden Cricket Club with pro George Headley
Shows Bob Wade Snr as wicket keeper on front LH side
(Photo kindly shared to us by Raymond Clegg jnr)
Archived in both Wade/Clegg and Haslingden CC

Haslingden Cricket Club with pro George Headley

Shows Bob Wade Snr as wicket keeper on front LH side

(Photo kindly shared to us by Raymond Clegg jnr)

Archived in both Wade/Clegg and Haslingden CC

Here is another football teams photo with Ray Clegg Snr

(Photo: Kindly shared to us by Ray Clegg Jnr)

Ray snr is on the front row 2nd from the left (on both photos)

Here is a football team which shows Raymond Clegg Jnr's Grandad "Norman Clegg"

who later lived at Ewood Hall.

2nd player from the end on the RH front row directly behind the trophies

(Photo: Kindly shared to us by Raymond Clegg Jnr)

Wade Family
(Photo kindly shared to us by Raymond Clegg Jnr)

Robert Wade,Sarah Trippier (known to us Nana Susan was Mary’s mum) me,

Mary Wade,Sylvia Clegg,Vivien Clegg.Nana lived in Greenfield Gardens.Grannie Mary was

a music teacher.She also taught music at St.James.I’m sure many people will remember her.

Robert Wade receiving the "Polar Star" at Buckingham Palace for

his contribution to Antartic Research (Click over to enlarge)

Photo: Kindly shared to us by his nephew Raymond Clegg Jnr

Bobby used to live at 3 Brook Street, Haslingden - off Hud Hey

This is a photo of Robert Wade (Ray's Uncle) (1976)
(Photo: Kindly shared to us by Robert's nephew Raymond)

Robert was the Communications Officer on the "John Biscoe" He made many visits to Antartica. The ship would often stop off at the Falklands Isles and Bob had many friends there. At xmas time 1981 Bob was telling us that there was going to be trouble with Argentina. Returning from Antartica the John Biscoe picked up marines in Montevideo Uruguay and dropped them at Port Stanley. Facing overwhelming odds when Argentina invaded, the marines had no option other than to surrender. The conflict then escalated into war.
Robert (Bobby) was well know to lots of us and used to live at No.3 Brook Street (off Hud Hey)

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Cutting kindly shared to us by Jackie Ramsbottom

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Cutting kindly shared by Jackie Ramsbottom

Here are photos of a young Raymond Clegg Jnr and his sister Vivien Clegg

(Photos: Kindly shared to us by Raymond Clegg jnr)

The first photo shows young Raymond on Haslingden cobbles. When playing cricket there was a lot of movement off the seam. Hit the gable end and it was six. The second photo shows his sister Vivien Clegg who was a pupil of Beatrice Shipstone.

Some history on Ewood Hall (Click over to enlarge)

Kindly shared to us by Raymond Clegg jnr
This is a old newspaper cutting from the 1960s

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Another nice press cutting from the Borough News 12th April 1979
(Kindly shared to us by Raymond Clegg jr)

Ewood Hall taken November 1975 by Raymond Clegg the datestone reads 1641

Clegg family at Ewood Hall

(Photo kindly shared to us by Raymond Clegg Jnr)

"The others in the garden of Ewood Hall early 1960s are: Norman Clegg, Raymond Clegg Jnr, Sylvia Clegg, Vivian Clegg, Ivy Clegg. My Gran and Grandad lived there from the early 60's until the mid 70s. The hall was said to be haunted although we never saw or heard anything

Raymond Clegg Snr with Blackpool Colts

(Photo: kindly shared by Raymond Clegg Jnr)

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Coal Hey early 1960's

from Left: Raymond Clegg, John O'Rourke, Peter Fletcher, Peter Wilcock

Kindly shared by: Raymond Clegg.

Haslingden Congregational Church on Walking Day Helmshore Rd
Photo: shows little girl (Vivien Clegg) and young boy in foreground is (Alan Scaiffe)
Photo: Kindly shared to us by Raymond Clegg jnr

Worsley Park Bowling Club Annual outing
Photo: Kindly shared to us by Ray Clegg Jnr.
also archived under Wade/Clegg and HASLINGDEN SPORTS - BOWLING

Sykeside celebrations after the War (Click over to enlarge)

Shows a young Ray Clegg Snr on the front with bush hat

(Photo: Kindly shared by Ray Clegg Jnr)

A very young Ray and Sylvia Clegg
Photo: Kindly shared by Ray Clegg Jnr.

Haslingden Bowling Club "A" team in 1978 who won the Ronald Bray Cup making it a double as they also won the division championship of Haslingden and District bowling league

V Riley, T Duxbury, H Hamer, K Ashworth, j Ashworth, J Anderton, R Barnes, C Shutt.

Front. F Holden, T Lambert, A Ireland, R Clegg.

Worsley Park Bowling

?,?, George Heys, ? Ray Clegg
ARCHIVED: BOWLING also WADE/CLEGG

Bowling Club photo

Ray Clegg, ? Mr. Duxbury, Mr. Michael Kay
ARCHIVED BOWLING ALSO WADE/CLEGG

Norman Clegg Gunner in Montys 8th Dunkirk Veteran - Revenge Mission - Italy 1943
Photo: kindly shared by Raymond Clegg jnr.

This is a photo taken in Victoria Park with Raymond Clegg, Peter Wilcock and Vivien Clegg.
This photo was kindly shared to us by Raymond Clegg Jnr.

This photo is of Sarah Helen Trippier (Nana Susan) holding young Ray Clegg at Regent Street in 1958
This photo was kindly shared to us by Raymond Clegg Jnr

This is what Raymond Clegg Junior calls his "Dreaded Letter" from the 4th May 1969

Kindly shared to us by Raymond Clegg Jnr.

Request for Photos and Sending photos for the Blog

We are constantly struggling to find photos to fill the header on the front page and so your photos would be a absolute delight to receive and as long as they are yours and of historic value, we have no problem showing them on the blog, so many people get so much pleasure from these. The feedback has been quite remarkable. So please send your scans of the photos in so they can be put on the blog and subsequently filed within the blog, and can then be seen by the thousands who are watching on a regular basis. This way hopefully the photos will be preserved for not just us but also for the future generations of Hazeldeners, Haslingdonians, Ex pats and friends. Thank you.....

Also just as important as photos are memories or stories of the past and other snippetts of information which may give pleasure together with any posters, programmes and scans of memorabilia pertaining to Haslingden.

If at all possible can photos being submitted to the blog as jpeg images (or another image type file if preferred), and be sent to me in a "full" or at least "large" resolution size (eg: the original size which they are scanned at) and without any reductions in size, before sending through to me. If I have them in full resolution I can do far more with them especially when it comes to showing enlargements etc eg "click over the image to enlarge" etc.

Don't worry should this be a problem, I can still show them in smaller resolution sizes, because even small photos are better than no photo.

Thank you.

Bryan.

Preserve the past in words and pictures

Over the many years there must be lots of interesting facts and tales what have gone on within our Haslingden and Helmshore, some vintage, some old and some new....

And here in our blog we are trying to re-introduce some of this precious information and where possible also offer photographs...

As they say its probably only the tip of the iceberg, but its got to be worth "Passing it on or sharing it before it gets lost forever" ... Have you something you want to share? If so please let us know.

Description of the Arms of the Borough (shown above) - The Arms and Crest of which the following is a description, were assigned to the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Haslingden, by grant from the Herald's College, dated 25th March, 1892 and are therein described as follows: Quarterly Or and Argent on a fesse wavy Azure between a Lion rampant purpure, holding between the paws a Quatrefoil ermine, in the first quarter; six Eagles displayed three, two and one; Gules in the centre chief point a Rose of the last barbed and seeded proper, in the second; a Cog-wheel Sable, in the third; a Pick-axe in bend surmounting a spade in bend sinister, entwined by a Chain in arch all proper in the fourth; a Shuttle fesswise of the first tipped and furnished with thread pendant of the second and for the Crest, on a wreath of the colours upon a Mount a Rock thereon, a Moorcock holding in the beak a Sprig of Hazel, between two branches of Hazel fructed all proper.

Haslingden in its own right was incorporated as a Municipal Borough in the year 1891 and ran most of its affairs from the Municipal Offices, Bury Road (now Car Park) - see photo below. Sadly in 1974 it lost most of its former Independance by being swallowed up to form part of the (then) new Rossendale Borough Council...

The government of the place in 1825 was thus described: 'The district is formed into six divisions called posts or stations, and the executive consists of a constable and six churchwardens. Each churchwarden is charged with the care of a station and is made responsible for its good order.' The system appears to have been successful at the time. It was not till 1875 that a local board was formed. The district ruled by it was extended in 1883 so as to include parts of Haslingden, Henheads, Higher and Lower Booths in the parish of Whalley, and also Musbury and part of Tottington in Bury. In 1891 a charter of incorporation was granted, the council consisting of a mayor, six aldermen and eighteen councillors, chosen by six wards named Town, Acre, Syke, Helmshore, Holden and Grane. The borough area was consolidated into a single township, called Haslingden, in 1894.

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company's (later LMS) line from Clifton to Accrington did run northward through the township, having stations at Helmshore and at Haslingden, it was opened in August 1848.

Dr. Aikin, writing in 1795, says:—Haslingden has been greatly improved within the last twenty years, chiefly from the increase of the woollen manufacture, though much of the cotton trade has likewise been introduced within a few years, particularly the branch of making twist for warps, for which purpose alone several factories have been erected in its neighbourhood. . . . The people were (forty years since) chiefly employed by moneyed men at Rochdale; but now the trade is supported by capitals acquired on the spot by the industry and enterprising spirit of the manufacturers, who have erected inns for the entertainment of travellers, shops and handsome houses for their own residence. A square is lately planned here, and some capital houses are already built in it. . . . A number of mills for carding cotton and sheep's wool and spinning them into cotton twist and woollen yarn for the flannels made here, are erected upon the Swinnell. There is also a corn mill on the river, formerly belonging to the Holden family, now extinct.

Haslingden was one of the chapels existing when Whalley was bestowed on the monks of Stanlaw, and in 1296 it was found that its tithes were worth 5 marks and the altarage 4 marks; the chaplain had a stipend of 4 marks, and the chapel had an endowment of 1 oxgang of land. The church, which is now called St. James's, was rebuilt in the time of Henry VIII and again in 1780, after having fallen down. There was no regularly founded chantry, but in 1548 the names of two priests were recorded in the bishop's visitation list, and the same in 1554; later there was only one minister, the curate. His fixed income was £4 a year out of the rectory of Whalley. The Commonwealth Church Survey of 1650 fails to give any account of the income of Haslingden Chapel, but in 1717 it had £17 8s. 7¾d. a year, including £11 10s. out of the rectory, various fees and the Easter roll. There were six chapelwardens. In 1719 George Hargreaves and others gave £200 to augment the endowment, and with later increments the net value is now £368. The vicars of Whalley formerly presented the curates, but about 1848 the Hulme Trustees acquired the patronage. The benefice is styled a vicarage. In the 16th century the north chapel was acquired by the Rawstornes of New Hall in Tottington. The south chapel belonged to the Holdens of Holden. 'In 1857, during alterations, there were found in a cavity under the floor of the church where the altar anciently stood a skull and crossbones with traces of gilding upon them, and therefore believed to be the relics of St. James, the patron saint.' A large 'plague stone,' with two holes in it, was found in the churchyard. The entries in the registers begin about 1620, but are only fragmentary until 1653.
From: 'Townships: Haslingden', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6 (1911), pp. 427-433. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53147

Haslingden On Film

St. Mary's Class of 1951 at a 1991 re-union - kindly sent in by John McGuire.

St. Marys Class of 1951 (1991 Re-Union)

Films kindly given to us by Bernard Rostron - Chairman of the Friends of the Higher Mill Museums - Three films which were filmed by the late Maurice Edmundson:

Green Valley and part of the Walking Day (St. Thomas)

Walking Day (St. Thomas and also Mayor's Sunday

Films kindly sent in by Dave Rothwell (copyright: D. Rothwell)

HGS Staff versus Pupils Hockey Match 3:48

1964 St James Sports Day 3:50

HGS Camp 1965 31secs

HGS Rag Day 12secs

A film by the BFI

Haslingden Peace Celebrations July 19th 1919

Check out DJ Drone on Haslingden Grane (You Tube)

Haslingden Carnival 1950s - Shows Willie Horam and Georgie Berry as the King and Queen.

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"Old School Ties" (Haslingden High School) first broadcast on Radio 4 in 1988 -

Images added by Chris Kirby.

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"Old School Ties" Programme 2 - BBC (period of students 1940s to 1960s) Images added by Chris Kirby.

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