This is a fantastic piece of work. Blackburn born and bred but all my family are gone and I live on Hayling Island Hampshire. Great memories of me and Mum, Dad and Gran. I'll keep on watching now and again. Well done
Thank you so much for taking the trouble to record these images. I was quite emotional upon seeing the photo of the girls around the maypole. That was me and my friends in front of the prefab where I lived for the first 13 yrs of my life. It was on what is now Lincoln Close off Audley Range. Though I now live in Warwickshire my heart will always be in Blackburn Lancashire.
Fantastic, thank you. As a Blackburn lad born and bred but in exile in Yorkshire for the last 45 years this was pure nostalgia. Many happy memories of the Blackburn of my childhood and mis-spent youth!!
I really enjoyed that. Even made me feel emotional seeing what Blackburn used to be like before the council wrecked it and they're still wrecking Blackburn.
It was a lovely a compilation. I didn't recognise most of the old Blackburn. But I loved seeing it how it was in the old days. Everything seemed innocent.
great stuff ,this is how l like to remember my old town of blackburn,l am not impresseed with the current set up,,but not too long ago it was my kind of town,,heard that somewhere before,nice work johnboy
great pics johnboy.brought back memories.used to work with walter sears demolition guy.over the years with them a chap calle j r marsden ho i believe still lives on scarborogh rd blackburn usedto come and film and photograph nerly every job we did and believe me we did some jobs.he may be worth chatting to.he will have tons of info and pics that may be lost forever if no one gets him to share them. reards john.cumbria.
Lived in Blackburn for 30 years, many fond memories, but we had to leave, always be "home" though, just not a nice place to live anymore. Best night out in the County, back in the day- down the "Barbary Coast".
Lovely old photos of Blackburn. It's a crying shame what's happened to this town! The council should hang their heads in shame. They've swept all our heritage away and destroyed this town! Now all we have are old photographs of a once lovely, characterful old town.
Its amazing how much its changed over the years...I'm trying to get some photos around 1860-1880 king street area near Montague street and ragged school. My ancestors lived in that area.
great photos but bloody annoying effects - couldn't you just cut from one photo to the next - kind of distracts from the actual point of your historical document that you have so lovingly compiled