During the 1960s Denise was visiting auction houses looking for items to furnish her house. She found a box of clearance items for which she made a successful bid. When she emptied the box at home, in amongst the goods that she had wanted was a mysterious tin box, which contained 116 postcards that had
Alex began his talk by explaining that he is one of a network of 40 Finds Liaison Officer (FLO) for England and Wales. He is responsible for reporting finds from Lancashire and Cumbria. FLOs were established under the Portable Antiquities Scheme in 1996, in response to a huge rise in archaeological finds by metal detectorists.
Gavin Jones, Jenny Palmer, Nicola Nuttall What a moving and thought-provoking afternoon as three authors delivered very personal accounts of how their stories came to be written and published. First up was Gavin Jones whose theme was ‘Short Story Writing’. He began by giving a brief history and definition of ‘the short story’. It is
‘Internationally and globally renowned but, locally, little known.’ Sean Clayton, Chief Executive, opened his talk about Peter Reed with the statement above. Founded in Nelson in 1861, by the time the company moved to Springbank Mill in 1891, Peter Reed operated 748 looms and was the second largest weaver of cotton in the world. Despite
After being introduced by FoPH chair, Dawn Beaumont, Geoff began by welcoming Wilfred Spencer’s daughter, Frances to the meeting. Geoff explained that, as a proud Colner, he could not imagine living anywhere else – except, to the great surprise of the audience – Las Vegas! Geoff has visited the city on many occasions and loves
Our chair, Dawn Beaumont reported that our volunteer committee remains at 4, having said farewell to Gill Barton and Brenda Taylor. Behind the scenes there are many volunteers who willingly give their time to helping in so many ways. Without doubt this year’s ‘stars’ have been Archaeology – what a summer of discovery they have had.
It’s fair to say that Rawden is a proud Lancastrian and ‘Snuffy Arroder’ – a person born in Great Harwood. As such, he was delighted to be appointed to the post of the Great Harwood Town Crier in 2010. Resplendent in his uniform, Rawden donned his plumed tricorn hat and white gloves before ringing his
Levens Hall: The Park & Gardens Steve Halliwell On arrival, at the Heritage Centre’s amazing Cruck Barn, members and guests received a glass of prosecco and were entertained by The Cliviger Ukulele Band as they took their seats for the illustrated talk. Photo: Pete Booth Our chair, Dawn Beaumont, welcomed everyone and introduced the afternoon’s
There was an atmosphere of anticipation as members gathered to greet Eric Knowles, the boy from Nelson, who found fame as a presenter of The Antiques Road Show, and is a FoPH Patron. Eric had travelled from the south of England especially to unveil a painting featuring Barley and Pendle Hill by Eileen Sorrel, which
Promptly at 2pm our volunteer guide, Linda, greeted 16 members on the drive before the imposing façade of the Hall. Linda explained that Richard Parker probably built the first house at Browsholme, pronounced ‘Brusom’, (the home at the top of the brow, or hill) in the early 15th century. Richard’s grandson, Edmund Parker built the