Museum, Tea Room, 18th Century Walled Garden
After the usual ritual of gathering in our ‘office’ aka the café at the Heritage Centre, eight of us reassembled on the eastern fringes of Roughlee – where our number increased to nine. Continue reading “Pendle`s ‘Hidden Valley’ – Field Walk February 14th”
The group had a wonderful trip to see the snowdrops at Lytham Hall today (Sunday 15th Feb). Continue reading “Gardening Group – Snowdrop Trip to Lytham Hall”
There wasn’t a lot of time after Friday’s Gardening Group to get back home, have tea and find our way to Blackburn for the evening Hallé concert. I like King George’s Hall. It’s is big classical edifice and a much friendlier place than the Hallé’s own Bridgewater Hall. For those into architecture, it was designed by Briggs and Wolstenholme, Blackburn architects responsible for some excellent buildings. Continue reading “Blackburn hosts the World’s Oldest Conductor”
Just over a dozen Friends met at the barn on Friday 30th January to discuss setting up a gardening group at Pendle Heritage Centre. We were ably supported by Peter Aldred, the head gardener.
Twelve people came to Saturday’s archaeology group at the Heritage Centre. We looked at the pot from the bloomery excavation at Sabden Fold and then ‘set to’ with organising the programme for the rest of the year. This will be uploaded to the calendar shortly.
St John’s Church in Nelson was this week’s venue and this time there was even a sign outside announcing the event! For whatever reason there was a bit of a buzz about the event this time and certainly more people coming through the doors. Continue reading “Second Pensioner’s Day”
Despite awful weather, visitors started to arrive as the doors opened at 11am. Several derogatory comments were made about the title of this gathering at St Luke’s Parish Hall, Brierfield, the feeling being that just because you are drawing a pension, it doesn’t necessarily mean that you act like a stereotypical pensioner! Continue reading “First Pensioner’s Day”
The Exec. Committee Meeting had its first meeting of the year in the Friends Room at the Heritage Centre on Tuesday 13th January. A long agenda kept us busy – we had to be escorted out of the building long after closing time! No time for a cup of tea!
Exciting plans for future events events were made……watch this space!
Moveable Feast – at Barrowford’s Pendle Heritage Centre, begins today 10 January and runs till 1 March 2015 on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays 11am – 3.30pm
Moveable Feast includes figurative and abstract paintings, original prints, drawings, sculpture and ceramics by artists who have exhibited at Gavagan Art, Settle, North Yorkshire. Mary Gavagan was previously director of Lancaster University art gallery for twenty years. Continue reading “Moveable Feast – Art Exhibition”
Last Wednesday the barn was packed to hear Richard Matthews and Brian Jeffery tell a story that in turn was both humorous and sad but ultimately enthralling. Richard’s gift for telling a story, together with painstaking research kept the audience riveted to the subject as he unraveled how a mystery that puzzled many for over half a century has finally been solved. Continue reading “Buckden Bill – a True and Remarkable Story”
Wishing you a Happy Christmas! Just a reminder that the Heritage Centre is closed Christmas Day but open on Friday, Boxing Day and thereafter seven days a week, 10am till 4pm.
Why not bring a friend or relative for lunch or afternoon tea? You can also browse the art and craft gallery and the heritage bookshop (open 11am to 3pm). The museum on Pendle’s heritage will also be open.
Sawley Abbey has been enclosed in scaffolding most of the year for conservation work, we reported it going up in April. The work has proceded very slowly but the last of the scaffolding came down on Friday 19th December and work has now finished for the winter. Continue reading “Sawley Abbey – Scaffolding comes down”
Greenfield is a historic hamlet with a Conservation Area and Local Nature Reserve (LNR) side-by-side, between Colne and Barrowford. Last Thursday, Paul Clough, the volunteer warden and manager showed me some of the physical remains of the demolished Greenfield Mill that lie close to the surface in the reserve. Continue reading “Fascinating Remnants of Greenfield Mill, Colne”
Over 2014, Friends have been attending conservation training on the building site of All Souls Church Bolton. The church is the one with the large red-brick tower which you see when you enter Bolton from Darwen. It was designed by Paley and Austin, the lancaster architects that also created St Silas’ Church, Blackburn and St Cuthbert’s Church, Darwen . The immense space of its nave now has large modern-styled community rooms inserted. Here is a timelapse film of the interior being created. The conservation side of the project was led by Heritage Trust for the North-West surveyor, Alan Gardner. All is now complete and was opened on December 6th. Here is a great set of photographs.
The cotton had gone, the ship canal had gone, the money had gone. In episode 4 Jeannette takes an unexpected turn by delving into the last 50 years of Manchester pop music. From Herman’s Hermits to Joy Division and The Smiths, making music that moved beyond the stereotype of the northern practical man. Continue reading “Manchester: Alchemical City – Episodes 4 and 5: Music and Vision of the Future – presented by Jeanette Winterson”
Jeanette Winterson’s series on Manchester continues with Episode 2 concentrating on the industrial revolution and Episode 3 on the resulting politics. She is particularly good at moving through the big themes of the day, precisely touching the most important issues of the time. In Episode 2, Burnley’s Queen Street Mill gets a good slot.
Don’t miss this, it’s superb…
Jeanette Winterson presents her personal exploration of Manchester, from its Celtic roots to the present day and beyond. She takes to the streets of the city to tell the stories of the disparate groups and events which formed this combative and insubordinate urban centre. Accrington’s Jeanette was born and works in Manchester and regards the city as always influencing, always transforming – an alchemical place.
Nb. Numbers (and RF) refer to features noted on route map below. Letters (A,B,C) related to accompanying photos.
Conflicting commitments meant that only Paul, Janet, Richard & Richard were able to make the walk this week. The route was a short one, covering only about 4 km. Continue reading “Pendle`s Hidden Valley: Field Reconnaissance 29th November 2014”