Quarry early 20th Century

Hoghton quarry is situated to the North side of Hoghton Tower.  Unfortunately I don't have any dates as to when it closed.  Apart from supplying Ashlar stone for many residencies on the Hoghton estate it was also used for the extensions of Hoghton Tower.  Apparently the majority of the stone for the construction of the orginal house came from a quarry further to the south side.

This photo must have been taken in the early 20th century.  We can see the railway sidings in the photo.

 

Livesey's Factory

Hoghton Valley showing Livesey's factory in the middle of the photo.  The factory was known locally as the "Shuttle Shop".  

This extract from the 1844 Ordnance Suvery map shows the mill race coming from the Darwen River, passing through Higher Miller, filling a first reservoir, providing water power to Livesey's factory.  It then continued through "the cut" on to fill the second reservoir by Lower Mill.

Sunday School Walking Day 1911

The Sunday School walk I'm told, could have been every Good Friday. 

Ward o'th Hill Farm can be seen in front of  Holy Trinity church. My paternal Grandmother Mable Windle and her sister Marion from Chapel Lane will be amongst them.

Here we see the same group from 1911 down the main road towards Preston, just after the Smithy (where my Grandfather Thomas Miller-Crook was blacksmith) and the Boar's Head Pub. Note the absence of tarmac!

Sunday School

The teachers and scholars of the Holy Trinity Sunday School raised the necessary funds to purchase a school banner.  It was paraded for the first time at the annual Field Day procession in July 1911. Here we see the Sunday school group gathered outside the church entrance ready to set off on their walk. My great aunt, Marion Windle, is in this photo - on the left, front row, second from the left. My grandma Mabel Windle is on the extreme left, back row.