Coronation Celebrations (cont)

Presenting a mug to John Marshall

Presenting mug to Kathleen Wadsworth and the Pennall twins

The photographs are taken in front of the 'Old Pavillion' which I remember as a child. It was the centre of village activities and had an adjoining bowling green and tennis courts.

Coronation Celebrations 1953

Hoghton Coronation Celebrations  6th June 1953

during which Lady Philomena de Hoghton presented

the Coronation Mugs to the local schoolchildren

Lady de Hoghton is presented with a boxed gift, by the

Chairman of  Hoghton Parish Council, Basil Polding

Sir Cuthbert de Hoghton , accepting his gift, an engraved crystal goblet

 

Dorothy Southworth I believe from the Post Office

My father, Eric, participating in the games (middle)

Not sure Health and Safety would approve of 3 legged races these days! :-)

Looks like a great day was had by all!

Class of 1965

Class of 1965

(click to enlarge)

Back row left to right

David Redman? Jim Cook, John Slater, Linda Fitton, Colin Bamber, Carol Redman, Lisette Crossley, Linda Bretherton

Middle row, left to right

Brian Harrison, Kathleen Dixon, Neil Hughes, John Hodgson, Timothy Grimshaw, Paul Crook, Joyce Marshall, Steven Pye.

Front row, left to right

Stephen Bretherton, Susan Brown, Shirley Richmond, Alan Gough, Rowena Hulme, Andrew Watson, Susan Worrell, Martin Bolton (Nitram Notlob!) , Neil Entwistle,  Alison Crook, Barbara Garth, Stephen Coar, Stephen Smith.

Other pupils who should be on the photo include  Carolyn Pye, Grahame and David Miller-Crook (my brothers).

Photo supplied by Susan Pye, in New Zealand, names courtesy of Alison Crook, in Germany, and Tim Grimshaw, (photo restoration, Herbert Miller-Crook)

Viaduct Road 1920

This photo shows, Viaduct Road looking towards Higher Mill circa 1920.  If you look carefully behind the mill chimney to the left, you can just make out the railway viaduct.  Apparently the locals would say they were going "down the hoe", when they took a stroll along the riverside and the mill race towards the viaduct. (See close up shot of the chimney on Higher Mill separate post)

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!