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Tourist guide to Pleasington

LANDMARK: Pleasington Priory was built after laws against Roman Catholics were relaxed

1:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

PLEASINGTON is a very pleasant name for a very pleasant and still largely rural suburb of Blackburn.

Tourist guide to Oswaldtwistle

1:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

THE area known affectionately as “Ossie” is not just a product of the Industrial Revolution and neither is it just a suburb of Accrington.

Tourist guide to Clayton-le-Moors

WATER OF LIFE: The arrival of the canal transformed Clayton from a sleepy hamlet into a thriving industrial community

1:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

CLAYTON literally means a settlement built on the foundations of clay.

Tourist guide to Blackburn

TRANSFORMED: Blackburn's historic Cathedral and, in the foreground, the sensitvely restored Waterloo Pavilions in the centre of the town

12:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

Is Blackburn just a relatively modern town founded on textiles?

Tourist guide to Darwen

Darwen Library and Library Theatre

12:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

DARWEN should not be regarded as an offshoot of Blackburn but a proud town in its own right.

Tourist guide to Tockholes

WORSHIP: The outdoor pulpit at St Stephen's Church

12:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

TOCKHOLES should actually be pronounced to rhyme with cockles.

Tourist guide to Accrington

TREASURE TROVE: Accrington's Haworth Art Gallery

12:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

ACCRINGTON is one of those underrated towns with a longer and prouder history than many give it credit for.

Tourist guide to Great Harwood

12:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

IN the 11th century, Harwode Magna was an important settlement situated close to Hyndburn Brook and its junction with the River Calder.

Tourist guide to Church

12:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007

Church dates back at least to the turn of the time of the monks of Whalley Abbey who, in the 14th century, built a small chapel.







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