http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/touristguide/ Blackburn Citizen /touristguide/ en-gb Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:20:45 +0000 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:20:45 +0000 http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/touristguide/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/resources/images/1001251/?type=rsslogo http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/touristguide/ http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/touristguide/947207.Tourist_guide_to_Pleasington/?ref=rss PLEASINGTON is a very pleasant name for a very pleasant and still largely rural suburb of Blackburn. Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:00:00 +0100 829713e98c991c7247c2c0b044251b14 http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/touristguide/742662.Tourist_guide_to_Oswaldtwistle/?ref=rss THE area known affectionately as “Ossie” is not just a product of the Industrial Revolution and neither is it just a suburb of Accrington. Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:00:00 +0100 66d99b0d24dbed2abc76d9fbd46ee69b http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/touristguide/1055959.Tourist_guide_to_Clayton_le_Moors/?ref=rss CLAYTON literally means a settlement built on the foundations of clay. Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:00:00 +0100 5feac62a1bcfade4ddf5031a8310568b http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/touristguide/724053.Tourist_guide_to_Blackburn/?ref=rss Is Blackburn just a relatively modern town founded on textiles? Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:00:00 +0100 f36f1c7b0d01a2ffceec9f138e8bfe3c http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/touristguide/724198.Tourist_guide_to_Darwen/?ref=rss DARWEN should not be regarded as an offshoot of Blackburn but a proud town in its own right. Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:00:00 +0100 9a3413101d2fb23d52da66c69abd66b8 http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/touristguide/742627.Tourist_guide_to_Tockholes/?ref=rss TOCKHOLES should actually be pronounced to rhyme with cockles. Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:00:00 +0100 d0f7ccbc0ec00cbb9da800bc55fe371a http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/touristguide/724065.Tourist_guide_to_Accrington/?ref=rss ACCRINGTON is one of those underrated towns with a longer and prouder history than many give it credit for. Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:00:00 +0100 edd43042d1d04fdf35100532fe9fcc6b http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/touristguide/742658.Tourist_guide_to_Great_Harwood/?ref=rss IN the 11th century, Harwode Magna was an important settlement situated close to Hyndburn Brook and its junction with the River Calder. Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:00:00 +0100 c508aab83495219d522c0d20abab3178 http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/touristguide/742665.Tourist_guide_to_Church/?ref=rss 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. Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:00:00 +0100 d18c9b8981a28486a21298f256cf0161