Burnley town centre in the 60s and 70s

[Mala591]

These photographs of Burnley town centre in the 60s and 70s might bring back some (mixed) memories. I can't remember if Pollard's music shop sold records but I do remember being a regular customer at Electron and The Record Exchange (Standish St.).

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[winsomeyen]

Does anyone remember what the building next to the Palace was in photo 2 ?

[The Enclosure]

At one point the building to the left of the Palace was Burnley Corporation Bus offices....they then moved later to the bottom of what was Yofkshire Street.

[Hopey]

Video of 1988

[basil6345789]

Mala - Pollards sold records as did Websters, Ames, RE, Electron and possibly Marshalls had a branch here? Woolies, WH Smith also.

[piston broke]

Thanks for that mainly because it led me to this:

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One of my all time favourite Claret performances.

[Sausage]

Photographs of the magnificent old market hall make me weep at the wanton destruction of Burnley town centre in the 1960s. Someone once told me the stone from the market was dumped somewhere off the Nick o'Pendle.

[winsomeyen]

Cheers the enclosure.

My parents bought our first tv from Pollards.

[Funkydrummer]

I got my first basic drum kit from Pollards, many moons ago.

Probably worth a good few quid now.

[Claretforever]

Burnley FC players parading the FA Cup outside the Thorn Hotel in town.

[RingoMcCartney]

Burnley FC players parading the FA Cup outside the Thorn Hotel in town.

Couple of players on Capston Full Strength!

[Working_Class_Zero]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tD_8fCaapc

Some cracking pictures on this.

[Eloise Laws]

Does anyone remember what the building next to the Palace was in photo 2 ?

I think the shop next but one to The Palace is Timpson Shoes, it was a big double fronted shop.....don't know about next door - the dark looking building, but wasn't it once Valshoe?? Where shoes were thrown over the rail with string through the back ?

[Top Claret]

These photographs of Burnley town centre in the 60s and 70s might bring back some (mixed) memories. I can't remember if Pollard's music shop sold records but I do remember being a regular customer at Electron and The Record Exchange (Standish St.).

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I was there that day, brilliant. Dave Thomas was the best crosser of the ball in English football to even this day. Dougie Collins was a pure footballer and Frank Casper was a genius. If those had have playing today the world would have been there oyster

[Bin Ont Turf]

Love the empty roads.

[kicker_conspiracy]

Why was the fountain removed from Market Square and what became of it?

[Roger Mellie]

In the background to the "paddling pool" photo was a fantastically daft contraption. An outdoor escalator with a rubber base which when wet, you could slide for about 20 feet ! Death trap for anyone over 9 though! Strangely didn't last long...

[CrispyClaret]

Mala - Pollards sold records as did Websters, Ames, RE, Electron and possibly Marshalls had a branch here? Woolies, WH Smith also.

Timothy Whites also sold records as did Boots after the two merged. The latter used to shrink wrap the lps, lovely for turning them into shallow bowls.

[The Enclosure]

Above Addisons wine shop on the third photo was the 47 coffee bar where i used to go as a young teenager.I remember sitting in there one Sunday afternoon when the Roller skating rink went up in flames.It was being used as a temporary Mecca ballroom whilst the new Cats Whiskers was being built.

[The Enclosure]

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This video brings back a lot of memories.

[Dark Cloud]

Most of the really old photos which have links on there have a caption telling you where they were taken which is handy as places have changed so much. I did however recognise one very old pic that wasn't labelled as Waterfoot. Not changed much at all!!!

[Pstotto]

Was there/is there anybody who actually liked what they did to Burnley?

[BabylonClaret]

I doubt it. We went through a totally mental phase in Britain in the 60s where anything "old" was seen as wrong. Clearing slums is one thing but ripping out whole town centres to redevelop it is another - we pretty much did that everywhere .

[claptrappers_union]

The most noticeable difference between then and now is the traffic. I assume the 1988 video was filmed on a Sunday, it’s always busy now. It only Christmas Day were you’d expect the roads to be as quiet as that.

There’s so much litter too.