Do you recognise any of the shops and buildings?

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 4:35 pm

An archived photograph of Manchester road, from the Towneley Hall Museum collection. Do you recognise any of the shops and buildings?

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maccclaret · Post by **maccclaret** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 5:55 pm

Is that the Town Hall half way up on the left?

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 5:58 pm

Think the building in the forefront to the left is the old Thwaites building

Goobs · Post by **Goobs** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 6:04 pm

maccclaret wrote:Is that the Town Hall half way up on the left?

On the right isn't it?

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 6:06 pm

Red Lion on the left, Burtons on the right, formerly the Bull where Burnley FC started. Savoy Cinema just past the Red Lion but other than that there isn't much changed today.

maccclaret · Post by **maccclaret** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 6:07 pm

Couldn’t tell with the L and R cut off the bottom of the picture.

COBBLE · Post by **COBBLE** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 6:16 pm

All of em!

Siddo · Post by **Siddo** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 6:22 pm

Bloody hell lads. Roger Frost has this scene in the Burnley Express every other Tuesday!
Is that the Hasty Tasty half way up on the left? Best chipy ever when it first opened.

BigChaCha · Post by **BigChaCha** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 6:30 pm

Looks so much nicer, neater and more tidy but that's a UK thing going off all the old images and video I watch of England in the past.

I watched a few videos of Nelson in the past on YT last week and could not believe how nice the town used to be!

Nonayforever · Post by **Nonayforever** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 6:36 pm

BigChaCha wrote:Looks so much nicer, neater and more tidy but that's a UK thing going off all the old images and video I watch of England in the past.

I watched a few videos of Nelson in the past on YT last week and could not believe how nice the town used to be!

It's not the town that's nice, it's the people in the town

Dazzler · Post by **Dazzler** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 6:39 pm

BigChaCha wrote:I watched a few videos of Nelson in the past on YT last week and could not believe how nice the town used to be!

Controversial

BennyD · Post by **BennyD** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 6:43 pm

Siddo wrote:Bloody hell lads. Roger Frost has this scene in the Burnley Express every other Tuesday!
Is that the Hasty Tasty half way up on the left? Best chipy ever when it first opened.

When I worked in Burnley it was known as the Nasty Pasty.

FCBurnley · Post by **FCBurnley** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 6:46 pm

Second building on left used to be Martins Bank on the corne rof Manny Rd and Red Lion St I think Oddies was next door. I used to work on the small back st running parallel to Manchester Road called Dugdale St. The old LET office and stop press printing /distribution was on there as well. Burnley Express office and print works just off Manny rd on right ( past Burtons). Dont know if it is still there.

Royboyclaret · Post by **Royboyclaret** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 7:03 pm

They say every picture tells a story. Well this picture tells plenty and a lot of them are BFC related.

As CT says the Burtons building on the right was originally the Bull Hotel where Burnley Football Club was born way back in 1882.

The Savoy cinema on the left was also a restaurant where BFC used to hold their Annual General Meetings. It was at the one in 1936 where the then Chairman Mr. Hopkinson told shareholders we had agreed to buy a certain Tommy Lawton who as well as playing for us went on to become one of England's greatest centre-forwards. Incredibly a signed document from this meeting was posted on this messageboard by SpadesClaret whose Auntie was apparently a waitress at the event. Be great to see that on here again.

Obviously further up Manchester Road is the Town Hall and the balcony there holds some serious history for our Club. From Tommy Boyle holding the FA Cup in 1914, to Jimmy Adamson with the League Championship trophy in 1960 to Sean Dyche holding the Championship trophy very recently.

Plenty of nostalgia and great memories.

Bfc · Post by **Bfc** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 7:04 pm

FCBurnley, looking at that picture, it taken before you went to work with your Dad and Les Tat, who I still see now and again. The photo I would guesss was taken around 1952.

duncandisorderly · Post by **duncandisorderly** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 7:07 pm

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Same view (more or less) today (ish - 2017). It threw me a touch because of the building next to the Red Lion. I've never seen that in real life, only the horrible 'Select' building (was it nat west once?), but I worked at Endsleigh insurance as a kid, which might not even be on that picture as that was also an awful building, so it must have been built on the site of something else.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 7:11 pm

maccclaret wrote:Couldn’t tell with the L and R cut off the bottom of the picture.

Town Hall clock should help

duncandisorderly · Post by **duncandisorderly** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 7:13 pm

Look how good Burnley Town Hall looks in glorious sunshine

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FCBurnley · Post by **FCBurnley** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 7:15 pm

Bfc wrote:FCBurnley, looking at that picture, it taken before you went to work with your Dad and Les Tat, who I still see now and again. The photo I would guesss was taken around 1952.

Hi Bfc.......Yes defo before my time. I started work in July 1962 and as you say with my my Dad and Les Tat( my best man) Next time you see him please give him my very best regards and I hope he (and you) are keeping well.

corporal jones · Post by **corporal jones** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:51 pm

duncandisorderly wrote:Look how good Burnley Town Hall looks in glorious sunshine

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Soon to be obliterated in scaffolding-starting Monday morning.

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