My home city’s newest bridge has opened. It’s been a long time coming. In another sense it’s been here for over two centuries. The much-cherished Old Tram Bridge spans the River Ribble at the eastern edge of Avenham Park, a green civic space close to the city centre. There’s been a bridge here since the … Continue reading The New Old Tram Bridge
Tag: Local History
Lass tangle in Halifax
An insight into the diaries of a 19th century independent woman.
The Freckleton Air Disaster
The tragic deaths of thirty-eight children, two teachers, seven other British civilians, four RAF sergeants and ten USAAF personnel in August 1944.
The legionnaire by the lavatory
Roaming in Ribchester “Jim Ridge has got a Roman Wall in his back garden.” So declared my mate Bob some forty-odd years ago. At the time we were enjoying a pint in a pub in Ribchester on the banks of the River Ribble in Lancashire. I cannot recall how Bob, who was an aerospace fitter, … Continue reading The legionnaire by the lavatory
Trailing The Last Intake
An appreciation of: Preston Catholic College The Last Intake 1977-1982, The End of an Era by Jim Clune and Adrian Gawain Jones with the Old Boys of '77. Plus an added personal perspective.
Fancy Weaving
The memoir of a mill worker who wove his dreams into reality, 1902 - 1934.





