By using the links at the top of the page you can take a historical journey
through Bacup and Stacksteads past history. Find out what the home life of
some of the residents of Bacup and Stacksteads was like. The mills they
worked in the shops they shopped in and how they spent thier precious leisure
hours.
Where did we get the name
Bacup from?
One tale says " there had
been a famine and when
someone brought flour into
the town the folk called out
"Now chaps Bake-up,
Bake-up".
( Old Tim George)
By the 1850's Bacup had
become of the black spots
of industry the dark
satanic mills casting their
shadow over the town.
Around the many mills
houses grew like weeds,
built in a hurry on any land
available no need to worry
about sanitation or the
view as one of the mill
masters said " Houses
were not made for
living in: the mill was
where they lived.
Houses were only for
sleeping in" .
become of the black spots
of industry the dark
satanic mills casting their
shadow over the town.
Around the many mills
houses grew like weeds,
built in a hurry on any land
available no need to worry
about sanitation or the
view as one of the mill
masters said " Houses
were not made for
living in: the mill was
where they lived.
Houses were only for
sleeping in" .
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