THE MADEN PUBLIC BATHS, BАСUР Extract from Building News 22 December 1893. These baths were opened on Saturday last, the 16th inst., by Mr. J. H. Maden, М.Р., having been presented to the borough of Bacup by his late father. The baths have been designed and carried out by Messrs. Mangnall and Littlewoods, architects, […]
Lewis Harcourt was a prominent figure in British politics, serving as the Member of Parliament for Rossendale from 1904 to 1917. His stance against women’s suffrage was a notable aspect of his political career, reflecting the prevailing attitudes of the time towards the issue of gender equality. Harcourt’s early experience as a private secretary to
Described as being “tucked up a winding valley on the fringe of the moors” Bacup was the end of the line when it came to the Bacup branch line, which opened to Bacup on the 1st October 1852. A month earlier, the local newspaper had announced “It is expected that the line of railway from
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Sixteen years before Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee and twelve years after the residents of Stacksteads were described as being in fear for their lives from the “low Irish” St Patrick’s Day of 1881 was awaited with fear and apprehension by the residents of Stacksteads. For some days previous to the 17th March rumours had been
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The initial stagecoach service in the Bacup area was operated by Mr. James Howorth from Tunstead. It had the capacity to transport six passengers inside and between ten to twelve outside, pulled by three or four strong horses. In 1864, a new horse-drawn bus service commenced, offering weekly trips from Bacup to Rochdale every Monday,
Henry Heys, a bookkeeper, and farmer’s son from Lower Cockham, relocated with his family to Rakehead sometime between 1851 and 1861. His father, also named Henry and affectionately dubbed “Old Harry,” was renowned for his uncanny ability to estimate the precise amount of stone required for construction projects just by sight, a skill he demonstrated
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Extracts 1941-1942 8th January 1941 Suicide: Annie Berry, aged 68, residing at 14 Fern Hill Drive, took her own life by inhaling coal gas. 9th January 1941 Enquiry: Superintendent Seaforth reported a barrage balloon that had broken away from its moorings at Vale Park. The balloon was trailing 6,000 feet of cable and moving at
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The term “Justices of the Peace” originated in 1361, during the reign of King Edward III. It traces back to an act from 1327 which called for the appointment of ‘Good and Lawful men’ in every county to maintain the peace. These local justices, or magistrates, were typically gentlemen with high standing in the community,
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The Bacup Prisoners of War Relatives Association was established in April 1943 with the aim of offering emotional and financial assistance to the families of prisoners of war. The association organized meetings at the Mechanics Institute and later at the Labour Institute on Yorkshire Street. A social committee was formed within the association to coordinate
Father Gaetano Fracassi, pictured with the 1913-1914 St Joseph’s football team holding the Joshua Craven Hoyle Cup. Served as the parish priest in Stacksteads for nine years, from 1913 until 1922. Afterwards, he took up the role at St Alban’s in Ancoats, Manchester, a neighbourhood often referred to as “Little Italy.” On June 11, 1940,
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