Scapa Flow (Orkey Islands) area is crammed with military history from both World Wars. A significant portion of the captured German fleet was scuttled in WW1 and is home to various war graves, like the […]
Ahead of Remembrance Sunday, we had a stroll around Colne … starting at The Crown Hotel, up Albert Road up to The Union Exchange & Commercial Hotel round by the Fire Station & West Street […]
Halloween displays A few of the Halloween displays around Colne … we certainly haven’t managed to capture them all. Lovely spider and pumpkin display in the glasshouse outside the Colne Market Hall. There were quite […]
Staff from Bargain Booze inform us that they will continue to be open during the new National Covid-19 lockdown period, which starts on Thursday 5th Nov. Again, we were *lucky* to be passing by whilst […]
Chosen by Jessica start putting up their Christmas window display. Whilst visiting Colne, we were lucky enough to spot staff from Chosen By Jessica constructing their Christmas window display. Stopping off for a socially distanced […]
COLNE TOWN COUNCIL CANCELS THE CHRISTMAS IN COLNE EVENT The ‘Christmas in Colne’ event for 2020 has been cancelled. To bring some festivity to Colne, the Christmas lights will be turned on from the 20th […]
So far, over £20,000 has been donated to Holiday Hunger East Lancs and they need volunteers to help out in Colne. The most precious gift you can give, is your time … can you help? […]
Community events have been pretty much non-existent since Covid (March 2020), but today we managed a quiet walk around Colne town centre. Whilst sat on a bench opposite Colne Town Hall, just watching the world […]
The Pendleside Charity Tractor run was held on Sat 15th August 2020. The event aims to raise as much money as possible for the Chemotherapy Unit at Blackburn Hospital and for Pendleside Hospice. If you wish […]
Colne Market Hall during Covid-19 Colne Market Hall has been re-opened for approx a week now and we caught up with them on Sat 27th June 2020. There is a social distancing and a one-way […]
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