Colne Talk – News – Bygone times. History, old pictures, ‘Now & Then’ articles and nostalgia from Colne & the local area.
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 […]
Tower Tour – Colne Parish Church St. Bartholomew’s Church in Colne, commonly known as Colne Parish Church, sometimes offers tours of their lovely church tower. These tours are quite infrequent, but often coincide with major […]
Colne & District Co-Operative Society – Overview The first store run on a co-operative basis in Colne appears to have begun about 1848 in what was the Chartist news room in Parliament Street. However, this […]
Old Duke Inn – Waterside The “Duke of William” was the oldest Waterside pub. It was built in 1709 and was located at No. 6 Mill Green, Waterside. The inn changed its name in 1745 […]
Colne & District Co-Operative Society: Langroyd Road Then The Colne & District Co-operative on Langroyd Road store featured a Grocery and a Butchering section. Note the old cast iron gas lamp in the foreground of […]
Colne & District Co-op: Bakery & Abattoir The Colne & District Co-operative Bakery, abattoir (slaughterhouse) were situated on Stanley Street, Colne. (As well as their pork butchering dept., joinery & undertaking dept. and dairy dept.). Co-op […]
Colne & District Co-operative Society: Waterside The first store run on a co-operative basis in Colne appears to have begun about 1848 in what was the Chartist news room in Parliament Street. However, this business […]
Colne & Trawden Model Building Society: Prospectus Whilst researching material related to the Colne & District Co-op, we came across an interesting leaflet. In fact, it was a prospectus for the Colne & Trawden Model […]
Colne & District Co-Op – Alkincoats Road Then: Colne & District Co-operative branch at Alkincoats Road consisted of a grocery and a butchering department. Now: As of Nov 2019, this building is now being […]
Colne Co-Op – Co-operative Hall (now Shackleton Hall) Then: When built, the ‘Central Premises’ on Church Street was originally known as the Co-operative Hall. The store(s) opened for business on 17 Apr 1889, but the […]
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