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1. www.lancs.live › news › local-newsBurnley in the 1960s and 70s shown through fascinating new ...

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   Feb 28, 2022 · These fascinating photos capture life on the streets of Burnley back in the 1960s and 1970s. Taken between 1966 and 1974, these images, courtesy of English Heritage and Hulton Archive, show on a number of streets frozen in that moment in time.

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3. www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk › news › 16602735NOSTALGIA: Taking a look back at Burnley town centre through ...

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   Aug 28, 2018 · ONLY two of the scenes pictured would be familiar to anybody walking around Burnley centre back in 1960. For the town’s central area changed dramatically during the sixties, seeing the old...

4. www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk › bygones › 15131973The changing face of Burnley in 1960s and 1970s | Lancashire ...

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   Mar 3, 2017 · THE 1960s and '70s were a time of great change for many towns in East Lancashire, Burnley being no exception. A town which had sprung up in the fork of the Rivers Calder and Brun, it had...

5. www.burnleyexpress.net › news › burnley-in-the-1960sBurnley in the 1960s and 1970s - Burnley Express

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   Oct 4, 2016 · Burnley in the 1960s and 1970s. By The Newsroom. Published 16th Sep 2016, 14:41 BST. Updated 4th Oct 2016, 14:06 BST. Redevelopment of St James's Street showing Woolworth's and the Keirby Hotel, then the Burnley Crest.

6. localhistoryvideos.com › burnley-1960s-factory-workersOld Images of Burnley, Lancashire - Local History Videos

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   Factories were first built in Burnley during the Industrial Revolution. The meeting point of the River Calder and the River Brun provided an ideal location for harnessing water power to drive the new spinning machines which revolutionised the way cotton was produced. By 1911, the town held 99,000 power looms and was both a major production centre a...

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   In the 1960s the factories of Burnley were still busy producing a wide range of goods and providing a major source of employment to local people. A short film made at the time and now held in the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collection shows Burnley’s factory workers busy in their labours. The 16mm short film displayed above was made during the 1960s. ...

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7. www.burnleyexpress.net › news › peopleTake a walk down Burnley's streets over the decades in these ...

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   Mar 2, 2024 · This week, we take a walk around Burnley’s streets over the decades. The images are part of Keeping East Lancashire in the Picture, a two-year Lancashire Archives volunteer project bringing together people of different ages and backgrounds to digitise and make the collections of historic photographs in Burnley, Colne, Nelson and Accrington ...

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   What happened in Burnley in 1960?

   • ONLY two of the scenes pictured would be familiar to anybody walking around Burnley centre back in 1960. For the town’s central area changed dramatically during the sixties, seeing the old Market Hall and much of its surroundings swept away, to be replaced by the development seen in some of these photographs.

   NOSTALGIA: Taking a look back at Burnley town ... - Lancashire Telegraph

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   What was Burnley like in the 1960s & '70s?

   • THE 1960s and '70s were a time of great change for many towns in East Lancashire, Burnley being no exception. A town which had sprung up in the fork of the Rivers Calder and Brun, it had expanded rapidly with the arrival of cotton, to become the weaving capital of the world.

   The changing face of Burnley in 1960s and 1970s

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   What were Burnley's factories like in the 1960s?

   • In the 1960s the factories of Burnley were still busy producing a wide range of goods and providing a major source of employment to local people. A short film made at the time and now held in the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collection shows Burnley’s factory workers busy in their labours. The 16mm short film displayed above was made during the 1960s.

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   How has Burnley changed over time?

   • The streets of old Burnley have altered, and that for the better. St. James’ Street and Church Street have been made wider the whole length. These streets might be said to divide the town in halves. The town has grown bigger and more compact, and the new streets alone out-number many times over the streets then existent.

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   What happened in the Burnley era?

   • “Many shops in the Burnley of that day were without gas, a candle had to light the shop, and another might be placed on a shelf, which would throw off a sickly glare, and sometimes the candle would be hid behind bottles of toffee-sticks, acid drops, or gingerbread animals.

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   What companies were in Burnley in the 1960s?

   • BEP, Prestige and Michelin were three of the town’s major manufacturers who also closed their doors over the next two decades. Manufacturing now accounts for just 16% of local employment. In the 1960s the factories of Burnley were still busy producing a wide range of goods and providing a major source of employment to local people.

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9. www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk › news › 24681108Burnley’s new market and shopping development taking shape

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   5 days ago · Burnley town centre redevelopment, 1969. A great, if slightly battered, view of the work that was taking place in Burnley town centre in the late Sixties. Burnley town centre redevelopment, 1969 ...