A Trip Down Memory Lane
Burn Naze and Thornton as a Lad
I was born at the crossing on the ICI side of the railway at Burn Naze ...
Christ Church
There used to be a Lynch Gate at the corner of Church Rd/Meadows Avenue ...
Cockle Hall and Station House
Today I have been to see my eldest brother (John Kenneth Singleton), who did live in Cockle Hall with my parents Jack Singleton and Bertha Singleton ...
Cow calling and Trunnah Brook
I used to have romantic notions about that foetid ‘rriver’ when I was little. I couldn't understand why my dad ...
Lasting Memories ... A Poem by Dorothy (Ingle) Rawnsley
I can remember, when I was a child, that I lived in a village called
'Thornton-le-Fylde' ...
Marsh Farm
In 2 Parts
Robert Jenkinson, my grandfather, was born at Scronkey, Pilling. He was one of eight children and the family lived ...
Rose Cottage, Raikes Road
It belonged to Mr & Mrs Kirby who during WW2, took in 2 evacuees ...
TB Silcock and Thornton
Hi, I was born in Little Thornton in 1931. My grandmother was TB Silcocks cook and my grandfather his joiner ...
The Old Barn
The Old barn (The old Stables from Lodge Farm.) at Hornbys corner skippool Rd has a Key Stone dating back to ...
Thornton Gala
Re the Gala, Baines Endowed enterd every year, I remember it well, the whole class sat on ...
Thornton Station
Prior to WW2 the signs on Thornton Station ...
Trunnah Reflections
I was born in a house on Trunnah Road, close to the butcher’s, which was then Kierby’s ...
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