Whalley Local History

This episode "An Inspirational woman of Whalley" is the story of Marion Sycamore a 92 year old Whalley Women who has had an interesting life and is a huge part of the Whalley Community. 
A great listen - I felt I had to tell her story!
This podcast is a review of her life and indeed a preview for her up and coming 4th book "Galloping through time!"

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Bodies, Fires and Jilted bride make up this episode!
Listen to stories taken from newspapers and research of the time.
The language used and the flavour of a village in times gone by.

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 Calderstones Hospital, the building, the cemetery evacuation, and the Booth Hall babies. 
This is the story you seldom hear when researching Calderstones Hospital.
You'll very rarely see a mention about the cemetery, the people buried there, or the booth hole Babies evacuated at the start of World War II and the fight by the friends of the cemetery to stop the deconsecration of the site by a company wanting to build a crematorium.

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The birth of the now incredibly popular local village hub that is "Whalley Village Hall".
The story of the philanthropic Austins of Abbey Antiques and how the village hall came about.

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A Walk around Whalley Parish Church and Graveyard will uncover lots of evidence of it's history.
The story of the past is right there, if you know here to look!
Listen to this episode and then take it with you to guide you around when you're next visiting Whalley.
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The real story of the recluse of Whalley hermitage and why she absconded.

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This episode is the story of the building of Whalley Arches, including the human story.

We hear about the birth of the Arches, the building, the accidents, and the engineers own stories.

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In this episode we travel down the east side of King Street, taking in the history of the shops/pubs/building you all you know and love.

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In this episode we travel down the west side of King Street, from the old grammar school to the gates of Abbey Lodge at Bridge End.
Join our trip down memory lane.

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Take a walk along Church Lane Whalley and discover it's history!

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