Earnshaw Bridge Local History Exhibition and Community Celebration Weekend
St. Johns Church, Leyland Lane, Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 1XB
We hope to display a wide range of enlarged old photos, maps & documents of community life & festivals in Earnshaw Bridge, along with a number of historic artefacts, around the walls of St. John's church hall, which was originally built as the first infant school for 'the poor children of Earnshaw Bridge' in 1898-9, but which closed in 1951. We hope to have the original school bell that rang from a small belfry on the school roof, a Tudor-style font that was given to the mission church of St. Andrew's Leyland that met on Sundays in the school hall, and also a tableaux of a Victorian school desk with slates & chalk for children to dress up in costume for a photo-opportunity. There will also be a number of AI-generated enhancements of historic photos displayed alongside the scanned originals to show the possibilities of these new technologies in bringing the past to life. Free refreshments will be available and the opportunity to browse through presentation albums of many of the items displayed around the hall in more detail. The exhibition is completely free & open to anyone with an interest in the history of this small residential & business district of Leyland, with items collected from local archives, social media, businesses and individuals who have kindly loaned them for this one-off exhibition giving a glimpse of over a century of community life here & filling a gap in the otherwise well-explored history of the industrial town of Leyland in Lancashire.
Timings
- Saturday 12 September:
- 10am to 4pm
Location & directions
St. Johns Church, Leyland Lane, Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 1XB
- Directions:
- St. John's Church, Leyland, is located on Leyland Lane near the junction with Golden Hill Lane, and is directly across the road from Tesco Express.
- Contact on day:
- Stephen Fletcher
- Telephone number:
- +447905525942
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking not required
Accessibility details
There is an external ramp access in the front carpark to the main exhibition and refreshments in the church hall. Internal access to the attached church building in which other activities and displays will be found is by 3 steps with a handrail, but the external ramp is alongside so this is only an issue in bad weather!
Additional information
All are welcome to visit this free exhibition, which is a one-off event to celebrate our local parish and community as part of the Blackburn Diocesan Centenary Celebrations.
- Max number of people:
- 30
- Estimated duration:
- 1 hour(s)
