Lancashire Record Office - Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

__________________________________________________________________________Lancashire Record Office: What’s in it for Blackburn with Darwen?Sound ArchivesThe North West Sound Archive is based at Clitheroe Castle. It has extensivecollections relating to Blackburn with Darwen, with hundreds of sound recordingsand interviews with local people.Some examples:Samuel J Wadsworth,1896-1961, professional footballer born DarwenHe reads his autobiographical manuscript, recalling training and representing StCuthbert’s school, Darwen at football; professional players Jockey Simpson, BillyMeredith and Bob Crompton.1992.0011Betsy Barton, born 26 Dec 1886Recalls the Guide area of Blackburn; grandfather, a collier; funerals; Boer War;work in the mill; politics; education; pawn shops; unions; trams.1993.0019Jim Standen, born Blackburn 1933, fish and chip shop ownerRecalls early days of the fish and chip trade in Blackburn.1995.0214Polly Oldham, born 25 Oct 1896, BlackburnDescribes family life, children’s games, Christmas and work as a weaver1995.0220Ida Shaw, born BlackburnMoved to Darwen aged 6; recounts her work in Greenfield Mill, where her fatherwas manager, on the sewing machine and as a winder and warper; describes anair raid in World War II and Gandhi’s visit1998.0131Winifred BaxterRecalls Blackburn Chamber of Trade exhibition in 1938 and describes her hosierybusiness and stalls on Blackburn Market1998.0099More information about the Sound Archive can be found at:http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office/about/archive.aspcontact details:North West Sound Archive, Clitheroe Castle, Clitheroe BB7 1AZPhone: 01200 42789Email: NWSA@ed.lancscc.gov.uk52