Best sports facilities around. Shame Lucas fell apart, the social side, both sports and the club near the bus station were always busy.

I lived in St.Ives from the 1940's. The richness of the place was not so much the views, but in the 100's of fishermen whose livelihood was the sea. Some of these hardened seamen were born in the late 19th century and their tales, tall or otherwise, transfixed us open-mouthed lads; (the painting. 'The Boyhood of Raleigh' is an example).Because of the nature of their work, they rarely kept still on land, forever pacing to and fro as if restless to get out to sea again.

Fantastic place. I used to play football and Cricket there.

Dingles couldn't even get their scarf the reet way up.

Doesn't look like there was a window in the place! No natural light.

My father was the manager of the Empire Cinema up to 1956. It was occasionally used for live theatrical performances at week ends. I used to wander around the upper balcony and film projection box which wasn't open to the public. Happy days!

Really enjoyed watching, very interesting. Thankyou

If you stand at the top of pendle hill on a clear day you can see Blackpool tower 🗼 it really is a fantastic view of the area. The last time I was at the top of pendle hill I met a American couple and an Australian couple and they were stunned at the beauty of the area. ♥️😃👍🏻

I caught a glimpse of my dad at the cine club meeting, checking out the food (naturally😂) I'll clip it and send it to my mum if that's ok. Dad died in 2007. RIP Bryan.

Great video . However for those that reconigised recently the plandemic was all about control and only benefited those corrupt wef politicians with their stocks n shares in big pharma will realise foot n mouth was born out of similar lies and corruption. Like covid , it was amazing how foot n mouth was here one day and gone tmoz. Fact is it was all about control and millions benefited from it. Much history within the town as been destroyed by local councils who have a remarkable ineptitude towards the position they hold and businesses since the plandemic lockdowns like local pubs have gone down the drain just like the padiham floods of 2001 . When people see our recent history its declining unfortunately and all by design. Townley hall and GAWTHORPE ground are a shadow of what they were and town centre will slowly die to just like the market. People need to wake up and realise the system is broken. People have the power in every town...let's start using it.

This brings back memories, especially mayor making at the town hall and the opening of Bourne. My mother was Vera Selby and Eric Selby my step father. Sadly no longer with us.

at 29:45 My step father used to play the piano in the Duke of York in his younger days.

Had a school swimming lesson on the Friday before it shut, I remember they gave us an extra five mins in the pool. Trying to find the exact day it shut, if it was that Friday then seven year old me was one of the last people to use the pool. It was a nice place, St Peters wasn't some massive upgrade over it. Really wasn't a fan of the communal changing room though...

53:50, now this is a throwback, was pretty young at the time but I can remember walking through this

It sounded great at Brighouse.

Great video, remember playing 5 a side their after work in the mid 90s. Sadly by then it did need some modernisation, still such a loss. Ironic it went back to being a carpark!!!

lol @ Burnley planners...replace a car park with a Sports Centre (Thompsons Recreation Centre), then knock it down to put it back to a car park but ALSO knock a multi-storey car park down and replace it with...............................a Sports Centre. No wonder our Council Tax is so high...

English mainland? Argh!

For a second with the narrators accent, I thought we were going on a trip tut Yorkshire Dales. I grew up in Cornwall and in the seventies Cornish accents abounded. Then, in the eighties when property prices were low compared to elsewhere in the country, folk would abandon their Brummie estates in favour of a slice of paradise. The older Cornish generation died out and the younger locals couldn’t afford to live there, sadly having to move into the Brummie estates. Nowadays, hearing a Cornish accent is like finding a unicorn horn…..virtually impossible. Identity is being lost in favour of second homes and celebrity chefs restaurants. Someone mentioned in the comments how good it would be to have a Time Machine. I couldn’t agree more.

This video could have only been made better if it had the narration of a local Burnley man with thick accent!

Superb video, makes me think of a much more peaceful, safer time. Love old England/

That seems to me to be a particularly nice sounding organ. Maybe it's the acoustics of the building or the excellent recording. I love Saltaire but never knew about the move from Brighouse. Will definitely try to organise a visit

I feel sad looking back at these times with fond memories. Oh to own a time machine.

The carving is now at crow wood

My dad like to caption the photos he took - He captioned a photo of himself emerging from the sea at St Ives "You too could have a body like mine !" :D

These videos are great ! Super nostalgic

I didn't think this would be posted so quickly! I've been watching the Newsreels over a few months even years now and was looking forward to the new one! Thanks for all the work and documenting, not just history but the people who make it.

That Blackburn moment is brilliant!

Great film. I visited St Ives and the West Country for the first time when I was 21 years old. I, and my mate were camping. It was red hot and the shower water was being rationed because of the drought the weather caused. Fantastic memories.

Long may this lovely organ continue to entertain.

From which location have you taken these shots ?

And now it is a car park

I used to go there as a 7 or 8 yr old when it was a cinema with my grandma to watch Elvis and Norman wisdom films lovely building and memories😁

Thank you brilliant job love to all

Nice One

Fabulous! Thanks for putting this together and showing us what's been happening in 2023!

Apparently Merlin liked to sit atop and have "visions". Of course the founder of the quakers did likewise some 12 centuries later. Plenty of magic mushrooms especially around Barley in the autumn. But obviously Pendle's magic has been a thing for millennia

Is there any other show now available in Burnley for free

I was one of those who spent a small fortune (of dad's money) when the organ was at Hampsthwaite...

tank you, Mr Thompson. X

Always brings a tear for my home town. Well done Burnley.

Nice 👍 One

should be full HD now

Appears to be in 360p only, is this intentional?

Nice 👍 One

Absolutely Brilliant

💋 *Promosm*

Looks peaceful and natural.

That is truly amazing, what a stunning space. Well done to all who are involved in the restoration of this wonderful building. Thanks for posting this.

Sorry I hadn’t seen the whole clip 😵‍💫