Various Photographs, Stories and Newspaper articles covering the daily life's of Bacup and Stacksteads children.

 

 

I found this picture in a box of photographs and with nothing written on it I can't be sure these boys are from Bacup or Stacksteads.  Regardless of this I think this picture is just a wonderful representation of young children at play.

*Notice their little clogs and flat caps, perhaps the little chappy in the middle is fixing his whip ready for a game of whip and top*

 

 

 Bacup Times August 6th 1902

Alarming Accident In A Bacup Sunday School

An alarming accident by which a little eight year old girl named Annie Lord had a narrow escape from being killed occurred Mount Pleasant Sunday school, Bacup on Monday afternoon. The little girl is the daughter of Howarth Lord, a weaver of Greave, and is a scholar of the 13th class, attended the Sunday school in Sunday afternoon. A number of the junior classed including the one in which Annie Lord is a scholar are held in what is known as the band room, a small room adjoining the large schoolroom, and out of which a staircase leads to the gallery at the back of the room last mentioned. In order that the whole of he scholars may join in the devotional exercise at the opening and closing of lessons, it is customary for the classes in the band room to proceed to the gallery in the big schoolroom by means of the staircase mentioned. The stars consist of about sixteen steps with a square landing opposite the doorway at the to, and protected on the outer side by wooden rails and a handrail, the whole being about three feet to three feet six inches high.

On Sunday afternoon the scholars had been assembled in the  gallery as usual the school had been closed by singing  a hymn and prayers  and the scholars were returning down the staircase and to the band room when the little girl by some means overbalanced herself over the top of the rail and fell with a heavy thud to the floor below. Immediately below the small landing was three forms and chairs which had been used for the formation of the class and one of these came into violent contact with the girls head as she fell. She was picked up by one of the teachers who was in the room  whence the screams of the  scholars brought a number of others to the scene. Among whom were Miss Christie Shepherd Miss Martha A Lord, and Miss Stapleton, all members of the Bacup Nursing Division. These took charge of the unfortunate girl and found her to be bleeding profusely from a nasty wound in the forehead caused by contact with the form or the chair They applied bandages and a messenger was sent, at once for Dr Brown,  who however was away from home, so the child was carried by a man named James Ives to the home of Dr Rigby, but he was also out. Whilst in the surgery  a message was received that Dr Browns locum tenens had arrived and he ultimately attended to the little ones injuries. The incident caused quite a sensation amongst the scholars who had not left the school when it happened. The distance which the girl fell would not be less than 15 or 16 feet and has the protecting rail is the height of the girls shoulders it is a matter of some surprise unless she was attempting to get over the rail to slide down it and fell over. We are glad to learn that the girl is making  good progress.

 

 

 

 

Report of Boy being Knocked Down By A Tram.

 

 

Shocking Accident Yesterday March 1927

Girl Killed By Steam Wagon

 

 

In 1918 a little way up the road from were the above accident happened a little boy called Alfred Jones aged 10 son of my Great Grandfather was killed.

 

 

 

 

Boy Scalped 1920

 

 

Overlaid Child 1904

 

 

Little Norah Shanks 1904

 

Bacup & Rossendale News

June 1865

Sutcliffe and Hargreaves

 

 

April 1906

Gertrude Tuck Badly Burned

 

Bacup Times June 9th 1945.

Childs Body Found

 In Steam

 

 

1915 Schoolboy Willie Southern Blows up his hand.

 

Three year old

Saved From

Drowning 1903

 

 

Boys Birched

Bacup Times 1916.

 

 

Mary Jane Keeble Killed By Tram 1902

 

 

 

 

A Boy Wonder Walker.

Harry Townsend was known as the little wonder walker, son of Mr George Townsend he was born in Bacup in 1895.  A frail little boy who suffered often from ill health the Bacup Times reported in 1902, that after taking a vegetarian diet and plenty of fresh air he had become stronger and as recently undertaken some remarkable walks for one so young. He walked from Ilford to Romford, a distance of 21 miles  in 4 and 3/4 hours.  Next he managed a circular walk from Rochdale to Bacup, Walsden and Littleborough  distance of 21 miles in 5 hours 10 mins though  he apparently had a head wind against him for 10 miles. He also walked from Rochdale to Halifax and on Saturday 17th October 1902 he covered the 19 miles from Chorley to Southport on foot. The following Saturday he was due to walk from Bury to Manchester but he died that morning. The doctor had been to see him on the Thursday noting he had a little inflammation of the tonsils an ailment he frequently had but was otherwise perfectly well and had later enjoyed some football practice. He later  became ill again and on the Friday the doctor was once again called and diagnosed broncho pneumonia, and despite all that could be done for him he died about 1.30 am on Saturday at just nine years old and was buried in Bacup Cemetery. Unfortunately his grave pictured right was vandalised and the top is now missing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picture below Ida, Arnold & Nora Taylor of

                     The Poplars Burnley Rd  1897.

 

 

 

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Children look on in amusement.

 

 

 

 

Children of Dale Street

Bottom of Ash Street 1922-1923.

Children from the Greave

with Maypole in picture Right.

Children of Blackwood pictured Left.

J Murphy on the right..

7th from Left J Murphy's Mother

9th Back Row Honor Walsh next  Mrs McGuiness

 

 

 

 

John Henry Sanderson

In February 1906 John Henry Sanderson of Heightside, Sharneyford, aged 12 and half accomplished a remarkable school attendance record, having missed school only once during seven years to attend his fathers funeral.  Henry was presented with a silver watch by the Bacup Education Committee.

 

 

 

 

A Child of the Great War pictured Left.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dick Whittaker pictured Right:

A child of Bacup youngest child of a family

 of 15 who lived over the Greave Bacup.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

According to the writing on the back of the picture above it was taken about 1922/1924 and all the children present in it lived in the area of Underbank.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Underbank Kids

Taken in street called North Parade

 outside the home of Mr & Mrs. Clarke

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lee Wood Lads October 1913

Left-Right

J Kendall, John Crossley, H Holt, F Thomas, T Hurney

R Lovell, H Hanson, Jim Crossley, W Kendall,

H Keeble J Lord, R Keeble.

 

 

       

 

Wesley Place Scouts 1913

 

 

 

 

 

St Saviours 1918

 

Knot Hill Scout Club 1930 Nurse Lambert

Zion Bacup Captain Mary Baron