BLUE PLAQUES BEFORE AND AFTER REFURBISHMENT
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all the plaques were refurbished by local volunteers lead by Mike Cussans, with help from F&M coatings who sandblasted the plaques and powder coated them blue |
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43 BERRY LANE formerly site of Bond Minicars and Old Fire Station |
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![Youth Centre](/longridge/assets/images/43-berry-lane) ![Refurbished 43 Berry Lane](/longridge/assets/images/rf-43-berry-lane) |
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CLUB ROW Higher Road Weavers Cottage ,important part of Building Society History |
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![Club Row](/longridge/assets/images/club-row) ![refurbished Club Row](/longridge/assets/images/rf-club-row) |
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Co-operative Building Berry Lane , once had a ballroom upstairs,now shops at ground level +flats |
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![Co Operative Buildin](/longridge/assets/images/co-operative-buildin) ![Refurbished Co Op building](/longridge/assets/images/rf-co-operative-building) |
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Crampoaks Mill, Berry Lane , once a Cotton Mill and Weaving shed , now Booths Grocery Store. |
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![Crampoaks Mill](/longridge/assets/images/crampoaks-mill) ![refurbished Crumpoaks Mill](/longridge/assets/images/rf-crumpoaks-mill) |
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Fell End, originally site of a boys school, now William Haughton Funerals, |
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![Fell End](/longridge/assets/images/fell-end) ![refurbished Fell End](/longridge/assets/images/rf-fell-end) |
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Longridge Quarries, once employed over 400men, now a caravan /holiday park |
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![Longridge Quarries](/longridge/assets/images/longridge-quarries) ![refurbished Longridge Quarries](/longridge/assets/images/rf-longridge-quarries) |
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Market Place ,once handloom weaving centre, music hall, skating ring and now The Palace Cinema. |
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![Market Place](/longridge/assets/images/market-place) ![refurbished Market Place](/longridge/assets/images/rf-market-place) |
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Longridge Methodist Church ,Berry Lane, formerly Wesleyan Methodist Chapel now a business premises |
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![Longridge Methodist Chapel before refurbishment](/longridge/assets/images/methodist-chapel-b4)
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New Town Doctors Row , Preston Road, cottages for nail makers , weavers , and shops |
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![Newtown/Doctors Row](/longridge/assets/images/newtown-doctors-row) ![Doctors Row plaque](/longridge/assets/images/rf-doctors-row) |
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Old Station Building, converted into Heritage Centre and Old Station Cafe |
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![Longridge Station](/longridge/assets/images/longridge-station)
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Quarrymans Arms , Higher Road, became Paul Heathcotes Restaurant, Thai Restaurant and now a nursery |
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St Lawrence's Church , Lower Lane , origins of the church going back to the 1500's |
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![St Lawrence Church](/longridge/assets/images/st-lawrence-church) ![refurbished St Lawrence's Church](/longridge/assets/images/rf-st-lawrence-s-church) |
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St Wilfrid's Church, plaque at St Wilfrid's terrace off Derby Road |
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![St Wilfrid's Church](/longridge/assets/images/st-wilfrid-s-church) ![refurbished St Wilfrids R C Church](/longridge/assets/images/rf-st-wilfrids-r-c-church) |
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Stone Bridge , at Stonebridge Roundabout , the bridge over the railway line built in 1847 |
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![Stone Bridge](/longridge/assets/images/stone-bridge) ![refurbished Stone Bridge](/longridge/assets/images/rf-stone-bridge) |
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The Townley Arms , Berry Lane , originally known as The Station Hotel |
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![The Townley Arms](/longridge/assets/images/the-townley-arms) ![refurbished Townley Arms](/longridge/assets/images/rf-townley-arms) |
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Volunteer Team lead by Mike Cussans :- |
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![Longridge Blue Plaque Team 1](/longridge/assets/images/team-1) ![Mike Cussans](/longridge/assets/images/team-leader) |
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![Longridge Blue Plaque Team 2](/longridge/assets/images/team-2) |
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