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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| CLUB ROW Higher Road Weavers Cottage ,important part of Building Society History |
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| Co-operative Building Berry Lane , once had a ballroom upstairs,now shops at ground level +flats |
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| Crampoaks Mill, Berry Lane , once a Cotton Mill and Weaving shed , now Booths Grocery Store. |
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| Fell End, originally site of a boys school, now William Haughton Funerals, |
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| Longridge Quarries, once employed over 400men, now a caravan /holiday park |
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| Market Place ,once handloom weaving centre, music hall, skating ring and now The Palace Cinema. |
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| Longridge Methodist Church ,Berry Lane, formerly Wesleyan Methodist Chapel now a business premises |
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| New Town Doctors Row , Preston Road, cottages for nail makers , weavers , and shops |
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| Old Station Building, converted into Heritage Centre and Old Station Cafe |
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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 Wilfrid's Church, plaque at St Wilfrid's terrace off Derby Road |
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| Stone Bridge , at Stonebridge Roundabout , the bridge over the railway line built in 1847 |
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| The Townley Arms , Berry Lane , originally known as The Station Hotel |
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2023 Blue Plaque Team lead by- Mike Cussans :
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