BLUE PLAQUES BEFORE AND AFTER REFURBISHMENT

   

Early April 2023 all 15 Blue Plaques were removed and refurbished by local volunteers lead by Mike Cussans, with help from F&M Coatings who sandblasted the plaques and powder coated them blue, the refurbished plaques were put back on display at the original location or nearby by Robert Tomlinson.

Our history group is very gratefull to the volanteers who repainted the plaques and to those people who gave donations to help fund the restoration.

  
   
 43 BERRY LANE formerly site of Bond Minicars and Old Fire Station  
   
 Youth CentreRefurbished 43 Berry Lane   
   
   
 CLUB ROW Higher Road Weavers Cottage ,important part of Building Society History  
   
 Club Rowrefurbished Club Row  
   
   
 Co-operative Building Berry Lane , once had a ballroom upstairs,now shops at ground level +flats  
   
 Co Operative BuildinRefurbished Co Op building  
   
 Crampoaks Mill, Berry Lane , once a Cotton Mill and Weaving shed , now Booths Grocery Store.  
   
 Crampoaks Millrefurbished Crumpoaks Mill  
   
Fell End, originally site of a boys school, now William Haughton Funerals,  
   
Fell Endrefurbished Fell End  
   
Longridge Quarries, once employed over 400men, now a caravan /holiday park  
   
Longridge Quarriesrefurbished Longridge Quarries  
   
 Market Place ,once handloom weaving centre, music hall, skating ring and now The Palace Cinema.  
   
 Market Placerefurbished Market Place  
   
 Longridge Methodist Church ,Berry Lane, formerly Wesleyan Methodist Chapel now a business premises  
   
Longridge Methodist Chapel before refurbishmentrefurbished Longridge Methodist Church
   
   
New Town Doctors Row , Preston Road, cottages for nail makers , weavers , and shops  
   
Newtown/Doctors RowDoctors Row plaque  
   
Old Station Building, converted into Heritage Centre and Old Station Cafe  
   
Longridge StationRestored plaque
   
   
 
   
Quarrymans Arms , Higher Road, became Paul Heathcotes Restaurant, Thai Restaurant and now a nursery  
   
The Quarryman@s Armsrefurbishes Quarrymans Arms  
   
 
   
St Lawrence's Church , Lower Lane , origins of the church going back to the 1500's  
   
St Lawrence Churchrefurbished St Lawrence's Church  
   
St Wilfrid's Church, plaque at St Wilfrid's terrace off Derby Road  
   
St Wilfrid's Churchrefurbished St Wilfrids R C Church  
   
 Stone Bridge , at Stonebridge Roundabout , the bridge over the railway line built in 1847  
   
Stone Bridgerefurbished Stone Bridge  
   
The Townley Arms , Berry Lane , originally known as The Station Hotel  
   
The Townley Armsrefurbished Townley Arms  
   
2023 Blue Plaque Team lead by- Mike Cussans :
  
   
 Longridge Blue Plaque Team 1Mike Cussans  
   
 Longridge Blue Plaque Team 2