Eleanor and Len's Grand Tours

When the Burnley Civic Trust took over the Burnley Express/Nelson Leader archive, it included a family photo album, about which we knew nothing at all. The album must have been donated to the Nelson Leader, and, as it feels like it was meant to be shared, we have created this special collection which we hope you will enjoy.

It contains holiday snaps and quirky captions recording four coach tours, between 1951 and 1954, and is a fascinating glimpse into a time when Lancashire towns shut down for a fortnight every July and folk set off to the seaside, where resorts were enjoying a post war revival in their fortunes, helped by coach tours like these from the industrial towns and cities.

The collection starts with the image of the album, use the Next button to scroll through, open the images in a new tab to zoom in.