The archive is extensive and we aim to make many of these images available online.
*SEPTEMBER 2025 UPDATE*
There are now more than 17,553 images on the website including those on our Other Collections section. There are more images to see if you View our Articles section to read longer articles written by our volunteers on a range of historical subjects.
We have received a donation of Burco Dean archive material which has not yet been digitised for the website but you will find information about Burco Dean and a small selection of images on our Articles page.
We are now operating without the benefit of Heritage Lottery Funding and welcome donations to enable us to continue scanning negatives and making them available on the website. Donations can be made directly to us or via JUSTGIVING
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BCTHIC is most thankful for the generous donations made by:
Burnley Rotary, Burnley Pendleside Rotary, Stocks Massey Bequest Fund, Celeste & Kevin (in Canada) and other donors who have contributed to our funds to enable this project to continue after our Heritage Lottery funding ceased.
All funding contributions are gratefully accepted
We WELCOME NEW VOLUNTEERS and have vacancies on our Wednesday and Thursday afternoon sessions. If you can spare a couple of hours why not contact us and arrange a visit to the archive. All that is needed are some basic computer skills and an interest in local history. PENDLE AND WEST CRAVEN images can be found in the Surrounding Districts pages and we would welcome volunteers from the Pendle area to digitise images and stories about this area as we have no volunteers working on this area at the moment.
We have produced a short history about the project which you can download.
50 years Ago
Mr T. Pollard of Lane End, Sabden, is confronted by the tree which blocked Trapp Lane on Saturday.
The weekend weather washed out many people's holiday plans, storms blew down trees and damaged property, but the drought is still on. The North-West Water Authority say that the weekend's rain will make only a minimal difference to the situation and people should continue making every possible saving. The problems of many holidaymakers were eased by the postponing of the threatened seamen's strike, but their plans were dampened by the driving rain and strong winds which have brought to an end the long, dry summer. Standpipes have already been put up in the Pendle and Rossendale areas, and could be appearing on the streets of Burnley within three weeks. The authority is still waiting for confirmation from the Secretary of State for an order banning all non-essential uses of water.
The gusting winds at the weekend brought down a large tree in Simonstone, blocking Trapp Lane for a short time on Saturday morning. The fall caused buses on the Burnley-Sabden route to be diverted along Sabden Road, but no delays were caused, said a spokesman for Ribble Motor Services.
