Tag: Earlestown
Tommy Burns jump off the 9 Arches?
Tommy Burns was a young Widnes man who had been causing no end of a sensation up and down the country by his high diving feats.…
ST. John the Baptist, Earlestown Parish Church
Canon Whitley, Rector of Newton-in-Makerfield, recognised that the population of Earlestown was growing and there was a need for their own Parish Church. On May 27,1874,…
Emmetts Brow and Earlestown Wagon Works
In the website forums the last few days there have been a few requests for information about Emmetts Brow, where it is and who was its…
The Curzon Cinema, 28th October, 1935
Heres some history for the Curzon Cinema, which I have transcribed from an original opening day booklet. Since the Curzon is now but a burned out…