Published on Thursday 7 August 2014 at 5:03 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Library and Information Service celebrates £10,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant
Blackburn with Darwen Library and Information Serivce has been awarded a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) ‘First World War: Then and Now’ grant.
Published on Wednesday 6 August 2014 at 4:23 pm
Dozens of residents joined with the friends of French Road community group to remember the sacrifices their community made 100 years ago.
Filed under: French Road | Wensley Fold | World War One Commemorations | Your Call
Published on Wednesday 6 August 2014 at 3:00 pm
Called Communities of Blackburn, the group is working in partnership with Your Support Your Choice to celebrate belonging and diversity in Blackburn with Darwen.
Filed under: Blackburn Central library | community | Your Support Your Choice
Published on Wednesday 6 August 2014 at 1:44 pm
A hundred years ago this week Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary in 1914, returned to his chambers in the Foreign Office and lamented “The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our life”.
Filed under: Alan Cottam | commemoration | Corporation Park | Darwen | Harry Catherall | Lights Out | mayor | Soundcloud | Trevor Maxfield | World War One Commemorations
Published on Tuesday 5 August 2014 at 3:58 pm
A letter written by a professional soldier, George Newsholme from Darwen, at the outbreak of the First World War, gives a real insight into the mood at the time, and the mood as Britain entered the conflict.
Filed under: commemoration | Darwen | Podcast | Soldier | Soundcloud | World War One Commemorations
Published on Tuesday 5 August 2014 at 12:17 pm
The state-of-the-art indoor BMX and skatepark is set to open in the borough next month.
The £60,000 park will be the first in the borough, based at Junction 4 off the M65, and it aims to become a regional centre for the sports.
Filed under: bmx | Darwen | Junction4 Skatepark | skatepark | sport
Published on Monday 4 August 2014 at 2:03 pm
On the centenary of Britain entering the First World War on August 4 1914, a new podcast looks back at the experiences within the borough as war was declared.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | commemoration | Culture | history | museum | Soundcloud | Steve Irwin | World War One Commemorations
Published on Friday 1 August 2014 at 3:34 pm
Ewood Park’s Blues Bar hosted a community day of events, to commemorate the First World War, bringing together residents and community groups in a themed event to mark the centenary of the conflict.
Filed under: Alan Cottam | commemoration | community | Councillor | Maureen Bateson | mayor | Soundcloud | World War One Commemorations | Your Call
Published on Thursday 31 July 2014 at 1:47 pm
Next week, sees the start of the borough’s four year programme of events to commemorate the centenary on the First World War.
Filed under: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | Vinai Solanki | World War One Commemorations
Published on Monday 28 July 2014 at 4:48 pm
The Friends of Blackburn Old Cemetery invite all residents to join with them to commemorate the First World War.
Published on Monday 28 July 2014 at 2:05 pm
Free fun days took place over the weekend at the Pavilion in Witton Park, with many getting into the Commonwealth Games spirit, and enjoying the nice weather at what is a busy centre for sport within Blackburn with Darwen.
Filed under: Blackburn Harriers | Commonwealth Games | Fun Day | Soundcloud | sport | Witton Park
Published on Friday 25 July 2014 at 12:06 pm
Across Blackburn with Darwen, young people are taking part in various sports activities run by volunteers such as Nigel Dixon, who has recently received an MBE in recognition of his voluntary services to sports
Chairman of Blackburn Community Sports Club on Lammack Road, Nigel, alongside fellow volunteers, has helped countless young people get active through sport.
Filed under: Commonwealth Games | community | Nigel Dixon | Soundcloud | sport | Volunteers | young people
Published on Friday 25 July 2014 at 8:30 am
Witton Country Park will be jam-packed with Commonwealth Games-themed activities this summer
Free fun days are on offer at the Countryside Services Activity Room based at the Pavilion on Saturday, July 26 and Sunday, July 27 between 1pm-4pm with a Glasgow Commonwealth Games themed activity.
Filed under: Commonwealth Games | events | leisure | leisure and Young people | sport | Summer 2014 | Witton | Witton Country Park
Published on Thursday 24 July 2014 at 4:00 pm
It is the summer holidays and the popular Blackburn Beach is back. Blackburn town centre is set to be the place to be this summer as the seaside comes to King William Street. It opens to the public this Saturday, July 26, and the beach is free to the public.
Filed under: Blackburn Beach | King William Street | Maureen Bateson | School Holidays | Summer 2014 | Town Centres
Published on Thursday 24 July 2014 at 11:46 am
As Commonwealth Games fever hits Britain, Blackburn today has revealed new images of the new multi million pound Leisure centre development.
Filed under: Andy Kay | blackburn sports and leisure centre | Blackburn Town Centre | Commonwealth Games | Councillor | Damian Talbot | regeneration | sport
