The pictures from the Burnley Civic Trust Heritage Collection include pictures of a picket line at Burnley General Hospital and some from Burnley folk marking ‘Euro Week’ in 1972 as Britain was about to join the Common Market. How times change eh?
5. 1982
Mrs Strang hands over the cheque to Westway Special School from the ladies’ section of the Burnley branch of the National Association of Licensed House Managers to Mr West and Mr Derek Sheard with other members of the association committee, Mrs Barbara Huyton, Mrs Pauline McCarthy and Mrs Maureen Scaife Photo: S
6. Burnley, 1972
Euro Week got off to a great start on Saturday, 23rd September 1972 as Burnley began a week featuring many continental-styled events. Burnley Chamber of Trade, in co-operation with British European Airways organised Euro Week to give the town a preview of what life will be like once Britain joins the Common Market. Photo: S
7. Burnley, 1972
A hairdressing demonstration at the Keirby Hotel by teachers at Nelson and Colne College featured styles from the Common Market countries. From left: Barbara Firth, Catherine Quinn, Margaret Waterworth, Anna Legname, Susan O'Donnell, Hieidi Barrowclough and Judith Knowles. Photo: S
8. Preston Guild Hall, 1982
Lancashire Enterprise Fair was designed to give small new firms in Lancashire a free marketing platform. Photo: S