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?
9. 1982
Burnley Centre for the Unemployed got a surprise boost when Leo’s Superstore handed over a fridge and a Hoover carpet cleaner for use at the centre. The Centre had been using Leo’s foyer at Curzon Street for a display during the previous days.
Mr Bill Whittaker, national regional director of CRS pours out a celebration drink of orange juice for Mr Greenwood, watched by the Centre’s secretary, Lyn Keirby. Photo: S