A smiling group of Hollingreave Youth Club members pictured before their trip to Hardcastle Crags on Good Fridayplaceholder image
A smiling group of Hollingreave Youth Club members pictured before their trip to Hardcastle Crags on Good Friday

Retro picture gallery from Burnley in the 1970s and 1980s

By Dominic Collis
Published 19th May 2023, 19:22 BST
Updated 19th May 2023, 19:22 BST

Our dive into the Burnley Civic Trust Archive collection today looks at some more wonderful old Burnley Express photographs.

Take a look and see if you recognise anyone or anywhere.

Granada cameraman Mike Blakeley takes a shot of the oldest Holly House resident, Mrs Minnie Ingham. A television film unit from Granada visited a model housing complex for the aged - in Holmes Street, Burnley - on Thursday 29th May 1971

9. Holly House, Holmes Street, Burnley, 1971

Granada cameraman Mike Blakeley takes a shot of the oldest Holly House resident, Mrs Minnie Ingham. A television film unit from Granada visited a model housing complex for the aged - in Holmes Street, Burnley - on Thursday 29th May 1971 Photo: s

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