Ruins and Romans, Fonts and Furrows. Anything Old in Lancashire

[mosiefish]

Thanks for those links Su.  The one on Cowm on the Rochdale link of the forgotten communities site mentions a book called Cowm the Valley that died which I have.  Oddly enough I was looking for it yesterday evening.  I eventually found it this morning and am reading it again.

GS I have not found any first hand written accounts of removal as yet, but if I do I will post. 

Mo

[msr]

Would take an age in library to find so much Mo, wouldn't it?

[Maggie.]

Wow - were you expecting it to happen quite so quickly??

When we were taken around the dig 2 weeks ago, we were told we would be the last group to see it.  I believe many groups got the opportunity to see it including school children.  What a great lesson in social history for them.

[Maggie.]

This may be of interest:-

http://www.ribblevalleyholidays.co.uk/leaflets/BlackMoss.pdf

[Maggie.]

There are a further couple of reservoirs near Barley at Ogden:-

http://www.ribblevalleyholidays.co.uk/leaflets/OgdenRes.pdf

There used to be a community living here before the valley was flooded.  Somewhere I think I have info. on it but it's like looking for a needle in a haystack.

[Maggie.]

This is really interesting as it describes life in Barley in the 19th century.  Go to our group website here:-

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0jw2/

The article, which is a transcript of an interview with the oldest village inhabitant at that time (1971), is copyrighted so I cannot reproduce any of it here.

The link should take you to the 'Archives' page.  Once there click on 'archives' in the text some way down the page or alternatively just click the underlined link in the blue banner at the top.  This opens into our database of some of the documents we hold, mostly they have been donated.  Now you need to click on 'Barley' and that opens up 21 files, then select 'Barley Village' and at the bottom of the page that then opens is a Word document for download called 'Oral History'.  Rather a convoluted way to get to it I'm afraid.

Hope all this works 

[Wiggy]

It works     

- fascinating  - going to go back and read it again at leisure!

Thanks for that Maggie!   And the other links/downloads

[youngtug]

Might be interesting; http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/23797/pages/4739

[Tephra]

Thanks for all the links......... fascinating.