#Padiham – Page 3 – Northwest Nature and History

Painting Padiham

Painting Padiham is on today, there’s all sorts of stuff going on around town, the town hall archives are open, you can see the towns new murals and there’s even a vintage Leyland bus going up and down town from Gawthorpe hall so you can get about for free and in style! A B-H

A rough guide to some of the various bits of farm machinery you might see around the countryside of Northern England

Types of farm machinery This is a basic and non-exhaustive guide to some of the various bits of agricultural machinery you might see in use in the fields, trundling in front of you on a narrow country lane, or rusting away in a farmyard around the countryside of Northern England. Balers, little, square, and roundContinue reading “A rough guide to some of the various bits of farm machinery you might see around the countryside of Northern England”

Padiham Town Hall

Padiham town Hall was officially opened on the 26th of February 1938 by Herbert Morrison, the leader of London County Council (which was replaced by Greater London Council in 1965) and the grandfather of labour politician Peter Mandelson. A need for a new Civic Centre In the decades leading up the 1930’s the town hadContinue reading “Padiham Town Hall”