| View:
St Mary's Church, Church Road, Rufford.
Date: Unknown
Notes:
Submitted By: Jeff Gordon, Rufford |
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St Mary's Church, Church Road, Rufford.
Date: Unknown
Notes:
Submitted By: Jeff Gordon, Rufford |
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Grey Gutter Farm (Hand Coloured Postcard)
Date: Unknown
Notes: Grey Gutter Farm was on the A59 near the
junction with Church Road. The farm was demolished to
move the A59 away from the post office area.
Submitted By: Jeff Gordon, Rufford |
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Rufford Post Office
Date: Unknown
Notes: Viewed from the south with Grey Gutter Farm
on the left.
Submitted By: Jeff Gordon, Rufford |
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Parcels Delivery? on Liverpool Road (A59), Rufford
Date: Unknown
Notes: Outside the Post Office travelling towards
Burscough - Grey Gutter Farm (demolished - in the background)
Submitted By: Fred Lee |
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A Walter Southworth lorry & trailer loaded with
flour
Date: About 1923
Notes: On the A59, 'The Gables' to the rear.
Submitted By: Fred Lee |
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Petrol Station
Date: 1928/1930
Notes: Shows Jimmy Baker Junr. outside the Cycle
& Motor
Repair Garage which was on Liverpool Road, Rufford just
north of the junction with New Road. The house in the
background, which was partly built with bricks from the
old windmill, is still there. The garage building was
demolished in 1989, although Jimmy Baker moved out to
the site on Causeway Lane in later years
Submitted By: Joan Quinlan (Daughter of Jimmy Baker)
via F.L. |
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Rufford New Hall
Date:
Notes:
Submitted By: Bertha Crocker via F.L. |
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| View:
The Shoot at Rufford New Hall
Date:
Notes: Can anyone name the people in the shoot?
Submitted By: Richard Sephton via F.L. |
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Rufford Old Hall in the Springtime by John Haslam
Date: 1991
Notes: Painting commissioned by Arthur & Pam
Wright, Rufford
Submitted By: Arthur Wright |
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Canal bridge
Date:
Notes: The bridge was demolished in late 1970's
or early 1980's. Note the cranes in the background that
used to unload the coal from the barges.
Submitted By: Joan Gordon |
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Swing Bridge behind Rufford Old Hall
Date:
Notes: The concrete ramps of this swing bridge
are still there.
Submitted By: Joan Gordon |
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Empress Cafe
Date:
Notes: The Cafe became a night club, transport
cafe with accomodation, supermarket and is now the site
of Old Hall Cottages.
Submitted By: Don & Audrey Yates, Rufford |
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| View:
Rufford Post Office
Date:
Notes: An aerial view of Rufford Post Office prior
to the new building behind now Thornton Close.
Submitted By: Don & Audrey Yates, Rufford |
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| View:
The original Rufford Post Office
Date:
Notes: The original post office was at 'The Apiary',
Holly Lane, Rufford.
Submitted By: Don & Audrey Yates, Rufford |
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| View:
Rufford Post Office
Date: <1928
Notes: From a postcard published by H.Southworth
who was the postmaster from around 1900 - 1928.
Submitted By: Don & Audrey Yates, Rufford |
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Rufford Signal Box
Date:
Notes: Now demolished
Submitted By: Fred Lee, Rufford |
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Driving on the frozen canal at Rufford
Date: Approx 1960
Notes: A Bond Minicar and a Meadows Frisky with
the old canal bridge in the background. Fred Lee with
sledge and Rosemary Lee with the Bond.
Submitted By: Fred Lee, Rufford |
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| View:
Consecrating the new burial Ground
Date:
Notes:
Submitted By: Jeff Gordon |
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Handing over of Rufford Old Hall to the National Trust
?
Date:
Notes:
Submitted By: Jeff Gordon |
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| View:
Hesketh Arms Inn
Date:
Notes:
Submitted By: Jeff Gordon |
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| View:
Holly Lane, Rufford
Date: 1920's
Notes:
Submitted By: Jeff Gordon |
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| View:
Rufford Mill
Date:
Notes: Stood next to the site of 'Lawn Villas'
on Liverpool Road.
Submitted By: Jeff Gordon |
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| View:
Village Centre
Date: 1960's
Notes:
Submitted By: Jeff Gordon |
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Rufford Railway Station
Date:
Notes:
Submitted By: Fred Lee |
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| View:
Rufford School
Date:
Notes: School prior to the 1962 extensions and
alterations
Submitted By: Jeff Gordon |
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| View:
Fermor Arms
Date: 1960's
Notes:
Submitted By: Jeff Gordon |
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| View:
Old Rectory
Date:
Notes: The original rectory was demolished on the
instructions of Lord Hesketh around 1930 due to dry rot
in the timber work.
Submitted By: Jeff Gordon |
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| View:
Holmeswood National Fire Service
Date: WWII
Notes:
Back Row - T.Culshaw, H.Parkinson, Jim Walker, Bill Forshaw,
George Caunce, Percy Hayes, Gilbert Holden.
Middle Row:- Isaac Bolton, Harold Robey, Jack Souithworth,
Mark
Hunter, Cyril Midgley, Tom Kenyon,
Front Row:- Reg Ashcroft, Bill Caunce, Dick Parker, Henry
Caunce, Bill Burgess.
Submitted By: Henry Caunce via Fred Lee. |
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| View:
The Empress Cafe at Rufford
Date:
Notes: Taken from an old Postcard
Submitted By: Jeff Gordon |
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| View:
Rufford Church from over the canal
Date:
Notes: Taken from an old Postcard
Submitted By: Jeff Gordon |
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| View:
Rufford Church from the main gate
Date:
Notes: Taken from an old Postcard
Submitted By: Jeff Gordon |
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| View:
Rufford New Hall rose garden
Date:
Notes: Taken from an old Postcard
Submitted By: Jeff Gordon |
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| View:
River Douglas in Flood
Date: December 1997
Notes:
Submitted By: Jeff Gordon |
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| View:
St Mary's Church
Date: December 2002
Notes: Photograph by Sara-Jane Morey
Submitted By: Fred Lee |
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| View:
Hesketh Lodge
Date: 1950's
Notes: Post card of a view up New Lane showing
the gates and Hesketh Lodge behind them.
Submitted By: David Bain |
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View:
Rufford Medieval Market & Fair
Date: 1987
Notes: Click
Here
Submitted By: Fred Lee |
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| View:
Preparing the new Burial Ground at St Mary's Rufford
Date: 1930
Notes: Team led by Mr. John Lea
Submitted By: Fred Lee |
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| View:
Tango Cafe and Dance Hall, Rufford
Date: 1938
Notes: The Tango Cafe was on the site of the Old
Empress Cafe and is now Oldhall Cottages, Liverpool Road
Rufford. A popular place during the war for Navy personnel
from HMS Ringtail at Burscough .
Submitted By: Fred Lee |
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View:
Rufford Farmers Association (?)
Date: Circa 1940's
Notes: Photo belongs to Tommy Meadows of Burscough.
He worked man and boy (except for the war years), for
the haulage contractor, Walter
Southworth, in Rufford. Can you name any of the gentlemen
pictured?
Submitted By: Mrs Pat Allen, (formerly Meadows),
Shevington Wigan |
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