Darwen Heritage Centre '100' Club
The Heritage Centre are running a ‘100’ Club where, for £3 a month, numbers are drawn out every month winning £20, £15, £10 and £10 respectively.
If you are interested in joining our ‘100’ Club, which raises much needed funds for Darwen Heritage Centre, please email us, and we will send you an application form. Also you can call into the Centre and fill in an application form. The winners for 2023 are as follows. Thank you for supporting the ‘100’ club and if you have won please call in to the Centre to collect your winnings.
2023 ‘100’ Club Winners
January 2023
£10 – no 42 B. Cowan
£10 – no 37 P Harwood
£15 – no 43 E Cowan
£20 – no 12 T. Rigby
February 2023
£10 – no 17 A McDonnel
£10 – no 27 A Turner
£15 – no 39 J Yates
£20 – no 6 H Heys
March 2023
£10 – no 9 Helen Rigby
£10 – no 39 Jean Yates
£15 – no 13 David Hull
£20 – no 23 Sheila Clarkson
April 2023
£10 – no 43 E. Cowan
£10 – no 11 G. Smith
£15 – no 23 S. Clarkson
£20 – 19 A Tracy-Smith
May 2023
£10 – no 7 H. Blackwell
£10 – no 16 D. Howarth
£15 – no 38 D. Yates
£20 – no 8 A. Rigby
June 2023
£10 – no 29 P Calvey
£10 – no 25 S Carus
£15 – no 37 P Harwood
£20 – no 17 A McDonnel
July 2023
£10 – n0 25 S. Carus
£10 – no 38 D. Yates
£15 – no 35 L. Leah
£20 – no 20 M. Stepheson
August 2023
£10 – no 14 Anne McNally
£10 – no 15 John East
£15 – no 7 Harry Blackwell
£20 – no 6 Harold Heys
September 2023
£10 – no 43 Eileen Cowan
£10 – no 15 John East
£15 – no 1 Chris Thayne
£20 – no 28 Albert Gavagan
October 2023
£10 – no 3 D. Moulden
£10 – no 9 Andrew Rigby
£15 – no11 Gordon Smith
£20 – no 15 John East
November 2023
£10 – no 13 David Hull
£10 – no 46 Pat Smith
£15 – no 2 David Pack
£20 – no 41 Doreen Sinfeild
December 2023
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Quiz
Our first Quiz was dreamed up by local historian Harold Heys
******We have a winner******
The winner is Steve Whalley with 9 correct answers out of 10. Well done Steve, DHC will be in touch with you about your prize. The answers are below with the appropriate pictures. Thank you to everybody that took part in the quiz and please let us know if you would like another one.
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- 1. A corner of the Glass Shed. When was it demolished (year either way} Answer is 1968
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- 2: These white cottages (after Morton) were flattened before the Great War. What replaced them? Answer is the Kiosk or Tea Room.
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- 3: A grand Darwen house, now flats. What is it called? answer is Turncroft Hall
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- 4: Astley Bank Hotel. Which company had it headquarters there for many years from the 1950s? Answer is ICI moved in when the Hindles moved out in the early 1950’s.
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- 4: Astley Bank Hotel. Which company had it headquarters there for many years from the 1950s? Answer is ICI moved in when the Hindles moved out in the early 1950’s.
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- 6. Which street runs past this church? Answer is Watery Lane runs past St. Barnabas.
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- 7: The Olympia Cinema, having seen better days. In what year was it opened (two years either way)? Answer is 1914.
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- 8: The band, pictured in 1998, is marking the centenary of what exactly? Answer is the band performed at the celebration to mark the opening of Darwen Tower in 1898
Question Nine
In what year did Blackburn take over Darwen? Answer is Darwen fell under Blackburn’s magical spell in 1974 in the local government reorganisation.
Question Ten
Which Matthew Brown pub used to stand at the bottom of Grimshaw Street? Answer is The Vale was in the Grimshaw Street dip.