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 call in and fill in an application form.
The winners for 2020 are as follows.
Thank you for supporting the ‘100’ club, we are looking forward to seeing who wins in 2020 and hopefully welcome some new members.
2020 ‘100’ Club Winners
January 2020
£10 – no 39 J.Yates
£10 – no 31 M. Binns
£15 – no 8 A. Rigby
£20 – no 7 E. Jepson
February 2020
£10 – no 24 Dillis Dyer
£10 – no 19 Angela Tracy
£15 – no 4 F. Rigby
£20 – no 26 P. Turner
March 2020
£10 – no 28 A.Gavagan
£10 – no 33 D.Moulden
£15 – no 40 J. Hudson
£20 – no 17 R. Jazwinski
April 2020
£10 – P. Basset
£10 – D. Dwyer
£15 – C. Rigby
£20 – Mrs L. Whittle
May 2020
£10 – M. Peacock
£10 – M. Stephenson
£15 – C. Thayne
£20 – Hannah Romain
June 2020
£10 – no 9. H. Rigby
£10 – no 18 M. Jazwinski
£15 – no 28 A. Gavagan
£20 – no 33 D. Moulden
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.