Colne

[poliphilo]

 It was raining hard first thing, but by the time we got to Colne it had more or less stopped. Ailz and Ruth went shopping at the Boundary Mill complex and I took a walk round town.  Colne is built on a hilltop; there's a river with mills alongside it and a railway viaduct and a town hall by Waterhouse and a 12th century church with rare 17th century grave stones in the yard. Round about lunchtime the sun came out and I got to eat my egg crunch sandwich (egg mayo with peppers and iceberg lettuce) sitting on a bench in Pendle View Park. I don't suppose tourists come to Colne unless they're on the trail of the Pendle witches- and even then I shouldn't think they linger. I like towns that don't do a sit up and beg routine for outsiders. 

Colne's two most famous sons were both Hartleys- and presumably related.  One of them- William Pickles Hartley- founded the  jam company and the other- Wallace Henry Hartley- was bandmaster on the Titanic.

Comments

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

I love the "typeface" on that headstone. So Arts and Crafts, in fact. Thanks for posting these.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

"So Arts and Crafts". It is, isn't it, though I must admit I hadn't made the connection. I love how bold it is. Over three centuries of Lancashire weather and it's still perfectly legible.