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Accrington library
12:07, 27 OCT 2021
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Hyndburn libraries are offering a wide range of free activities over the summer
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Events are taking place at Accrington, Great Harwood, Oswaldtwistle and Rishton libraries
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Spotlight on Observer images from the year 2010
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Our Time Trip feature drops in on events in Baxenden and Clayton-le-Moors
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PICTURES: Looking back at Accrington Arndale Centre opening 30 years ago
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More than 20,000 flocked to the opening of the £7.5m centre in October 1987
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Hyndburn defendants up before the courts
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Our regular column from Burnley and Blackburn magistrates
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'Johnno' helping to paint picture of Accrington homelessness in art exhibition
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Homeless man John Walsh has helped create a collage based on Banksy's 'Keep your coins, I want change' mural
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Cuts to libraries and public buildings come under LCC scrutiny
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Bosses have admitted they have not carried out valuations of under threat buildings
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Author of Pals book to host talk at Accrington Library
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Steve Corbett created his book from the diaries of one of the few surviving Pals Pte Jack Smallshaw
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Tributes paid to pioneering former Accrington libraries chief
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Brian Ashton was district librarian for two decades and established the reference library in 1962
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Accrington Grammar School WW1 memorial unveiled at library
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The bronze memorial was created in around 1920 and hung in the school
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The battle that changed the face of Accrington for ever: How the Observer reported the tragic events 100 years ago
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In this archive we reveal how the Accrington Observer reported the events of the Somme and the fate of the Accrington Pals
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REVEALED: Three Hyndburn libraries facing chop in cuts announcement - but two saved
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Five children's centres are also facing closure under the county council cuts
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Disabled woman's fear as axe hovers over 'lifeline' libraries
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Gail Newell, of Rough Lee Home in Accrington, visits Accrington Library every week
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Blaze festival to take over Accrington Library for a week of 'interactive art'
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The exhibition will take over the library from October 23-30
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PICTURES: Accrington library holds first ever Eid Bazaar
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The event was organised by staff members Rakhsana Sarwar and Kauser Yaseen to coincide with the start of Ramadan
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GALLERY: Daughter who uncovered treasure trove of love letters from her father to her mum during WW2 to give Accrington library talk
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Virginia Aighton was given a suitcase before Jim Allen’s death more than 10 years ago but couldn’t bear to open it
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PICTURES: Hyndburn celebrates the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe
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We look at the VE Day commemorations in the borough and nationwide and delve back into our Observer archives from May 1945
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WW 1 stories told in documentary
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Poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan, together with documentary photographer Ian Beesley, will use a real ‘magic lantern’ projector to recount the experiences of old soldiers, from the horrors of the frontline to growing old in a changing world.
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Sex offender used library to trawl web
Courts
James Craft, 24, was jailed for 18 months after breaching a sexual offences order which requires him to notify police within three days of a change of name or address.
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Plaque honour for Accy Pals legend
Accrington Pals
It will be unveiled at the Richard Ainsworth Room in Accrington Library by his wife Ruth Turner at a ceremony next week to coincide with the centenary of the start of the First World War.
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Anger at plans for more wind turbines
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Developer Energie-Kontor is proposing to add an extra four 120-metre high turbines at the Hyndburn Wind Farm on Oswaldtwistle Moor, taking the total to 16.
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Accrington and Rossendale College celebrate 60th birthday
Accrington and Rossendale College
Young and old were invited to enjoy a display of archive photographs and prospectuses at Accrington Library.
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Accrington and Rossendale College celebrate 60th birthday
Accrington and Rossendale College
Accrington and Rossendale College celebrated its 60th birthday with an exhibition looking back into the college’s rich history.
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Your very special guide to a summer of fun and activities
Hyndburn
An unmissable guide to which fun activities to keep your children occupied are going on in your area over the summer holiday
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