Newsletters 1989
Promoting heritage in the Blackburn area, as recorded in the Society's newsletters for 1989.
The Blackburn Local History Society issued its newsletters to members as a regular record of its meetings, visits and research. This page gathers the notes for 1989 so that members and visitors can see how the Society worked during that year.
The newsletters were written for people who already knew the town well. They are short, practical and often describe a single building, document or walk. Read together, they show a membership keen to record what was still visible in the streets and mills of the district.
Walks and field notes
Field walks recorded in the spring issue, with the stone walls and lanes that members mapped on the edge of the town.
What the 1989 issues cover
- Notes from committee meetings and membership news
- Accounts of visits to local buildings and sites
- Short articles on documents held in local archives
- Requests for information from members
Streets and terraces
A street survey from the summer newsletter, noting the terraced rows that still kept their original doorways and window lines.
Industry on the waterways
The autumn issue returned to the mills and canal wharves, with notes on where their remains could still be found.
Documents and sources
Papers from local collections, transcribed and described so that members could consult them for their own research.
The newsletters were never meant as a finished history. They are working notes, and many of their questions remain open. If a 1989 note mentions a building or family that interests you, the Society's later publications and the local resources list are good places to continue.
For older and later material, see the publications page, the past events record, or the useful local history resources. To ask about a specific issue, please contact the Society.