We went to one of Kelly Loughlin's photograph scanning sessions at Coal Clough library. She
is collecting a database of old photos of the area for the Ground UP
project, and meeting local people to chat about their memories/photos. The photographs are all being scanned, to create a database of archive images.
Kelly was mid discussion with one person when we arrived, and another
arrived soon after... and I joined in the conversation, finding out amongst other things,
about the Cornish miners who moved into the area in the 1870's. It was
really interesting to listen to the stories/take part in the discussion,
and I found out a lot about a part of Burnley's history that had
previously been unknown to me.
Some of the photos were of
Kelly's own family, as she grew up in the area... and it was great to
find out more about some of the amazing old photographs.
Caroline and Dave, Huckleberry Films
