This week’s walk down memory lane looks back at the town’s buzzing nightlife over the years, including old theatres, cinemas and nightclubs.
The pictures featured here are part of Keeping East Lancashire in the Picture, a two-year Lancashire Archives volunteer project bringing together people of different ages and backgrounds to digitise and make the collections of historic photographs in Burnley, Colne, Nelson and Accrington libraries more accessible, inclusive and sustainable. The project is funded by the The National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Friends of Lancashire Archives.
9. The Tivoli Theatre
The Tivoli Theatre (Capitol Cinema), Seldon Street in Nelson. Credit: Lancashire County Council. Photo: Lancashire County Council
10. Palace Hippodrome, Burnley
Palace Hippodrome, Burnley (1969). Credit: Lancashire County Council. Photo: Lancashire County Council
11. Techincal School, Municipal Hall and Co-operative stores
Techincal School, Municipal Hall and Co-operative stores, Colne (c.1930). Credit: Lancashire County Council. Photo: Lancashire County Council
12. Odeon, Locarno, Keirby Hotel and roundabout
Odeon, Locarno, Keirby Hotel and roundabout, Burnley (1962). Credit: Lancashire County Council Photo: Lancashire County Council