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Catalog Ref |
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Photo Date |
| 3891 |
 |
Field Day Parade, Market Place |
|
10DS11K |
Unknown |
1950s |
| 3892 |
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Longridge's First Rose Queen |
Edith Muriel Crozier, the first girl to be chosen as
the Rose Queen in Longridge, believed to be in the year 1924. The election of the Rose Queen was by fellow
pupils of the Sunday School. Edith is
shown in the grounds of the Old Vicarage on Lower Lane with her attendants and
the Rev. Canton (the vicar at the time) and his wife.Edith (known as Muriel) was born on 20th
August 1908, the daughter of George Crozier and his wife, who owned a
jeweller’s shop in Berry Lane. Mr
Crozier was killed in action in France in1918 and his wife continued the
business on her own. Muriel attended
Balshaws Grammar School in Leyland, travelling there by train from Longridge
Station, before training as a teacher at Whitelands College in Putney. She was headmistress of Thornley School from
about 1950 to 1965 under her married name of Mrs Sharp. She organised annual days out from the
school; particularly memorable were a trip to London in the Coronation year
1953 and one to Glasgow including a sail on the Clyde. She maintained a strong connection with the
church, singing in St Paul’s choir for many years and being a member of the
PCC. She was also a keen member of
Longridge Golf Club. She died in 1991 at
the age of 82 and is buried in the churchyard of the parish church.Muriel’s Rose Queen dress is in the care of the
Longridge Heritage Centre Trust
Photograph and information supplied by Jean Blackshaw,
nee Sharp, Muriel’s daughter.
|
11JB22A |
Unknown |
1924/25 |
| 3893 |
 |
Rose Queen Crowning |
Edith Muriel Crozier, first Rose Queen of Longridge,
is crowned by the vicar’s wife, Mrs Canton, in 1924.
|
11JB22B |
Unknown |
1924/25 |
| 3894 |
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Rose Queen Procession |
Edith Muriel Crozier, first Rose Queen of Longridge,
in procession with her attendants in 1924.
|
11JB22C |
Unknown |
1924/25 |
| 3895 |
 |
Railtour Special |
On September 22nd 1962, LNWR 0-8-0 49451 was the last steam locomotive to come to Longridge hauling a passenger train. The engine had run round its carriages, taken on water and was about to couple up again to the Railtour Special for it's return to Preston.
|
10DS11L |
Unknown |
22nd September 1962 |
| 3896 |
 |
Tootle Heights |
|
11JM23A |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| 3897 |
 |
Coach Trip |
This photograph was taken outside the former Quarryman's Arms on Higher Road. |
11JM23B |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| 3898 |
 |
Longridge Junior School |
|
11MW24A |
Unknown |
1949 |
| 3899 |
 |
Berry Lane C of E Senior School, 1952-53 |
|
11MW24B |
Unknown |
1952 |
| 3900 |
 |
Longridge R Smiths C of E School, 1954 |
|
11MW24C |
Unknown |
1954 |