Local Links

Turncroft Hall.....................an excellent site on one of "Darwens Ancient homes"
Darwen Law Chambers .............Darwen Law chambers of Railway road Darwen, a good looking site run in Macromedia Flash, another best viewed in full screen.
Darwen Tower ...............A good history source on the tower from the Education/schools web-site
Old Gits ...............An amusing look at the world of the greats -- "Blackburn Rovers"
Bolton .........Bolton .Org.uk a look at our nieghbours from over the hill, A large well put together site with plenty of local info and photos
History of Darwen Transport .............The history of Transport in Darwen during the years 1898-1974 a good resource of information from the Britishbus.co.uk
The Taylor Family From Darwen ...........History of the Taylor family from Darwen, also includes a good article on the old Darwen paper mill which closed it's doors in the early 1970's
Bold Venture Scouts .............Darwen District Scout Association with links to the Bold venture park and the 1st Darwen scout troups
Local News .............Local news from the site of the Lancashire evening telegraph, this link takes you directly to the Darwen page. A nice looking informative site.
4000 Holes ...........4,000 holes a fanzine of Blackburn Rovers what else can I say -- Great!
Blackburn and Darwen Website ...........Blackburn with Darwen council website, gives links to local services employment etc.
Darwen Geneology ............For information on local Geneology written by Darwen born Tony Foster
Blackburn Diocese.............The Church of England in Lancashire -- The Diocese of Blackburn, a excellent site giving information on the Church's Deanery -- best viewed in full screen (F11)
Darwen Camera Club ..........Club information Meetings members and links to other related clubs
Darwen Graphics ............Darwen Graphics a computer company based in Darwen
ST. Barnabus School .............Local school web-site
Darwen Ashleigh School Darwen ............Local school web-site
Darwen Street Map ......... This is a direct link to a Darwen Street map at www.streetmap.co.uk
Its Backburn .............An independent look at Blackburn and Darwen with local news, sport, Travel etc.
Darwen Ambulance ..............A look at our Amulance station web-site, with a look at it's history, Staff, Training and Gallery.
Roys Poems and Stories .............Great site Based on Roys poems and stories but with some local Darwen history and photo's
Preston financial services .......... Financial services from Prestons of Sunnyhurst Lane Darwen for all your finacial requirements.
Lancashire Dialect .............. Some great owd lancashire dialect from Jeff Unsworth's Wigan Dialect site.
Cotton Town .................... Cotton Town tells the story of the rapid social and economic changes that occurred as Blackburn and Darwen began to expand in line with the United Kingdom textile industry.
Darwen Dashers ..................... Local running club
Darwen Morris Dancers ................ Local troupe formed in 1956
Darwen Scouts ................ Welcome to the Darwen District Scout Association Web Site

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