Special Shoes
Step into nostalgia and share your shoe stories with us! Whether it's the sneakers you wore on your first date, the heels that took you on a wild adventure, shoes so precious they are hardly worn, or adored so much
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156 Lower St James Street – Works Complete
The scaffold is down and we reveal another restored building at 156 Lower St James Street delivered as part of Burnley’s High Street Heritage Action Zone. Another fantastic job delivered by Penyard Contractors and Lea Hough Surveyors And it doesn’t
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Heritage Trail – Coming soon!
Have you ever noticed when you LOOK UP at buildings you find heritage details and features you have never seen before To help appreciate the Heritage and History of Burnley’s Conservation Area the HSHAZ will be offering a FREE Heritage
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H Smith – Hidden Secrets of the Past
Whilst stripping out a shopfront at 156 St James Street we have come across an old painted sign name is H Smith Photographic Supplies.We contacted Roger Frost who opened our eyes to H Smith and the wonderful history hidden away
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Voices of the Counter Culture
On Saturday 24th June, we saw the official launch of the wonderful Fiona Hornby's - Voices of the Counter Culture Project in the newly restored Salon, a fantastic venue for all arts and cultural activities. A memorable event for all
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Saturday Girl – Casey Orr’s Book Launch
Saturday girl is the amazing project by Photographer Casey Orr. The book launch was held at 170 Saint James's Street here in our High Street Heritage Action Zone. Saturday Girl about town You can read their book here via this
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The first business to benefit from an initiative to improve shopfronts in part of Burnley town centre has unveiled its new look.
Funding was made available to eligible businesses in Lower St James’s Street to improve their frontages as part of a wider scheme to regenerate the area. To mark the milestone, a ribbon cutting ceremony took place at 143 St James’s
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Brand New Heritage Workshop Coming Soon!
Our much-anticipated Bag making workshop is almost here. The Heritage Skills workshops are run by our fantastic Heritage Action Team in collaboration with the Cultural Consortia for the HS HAZ. The workshop consists of a two separate events on the
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Sophie Gibson’s Exclusive Interview – Empire Theatre
Sophie Gibson's Exclusive Interview all about the Empire Theatre.Sophie Gibson graduated with a degree in Fine Art at Liverpool John Moores University, in 2009. Since then, Sophie has been working within the arts and culture scene throughout the whole of
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