Community Projects – Invigorating Burnley’s History
Fascinating elements of Burnley town centre history are set to be recognised through community projects which are being delivered by a number of town centre partners. Burnley's Heritage Action Zone (HAZ), and The Cultural Consortia are working together on two
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Coming soon! Exclusive Empire Theatre Interview!
Coming soon! Empire Theatre Interview! The HAZ team have been busy interviewing Sophie Gibson from the Empire Theatre. Sophie told us about all the art exhibitions she has been involved in along with why and how she got involved with
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Voices of the Counter Culture Book Launch
The Voices of Counter Culture was researched, compiled and edited by the wonderful Fiona Hornby. It is the culmination of dozens of interviews with people who remember Lower St James's Street, Burnley and in particular the Red Triangle Cafe at
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Under One Sky Exhibition Launch
Please join our wonderful Cultural Consortia team for the opening exhibition of UNDER ONE SKY. A pop up art installation based around the outcomes from the 21/22 Burnley Light Night. Friday 15th July 3pm - 4pm 117 Lower St James
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Drop in and see us
Come and see HAZ project officers and other members of the HAZ team on Tuesday the 22nd of March at 117 St James's Street. Pop in between 4pm and 8pm and find out all you need to know about the
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Heritage Training week is a huge success
The Heritage Action Zone project has funded several heritage skills training sessions for the local Burnley Community. Over 45 people have been introduced to traditional sign writing, lime plastering, decorative plastering and lime pointing with some fantastic things to display
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Public Realm – Word on the street
2021 saw the fantastic brand new public realm changes to St James's Street, here we capture the thoughts of just some of our local residents that we happy to be on camera. The additions have clearly made a huge impression
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Peek into the past on Lower St James’s St.
By Roger Frost A couple of weeks ago I stated that I had some new ideas for Peek into the Past. This is the first of a series of articles in which we will take a look at Lower St
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About the Heritage Action Zone
We've created a video to explain the HAZ project and all of the exciting things that are happening on St James's Street. View it here. https://youtu.be/V5pms6QdNpA
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