Originally Posted by Morecambe Ex Pat (Post 740175)

My wife is originally from Rising Bridge and is compiling some notes on her time there. She has tried to register on Baxenden On-Line Scribbles which has some info about the area but cannot register.
We were wondering if any of the historians on here could help with the date of an event.
In the 1960's there was a flood in Rising Bridge when Parkinson's Confectionery shop and the house next door collapsed into the river. Luckily, it was holiday time and nobody was injured but we are trying to establish a date for this event and hoped that someone with connections with Rising Bridge could shed some light on it.
Thanks

Originally Posted by IzzyDean (Post 895017)

that was my great grandparents confectionary shop, my nan tells me about it all the time :)

Originally Posted by IzzyDean (Post 895038)

why apparently? :S

Originally Posted by Morecambe Ex Pat (Post 740175)

My wife is originally from Rising Bridge and is compiling some notes on her time there. She has tried to register on Baxenden On-Line Scribbles which has some info about the area but cannot register.
We were wondering if any of the historians on here could help with the date of an event.
In the 1960's there was a flood in Rising Bridge when Parkinson's Confectionery shop and the house next door collapsed into the river. Luckily, it was holiday time and nobody was injured but we are trying to establish a date for this event and hoped that someone with connections with Rising Bridge could shed some light on it.
Thanks

Originally Posted by Morecambe Ex Pat (Post 740175)

My wife is originally from Rising Bridge and is compiling some notes on her time there. She has tried to register on Baxenden On-Line Scribbles which has some info about the area but cannot register.
We were wondering if any of the historians on here could help with the date of an event.
In the 1960's there was a flood in Rising Bridge when Parkinson's Confectionery shop and the house next door collapsed into the river. Luckily, it was holiday time and nobody was injured but we are trying to establish a date for this event and hoped that someone with connections with Rising Bridge could shed some light on it.
Thanks

Originally Posted by jsumner123 (Post 1001068)

I remember the floods very well. The date would be about correct as I would have been about 6yrs old at the time & was at my grandmas that day.
My grans house was at the top of east view which runs over the stream that flooded. I recall standing outside the house watching the water covering the road.
There was also a row of houses next to the stream which were also flooded & had to be demolished a few years later.
I'm led to believe the main cause of the damage was a car being pushed under the road bridge & out the other side. I can actually remember the car being a yellow ford anglia which was only a few weeks old.
The actual flood was caused by a dam further up northfield road failing & collapsing.
Some things are indelibly printed on ones brain as a child & are never forgotten.

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1001111)

Some photos here...

Haslingden Old and New...: The 1964 Hailstones & Flood Memories (18th July 1964)

Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1001125)

I was doing the Welsh Express for Ribblesdale Batty Holt tours and set off to Butlins Pwllheli with a coach load of happy punters, as jaysay said above, it was a lovely hot sunny day and everybody was in high spirits.
I dropped the punters off at the camp, had my free dinner and picked up the people who had spent the previous week there.

Once again they were all happy and singing and saying how much they had enjoyed their selves. They asked me about the weather back home and I told them how nice and sunny it was.
We were around the north Manchester area when we saw the rain and when we got towards Edenfield we were stopped by the police and told about the floods.
I couldn't believe how bad it was, especially after the fantastic weather we had up until then.
I can't just remember how we got through but the people on the coach who lived around Haslingden were in great panic and couldn't wait to get off and see if their homes had been affected.
I am glad you jogged my memory because I had only just started on the job and couldn't remember when it was.

Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 1001127)

We once went on a day trip with Ribblesdale Batty Holt to Scarborough as we got over the border into Yorkshire , the driver was asking the passengers for directions.

Originally Posted by jsumner123 (Post 1001234)

hi
do you have a copy of that pic. its about the only one i havent got of the floods.
being an ex haslingden lad now living in hartlepool its slightly hard work finding pics.
im starting to research the history of haslingden & rising bridge. while theres plenty on haslingden & accrington theres very little on baxenden & rising bridge.
[email protected]

Originally Posted by Rowlf (Post 1156945)

Just read this thread. The day in question was definitely July 18th 1964. I flew into Manchester airport, in a storm, returning from a all paid once in a lifetime trip to Los Angeles so not a date I can forget. I remember my dad picking me up at the airport and on the way home the road was closed and we had to take a long detour. Took 4 hours to get home.