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Barnoldswick

author: Gus Brennan : Yorkshire, UKI
Monday, June 5th, 2006

Barnoldswick

author: Gus Brennan : Yorkshire, UKI

War Memorial Town Square Gyhll Church BARNOLDSWICK IS A SMALL EX- MILL TOWN ON THE LANCASHIRE/ YORKSHIRE BORDER IN NORTHERN ENGLAND. I SAY EX MILL TOWN, AS COTTON WEAVING WAS THE MAIN INDUSTRY UP UNTILL THE LATE FIFTIES. SINCE THE DECLINE OF COTTON, THE TOWNS INDUSTRY HAS DIVERSIFIED, INTO ENGINEERING, BEDMAKING, PRINTING, ETC, THE LARGEST EMPLOYER BEING ROLLS-ROYCE AERO WORKS. THE TOWN HAS A POPULATION OF ABOUT 12,000 INHABITANTS, WHO ARE "BARLICKERS" THE TOWN LIES ON THE EDGE OF THE TROUGH OF BOLLAND, AND THE YORKSHIRE DALES, BOTH AREAS ARE POPULAR TOURIST SPOTS, AND WELL WORTH A VISIT, AND EXTREMELY POULAR WITH THE...