Tag: history
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Can You Still Buy a Donkey Stone?
If you’ve arrived here after searching for a Donkey Stone, there’s a good chance you remember one. Perhaps your mum used one. Your grandmother kept one by the back door. Or perhaps you’ve simply heard the expression “donkey stoning the step” and wondered what on earth it meant. For generations, the humble Donkey Stone was…
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What Is a Donkey Stone? | Lancashire History & Mind The Trams
What is a donkey stone? Discover the Lancashire tradition of donkey-stoning doorsteps, its mill-town history and why it appears in Mind The Trams. What Is a Donkey Stone? A Lancashire Tradition If you grew up around the mill towns of Lancashire, the words donkey stone may immediately bring back memories of scrubbed front steps, terraced…
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Oswaldtwistle Musical | From Mind The Trams to the Stage
Follow the creation of the Mind The Trams musical, an original Oswaldtwistle musical inspired by local characters, Lancashire history and 1939 life. From Oswaldtwistle to a Musical Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire — 1939. Trams rattle through familiar streets. Mills dominate the skyline. Lockwood’s Bakery opens its doors for another morning and ordinary lives continue while the world…
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THE ACCRINGTON HERALD
Accrington, Oswaldtwistle & District — 1939 LOCAL MAN TURNS HIS ATTENTION TO GIN **JIMMY’S STILL INTRODUCES GIN SPINNERS** “Spirit of the Mills” promises a rather different taste of Lancashire Residents of Oswaldtwistle who believed Jimmy’s activities with a whisky still represented the full extent of his ambitions may wish to reconsider. There is, apparently, gin…
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THE ACCRINGTON HERALD
MRS LOCKWOOD’S RECIPES HOT CROSS BUNS From the fictional world of Mind The Trams HOT CROSS BUNS MRS LOCKWOOD INSISTS THERE IS STILL TIME TO MAKE THEM PROPERLY Fruit, spice, a good glaze and sufficient patience — Mrs Lockwood shares her method for one of the bakery’s most anticipated seasonal treats. There are certain things,…
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THE ACCRINGTON HERALD NEW ACCRINGTON MUSICAL SONG REMEMBERS THE MEN WHO WERE BUILT LIKE THE TOWNS AROUND THEM
STONE FATHERS A powerful new song from Mind The Trams looks at Lancashire fathers, working lives and the emotions rarely spoken aloud They built walls from it. Houses. Mills. Chapels. Schools. Entire Lancashire towns rose from stone pulled from the ground beneath them. And sometimes, it seemed, the men were made from much the same…
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THE ACCRINGTON HERALD ACCRINGTON MUSICAL TURNS TO FATHERS, MEMORY AND THE THINGS WE NEVER SAY
MY FATHER’S SONG A deeply personal new number from Mind The Trams asks what remains of a father when only memories are left There are some conversations between fathers and sons that never quite happen. Not because there is nothing to say. Quite the opposite. Perhaps there is simply too much. “My Father’s Song,” from…
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THE ACCRINGTON HERALD. ‘FOR DORIS’ — A QUIET SONG FOR THE GIRL BEHIND THE BAKERY COUNTER
Friday, 26th July, 1939 ‘FOR DORIS’ — A QUIET SONG FOR THE GIRL BEHIND THE BAKERY COUNTER Gabriel’s tender tribute reminds us that the most ordinary lives can leave the most extraordinary memories There are people who pass through life without ever knowing how deeply they have touched those around them. Doris Whittaker may be…
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THE ACCRINGTON HERALD. ‘THE DANCE THAT NEVER WAS’ BECOMES THE HEART OF MIND THE TRAMS
THE ACCRINGTON HERALD Friday, 21st June, 1939 ‘THE DANCE THAT NEVER WAS’ BECOMES THE HEART OF MIND THE TRAMS A haunting new ballad remembers the future that never had the chance to begin Every town has a story that lingers long after the music has stopped. The latest release from Accrington author and songwriter Gabriel…
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ST GEORGE’S BALLROOM TAKES CENTRE STAGE IN NEW SONG FROM MIND THE TRAMS
William’s moving tribute celebrates the hall where a generation came to laugh, dance and dream Some buildings become part of a town. Others become part of its people. For generations across Oswaldtwistle and Accrington, St George’s Ballroom has echoed with music, laughter and the hopeful footsteps of young couples stepping onto the dance floor for…