The Colne Strangler

In March 1941, a number of lone women on public roads in the Colne area of Lancashire were stalked and attacked by an unidentified male assailant during the blackouts. The hallmark of the attacker was that he suddenly grabbed them by the throat.

Word on the Street Spring 2023

Colne Life took to the streets to discover exactly what a few of our local businesses think of our home town. In this edition we chatted to a couple of new businesses and also one that’s over a century old to ask them what makes Colne, ‘Colne’…

News from Neil

Neil popped into Colne Life HQ to give us the latest on his antics since he handed back his gold chain…

Levelling Up in Colne

PENDLE’S ‘VOICE IN WESTMINSTER’ ANDREW STEPHENSON MP TALKS TO Colne Life ABOUT THEATRES, TRAVEL AND THE CORONATION

Colne’s Heritage Quarter

A TOTAL OF £3,487,000 HAS BEEN AWARDED TO THE NEWLY FORMED HERITAGE QUARTER WHICH IS MADE UP OF THREE COLNE THEATRES – THE MUNI THEATRE, PENDLE HIPPODROME AND THE LITTLE THEATRE.

EMMERDALE: Village People

FORMER COLNE LIFE WRITER AND NOW…EMMERDALE STORYLINER CHLOE MCLAUGHLIN SHARES HER STORIES FROM THE NATION’S MOST DRAMATIC VILLAGE

Get the Soapbox Started!

A FUN-PACKED soapbox challenge race will be coming to Colne next year – if enough businesses get behind it…