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.
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’…
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.