Accrington Road, Wesleyan Procession, Burnley

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iBase ID

240738

Reference identifier

EBU20131118001

Title

Accrington Road, Wesleyan Procession, Burnley

Place

Burnley

General notes

This photograph of a of a Wesleyan Walking Day was taken close to All Saints Church on Accrington Road.

Walking Days or Field Days, were, and in some towns like Warrington still are, a common site in the North West. These walking days involved the congregation of a church parading through the streets in their finest clothes and holding aloft their churchs' banner, sometimes with a brass band in tow.

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

26 x 18.6

Year of image

1899

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Locator

J61: Accrington Road

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