Colne Life’s Winter Quiz

Ow’ much d’ya know about our Bonnie town on t’hill? If you don’t ‘ave a clue and would like to check your answers or just prefer to cheat, scan the code!

 

QUESTIONS

1. What day does the Christmas in Colne celebration fall on?

2. St Bartholomew’s church is celebrating how many yearssince it was built?

3. A German pilot flying over Colne during WWII dropped a bomb on what farm?

4. How many beds were at the Elisha House Recovery Projectin Colne when Carl Molyneux joined?

5. Who is the Reverend of St Bartholomew’s church?

6. What circus came to the Pendle Hippodrome with baby elephants in the 1940s?

7. Trawden Show relaunched for the first time since what year?

8. Where is the Colne Youth Action Group located?

9. The earliest record of Freemasonry in Colne dates back to when?

10. What anniversary is Colne Masonic Lodge celebrating?

11. What year was the Bronte Carpets Mill Shop founded?

12. What important piece of Colne was recently ‘reilluminated’ once again?

13. In which Colne street did Geoff Crambie live on as a child?

14. Who is the owner of Colne’s legendary Mr Chips?

15. What BGT finalist will be performing at Christmas in Colne?

16. What Colne actor starred in the ‘Iron Lady’?

17. Near which square will you find Colne Life HQ?

18. Where did Wallace Hartley’s family move to when he was 17?

19. What year did Colne Train Station open?

20. How long did the Leeds and Liverpool canal take to build?

21. Where do you begin the Pendle Parkrun that occurs every Saturday morning?

22. Where is Colne’s Christmas Tree Festival usually held?

23. What local pubs made ‘The Good Beer Guide 2023’?

24. Where can you find Lake Burwain?

25. In which year was the two-tonne five-inch thick slab, measuring 10 feet by nine, installed outside the front entrance to Colne Town Hall?

 

 

ANSWERS

1. 26th November

2. 900 years

3. Church Clough

4. 10 beds

5. Alex Oehring

6. Chipperfield’s Circus

7. 2018

8. Byron Road

9. 1760

10. Centenary Anniversary

11.  1982

12. The War and Wallace Hartley Memorial

13. Hall Street

14. Simon Stuart

15. Jasper Cherry

16. Robin Kermode

17. Market Street

18. Huddersfield

19. 1848

20. 46 years

21. Holt House

22. Christ Church

23. Boyce’s Barrel and Lord Admiral Rodney

24. Foulridge

25. 1894