Discover the Trawden Arms

Standing proudly at the heart of the picturesque village of Trawden, the Trawden Arms is truly one of a kind.

Crambie’s: The Colunio Pet Shop

ColneLife’s RESIDENT HISTORIAN GEOFF CRAMBIE RECALLS TALES OF WILD CREATURES IN THE HEART OF COLNE (NOTHING NEW THERE, YOU MAY THINK!) BUT THESE WERE AT HIS FATHER’S HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PET SHOP.

Ultimate Northern Market Guide

In celebration of National Market Fortnight on the 12th-27th of May, here’s Northern Life’s Ultimate Market Guide for Yorkshire and Lancashire

A PROPER NIGHT OUT!

DIM THE LIGHTS AND GET THE POPCORN POPPING, WE’RE HEADING BACK IN TIME TO THE CINEMAS OF THE FIFTIES WITH HISTORIAN GEOFF CRAMBIE.

Belles of the Ball

Northern Life chats to Colne Ladies FC and the Crossley Belles, two newly formed open-age ladies teams keen to get more lasses into football.

THE COLNE STRANGLER

IN MARCH 1941, A NUMBER OF LONE WOMEN ON PUBLIC ROADS IN THE COLNE AREA WERE ATTACKED BY AN UNIDENTIFIED MALE ASSAILANT DURING THE BLACKOUTS…

Food For All

MUCH MORE THAN JUST ANOTHER FOODBANK, PENDLE FOOD FOR ALL PROVIDES MEMBERS WITH CONFIDENCE, DIGNITY AND COMMUNITY

Reduce Your Dementia Risk

Image illustrating dementia

Patrick Holford, Founder of the Food for the Brain Foundation, talks of the six most effective changes you can make to reduce your risk of dementia

Levelling Up

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.

Reel Memories

Colne Life MEETS JOHN MORGAN, WHOSE FIRST MEMORY OF THE PENDLE HIPPODROME THEATRE WAS AS A BABY IN A SILVER CROSS PRAM

The ’66 Hurst Hat Trick

SOPHIA SMITH MEETS WITH GEOFF CRAMBIE WHO RECALLS THE DAY ENGLAND BEAT WEST GERMANY IN THE WORLD CUP IN 1966

Hope in the House

WE MEET WITH CARL MOLYNEUX THE MAN SUPPORTING LOCALS IN THEIR RECOVERY

Colne Sweet Colne

MEET DAVID CASSIDY AND NEIL MEREDITH WHO, HAVING TIRED OF THE URBAN SOUTH, CRAVED THE PEACE AND QUIET OF A MORE RURAL SETTING UP NORTH AND FOUND THEIR HOME IN COLNE.