David Hughes
@parkiebath.bsky.social
Trying to be a historian, suffering as a Blackburn Rovers supporter, failing cyclist but now only in the virtual world.
Despairing of the future!!!
Despairing of the future!!!
To celebrate 1the 150th anniversary of the founding of Blackburn Rovers, here is the first match report I have found. It is from the Blackburn Standard on 18 December 1875. Is this the Rovers first match?
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
To celebrate 1the 150th anniversary of the founding of Blackburn Rovers, here is the first match report I have found. It is from the Blackburn Standard on 18 December 1875. Is this the Rovers first match?
I have a pdf of the summaries of the 1841 census. I downloaded it probably about 15 years ago from either Internet Archive or Google Books.
October 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I have a pdf of the summaries of the 1841 census. I downloaded it probably about 15 years ago from either Internet Archive or Google Books.
This is the account from March 1871 of a dinner for the workpeople at the opening. Looks like the story is a Darwen myth!
September 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This is the account from March 1871 of a dinner for the workpeople at the opening. Looks like the story is a Darwen myth!
But was Fred's feat as good as that of Briggs Knowles, an ancestor of mine?
September 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
But was Fred's feat as good as that of Briggs Knowles, an ancestor of mine?
And here it is along with two other Penguin Wyndhams.
December 18, 2024 at 12:04 PM
And here it is along with two other Penguin Wyndhams.
Snowy bird in Blackburn this morning.
November 19, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Snowy bird in Blackburn this morning.