Chorley in Pictures

The one stop place for all your images of Chorley and surrounding areas. A beautiful part of the country.

[Chorley in Pictures @InChorley]

Good morning @StormHour @LensAreLive @SnowHour @LiveLancs @EuxtonCouncil @metoffice @BBCNWT @bbcweather
A light dusting of snow on a country lane in Euxton #Chorley #Lancashire #StormHourThemes #SnowHour
Have a great weekend ❄️❤️

[Nowt but a Lad @NowtbutaLad]

"We'll meet again...". Dame Vera Lynn signing an autograph for #WW2 Normandy Veteran, Bombardier Stanley Dickinson (1923 - 2017) from #Chorley #Lancashire, Buckingham Palace Garden Party, 22.7.2004 [my collection]. @InChorley @LindsayHoyle_MP @ChorleyForces @StuartAClewlow

[Nowt but a Lad @NowtbutaLad]

"Heir and a Spare". The Leeds-Liverpool Canal at Withnell Fold, between #Chorley and Blackburn, this morning - a Swan settles on her eggs next to a discarded spare tyre. @CanalRiverTrust @cprelancs @CRTNorthWest @InChorley @chorleynats @Natures_Voice #Lancashire

[Nowt but a Lad @NowtbutaLad]

Beautiful #sunset this evening, taken from rural #Chorley #Lancashire. @cprelancs @LancashirePics @InChorley

[Nowt but a Lad @NowtbutaLad]

The now closed station at Withnell on the line from #Blackburn to #Chorley in #Lancashire, pictured after closure in 1960 (possibly later); it is now a private residence. The line was lifted in 1968 and is a nature trail along parts of the route. @InChorley @railnigel #Railways

[Nowt but a Lad @NowtbutaLad]

The Post Office in the #Lancashire village of #Brinscall nr. #Chorley, date unknown but looks post WW2 given the cars. @cprelancs @InChorley

[Nowt but a Lad @NowtbutaLad]

Rainbow 🌈 over the #Lancashire village of Brindle nr. #Chorley late Sunday afternoon. @InChorley @cprelancs

[Nowt but a Lad @NowtbutaLad]

A couple of curious recently born lambs in the Spring sunshine yesterday in rural #Chorley #Lancashire. @cprelancs @InChorley

[Nowt but a Lad @NowtbutaLad]

Bit of a split personality for the 14.16 hrs northbound departure from #Chorley this afternoon - half in @BeeNetwork (TfGM - Transport for Greater Manchester) livery and the half other in operator @northernassist. #Lancashire @railnigel @InChorley #Railways

[Nowt but a Lad @NowtbutaLad]

Moonrise just after 4.00 p.m. taken from Brindle, nr. #Chorley #Lancashire; strange sky and lighting. @InChorley

[Chorley Pals Memorial @ChorleyPals]

Our Secretary, Steve Williams, got snapped in front of the Town Hall by the @ChorleyCouncil photographer whilst taking his own pictures after the Remembrance Sunday Parade; he laid our wreath at the Civic War Memorial in earlier. @SteveWtalks @NowtbutaLad @InChorley #Lancashire

[Nowt but a Lad @NowtbutaLad]

Eccleston #Football Club nr. #Chorley #Lancashire, 1922-23. The footballer standing second right is #WW1 @ChorleyPals & @accringtonpals Arthur Bretherton who fought on the Somme in 1916. He also played for @Chorleyfc in 1913-14 before joining up. @InChorley

[Nowt but a Lad @NowtbutaLad]

Beautiful sky and #sunrise taken from Brindle nr. #Chorley #Lancashire at eight o’clock this morning. @cprelancs @InChorley

[Nowt but a Lad @NowtbutaLad]

On Remembrance Sunday I welcomed not one but two local Mayors to an act of remembrance at the #WW1 #Chorley Pals Memorial - Cllr. Morwood @ChorleyCouncil (centre) and Cllr. Clewlow @StuartAClewlow from @AdlingtonTC (who is also a @ChorleyPals Trustee). @InChorley #Lancashire

[Chorley Pals Memorial @ChorleyPals]

Our Trustees Steve Williams @SteveWtalks @NowtbutaLad and @AdlingtonTC Mayor Cllr. Stuart Clewlow @StuartAClewlow at our act of remembrance at the memorial on Remembrance Sunday; thanks to all who attended. #Chorley #Lancashire #WW1 @InChorley

[Nowt but a Lad @NowtbutaLad]

A #rainbow over the village of Brindle nr. #Chorley in #Lancashire this afternoon; view looking east towards Blackburn. @InChorley

[Nowt but a Lad @NowtbutaLad]

Team photograph from August 1970 of Non-League @chorleyfc, then in the Northern Premier League. #Chorley #Lancashire @NonLeaguePaper @NonLeagueCrowd @ChorleyFCCF @InChorley #Football

[Nowt but a Lad @NowtbutaLad]

Invited as Secretary of the @ChorleyPals Memorial Trust to #Chorley's civic war memorial recently, recognising the work that @ChorleyCouncil and their staff do in maintaining local memorials, especially preparing them for #RemembranceDay. @InChorley

[Nowt but a Lad @NowtbutaLad]

View of Victory Park in #Chorley #Lancashire, home of Non-League @chorleyfc (earliest it can be is 1960 - probably a bit later). The stand on the right replaced one burnt down in November 1945. @ChorleyFCCF @InChorley @NonLeagueCrowd @NonLeaguePaper #Football

[Nowt but a Lad @NowtbutaLad]

Inside the Signal Box at #Hoghton nr. #Chorley on the line from #Preston to #Blackburn - top 1964 (note the Signalman's dog through the partially opened door) and bottom during demolition in 1976 [pic D. Jarvis]. @railnigel @InChorley @blogpreston #Railways #Lancashire

[Nowt but a Lad @NowtbutaLad]

Boats on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal at the old boat yard at Riley Green, #Hoghton nr. #Chorley this lunchtime, looking east towards Blackburn. @InChorley @CanalRiverTrust @CRTNorthWest @cprelancs #Lancashire