MANY school buildings in Blackburn were out of date and unsuitable for modern needs, Councillor G Gillibrand, vice-chairman of Blackburn's Education Committee, told Lammack Primary School Parent-Teacher Association.
An announced increase in coal prices was a blow to brick and clay works in Accrington and Darwen.
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