BURNLEY residents have been seeing what the town used to look like during Local History Month.

The month of May was chosen by the Historical Association following last year's successful history week and a number of events will be taking place in the borough during the next few weeks.

An exhibition entitled Discovering Local History is being held at the United Reformed Church, in Bethesda Street, until this Saturday.

It is being staged by the Burnley and District Historical Society, the Weavers' Triangle Visitor Centre and Burnley Local Studies Library, between 10.30am and 3.30pm, on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

On Sunday, May 25, the engine house at Oak Mount Mill will be open to the public between 2pm and 4pm and there will be a guided towpath walk through the Weavers' Triangle, setting off from the visitor centre in Manchester Road at 2.15pm.

Admission to all the events is free.

Residents have already been given the opportunity to look at old Burnley during a slide meeting entitled 'What? Where? When?' held by the Burnley and District Historical Society on Thursday.

The local historical society is also hoping to inaugurate a further six Burnley Heritage Site plaques during Local History Month when a leaflet identifying the first 18 of thsse will be made available.

The scheme was originally hatched to highlight the political landmarks of the town, but has since been expanded to include a number of other sites of historical interest.