REGARDING the eclipse of 1927, the pupils of our school, St John's, Baxenden, were all gathered at 4.30am and issued with goggles made of cardboard and smoked glass that fastened with elastic around the head.
We were taken to a rise of land above Priestley Clough and had a magnificent view of the eclipse.
I was 10 years old at the time.
B WOODS (Mrs), Manchester Road, Baxenden.
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