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PADIHAM MEMORIAL PARK |
including the Spanish Air Disaster Memorial
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Location: The park is at the top end of Padiham near the min roundabout on the A671 Blackburn Road. Padiham War Memorial serves as an entrance.
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Padiham Memorial Park was officially opened in 1921 as a memorial to those from the town who lost their lives in the First World War.
The land was donated by Lord Shuttleworth and Thomas Clayton and partly funded by public subscription.
Also in the park is a memorial to several people from Padiham who lost their lives in the Spanish Air Disaster in 1970
SPANISH AIR DISASTER
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This memorial remembers those from Padiham who lost their lives in the Dan-Air disaster in 1970.
There is also a memorial in Burnley Cemetery, this one however commemorates the following from Padiham:
MICHAEL SEARLE, Berkeley Crescent, Padiham
PETER HELM, Windermere Road, Padiham
STEPHEN BOND, Windermere Road,
Padiham
DAVID MONK, Derwent Avenue, Padiham
DAVID LANCASTER, Windermere Road, Padiham
MALCOLM BAKER, Langdale Road, Padiham
GEOFFREY and DOROTHY TAYLOR, Victoria Road, Padiham
DAVID WILKINSON, Lawrence Street, Padiham