A STEAM engine which was built in Horwich in the 1950s has been brought back to life and christened the ‘Lancashire Lazarus’. The locomotive, numbered 76084, is the youngest of 10 surviving engines and was built at the Horwich Works in 1957.
Category: Horwich, England
Church builds for next 100 years
A HISTORIC church which had its foundation stone laid 120 years ago this October is hoping ongoing restoration will ensure it remains standing for another century. In 1897 scores of parishioners attended the laying ceremony for St Catherine’s Church which marked the building of new and much needed church in Horwich .