WE continue our look back at the different regions of Bolton with a focus on Entwistle.

Famous for its reservoir and viaduct, this area provides a lovely view from the window of trains between Bolton and Blackburn.

It was announced that British Rail were cutting services to Entwistle Station in 1994. Furious residents launched a campaign to keep the station open. Trains now only stop at Entwistle by request.

Strangers often knocked at the door of New Hall in 1971. The property was the Entwistle home of a Mr and Mrs Blair, and boasted an unusual stone carving of William the Conqueror at the entrance.

However, the portrait was significantly more recent than the Norman Invasion of 1066, having been completed only in 1969 by Mr Blair – a science master at Bolton School.

The Old Parsonage, at Overhouse, near Entwistle, adds a touch of Jacobean charm to the countryside.

Tucked away in a hamlet of stone houses off Greens Arms Road, it was constructed in 1714 by the Cheetham family for St Anne’s Church, Chapeltown.

The changes wouldn’t be ringing out in Entwistle in 1988.

British Telecom chiefs agreed with neighbouring Blackburn Council to keep two old red phone kiosks – one near the Strawberry Duck pub, pictured, and the other opposite Bolton Road sub-post office.

What are your memories of Entwistle? Email gayle.mcbain@nqnw.co.uk