Frank Casper News Today

Archive exhibition celebrates Burnley's illustrious past and how the club are "the heart" of the town.

I keep saying I won’t do another.

“Nothing Really Daunted Us” Real Footballers Wives – Carole Dobson Catholic nuns ruled Paddock House Convent Grammar in Accrington with a rod of iron and although my parents were absolutely thrilled that I passed my 11 plus and won a place, I have mixed memories of my time there. My brothers all went to St Theodores High in Burnley but my sister, Linda, followed in my footsteps. It was a good school, the sort of education parents were grateful for and it prepared you well for life, but it...