Habergham High School,
1981.
The amalgamation of the Grammar School and Girls High School
to form Habergham High School and Sixth Form Centre completed the
change to comprehensive education in Burnley.
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 St. James’s
Street, 1990.
In the 1960s the Victorian market hall
had been demolished and a new shopping centre built. By 1990
the first phase of the pedestrianisation
of the town’s main street had been carried out.
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  Church
Restoration, 1989-1992.
Problems with the foundations led to an extensive programme of
restoration. As it was being completed, the tower and part of the
roof were gutted by fire in September 1991. The church did not
reopen until December 1992.
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Market
Charter Celebrations.
In 1994, the town celebrated the 700th anniversary
of the granting of the market charter by Edward I. The events
included the reading
of the charter and a civic service at St. Peter’s.
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 Dedication
of Two New Bells.
In 2003, two new bells were installed in
the tower to mark the 200th anniversary of the peal of 1803.
The present peal of ten
bells is one of 250 world-wide and is regarded as amongst the best
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