Barbara Castle Barbara Castle Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, PC, GCOT ("née" Betts; 6 October 1910 – 3 May 2002) was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Blackburn from 1945 to 1979, making her the longest-serving female MP in the history of the House of Commons until that record was broken in 2007 by Gwyneth Dunwoody. She later became the Member of the European Parliament for Greater Manchester from 1979 to 1989 and subsequently a member of the House of Lords, having been granted a life peerage in 1990. One of the most significant
The Mall Blackburn The shopping centre is located in the centre of Blackburn, and is a short walk to: The Mall Blackburn The Mall Blackburn, also known by its former name Blackburn Shopping Centre, is a shopping centre that serves the town of Blackburn, Lancashire, England, and is owned by The Mall Company. The shopping centre was built in three phases, with the final phase opening in 1979. In 1995, the centre was refurbished, during which the lower floor of the former "Co-operative Department Store" was transformed into "Ainsworth Mall". In 1993, the centre was bought by Standard Life, later being known as