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Originally Posted by susie123
Rossendale as an area name has been around for a very long time. My dad worked at Haslingden even though we lived in Accy and he always referred to Rossendale. Whereas Hyndburn only really came into being when the local authority was created and before that was just the name of a river, and a mucky one at that. It's much more of an artificial creation and hasn't really been around long enough to be thought of as an area.
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Its always been known as Rossendale Valley, or just the Valley when you live there, I lived and worked in Rossendale for quite a few years before moving back to Ossy, even I didn't look on it as moving back to Hyndburn, nobody really knows where Hyndburn is they certainly know where Accrington and Oswaldtwistle are in all parts of the country. When I worked for Shopfitters Ossy was on every van and the number of people who actually came up to use say they knew where Ossy was amazing