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Old 09-07-2008, 19:30   #1
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no town street name

silly question, but for some strange reason i was thinking of street names
I know we have a Blackburn Rd, Accrington Rd, Church st, Baxenden rd, Manchester rd...etc..All Town rds!!
So why dont we have a Oswaldtwistle rd? was it not that important to be given a street name

I know ....its a stupid question and no one will be able to answer it, but it just popped in me head and i thought id share it with you guys
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Old 09-07-2008, 19:33   #2
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Re: no town street name

we have a Harwood street but NOT a Great Harwood or Little Harwood street or road


strange hey lol
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Old 09-07-2008, 19:36   #3
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Re: no town street name

There is an Oswald St though isn't there.
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Old 09-07-2008, 19:47   #4
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There is an Oswald St though isn't there.
yeh there is, i forgot about that, maybe thats the street named after oswaldtwistle, as 'twistle' is about the two brooks meeting int it?
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Old 09-07-2008, 19:49   #5
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Re: no town street name

I was also told that 'twistle' was possibly another name for 'town' so it was Oswald's Town.
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Old 09-07-2008, 20:01   #6
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Re: no town street name

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswaldtwistle

more here about it
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Old 09-07-2008, 20:28   #7
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Re: no town street name

No outsiders can pronounce it Panther .. that's why ..
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Old 09-07-2008, 20:37   #8
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No outsiders can pronounce it Panther .. that's why ..
Or spell it
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Old 09-07-2008, 21:27   #9
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Re: no town street name

There's even a Rishton Rd in Clayton.
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Old 09-07-2008, 21:38   #10
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Re: no town street name

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silly question, but for some strange reason i was thinking of street names
I know we have a Blackburn Rd, Accrington Rd, Church st, Baxenden rd, Manchester rd...etc..All Town rds!!
So why dont we have a Oswaldtwistle rd? was it not that important to be given a street name

I know ....its a stupid question and no one will be able to answer it, but it just popped in me head and i thought id share it with you guys
I've never heard of Baxenden Road.

Where is it? Is it, as it's name suggests, in Baxenden?
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Old 09-07-2008, 21:42   #11
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Re: no town street name

yeh come on panther i'm wi Lilly on this,wheres Baxenden Rd?
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Old 11-07-2008, 19:02   #12
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Did you know that we have a Sun Street and Moon Street in Oswaldtwistle?
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Old 11-07-2008, 19:14   #13
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Does this mean that;
Pickup Street is were to get a certain kind of lady or gent if that way inclined, Infant street was a maternity place,
Avenue Parade is were all the lonely Avenues marched,
Monk street is a religious oasis
Church Street for forgiveness perpetrated after visiting the Pickup Street sins
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Old 12-07-2008, 13:58   #14
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No outsiders can pronounce it Panther .. that's why ..
There's a former Hyndburn councillor kate who, although having lived here for over twenty years, still can't pronounce the name right
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Old 12-07-2008, 16:04   #15
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I love the streets in the area near the new hospital on Blackburn Rd

There's India St, Swiss St, Persia St and a few other countries - I reckon the town planner was naming them after his favourite holiday destinations. lol
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