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16-12-2005, 19:29
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windy harbour ?????
having a look on e bay and there is a post card for sale saying its windy harbour oswaldtwistle accrington can anyone shed any light on this
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16-12-2005, 20:54
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Re: windy harbour ?????
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16-12-2005, 23:17
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Re: windy harbour ?????
It looks a bit like the Jack House res, except for the hill in the background on the left.
Never heard of it. Very confusing.
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16-12-2005, 23:29
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Re: windy harbour ?????
The name went out of use sometime before the war. It should be on the 1901 OS map or an earlier 1890s OS if anyone’s got one.
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16-12-2005, 23:41
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Re: windy harbour ?????
Oh Doug you're good with maps and stuff have a look, I'm intrigued now. You'd think I'd have heard the name, my grandparents were around then and had us walking all over Ossy. They used to take us to a place up on the moors called Cocker Lumb which had a cave.
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16-12-2005, 23:47
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Re: windy harbour ?????
Does Ossy still have its own Moors? I remember walking up over Cocker Lumb when we were kids. I suppose it part of getting old that we forget these places.
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16-12-2005, 23:53
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Re: windy harbour ?????
Yeah Ossy still has moors. I remember being taught as a kid that mile for square mile Oswaldtwistle is bigger than the city of London.
Can find no reference to Windy Harbour in Oswaldtwistle on Google, just the place near Blackpool. 
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16-12-2005, 23:59
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17-12-2005, 00:02
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Re: windy harbour ?????
I know, I learnt to sail a dingy on the river there.
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17-12-2005, 00:16
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 Windy Harbour of old is possibly over Belthorn way somewhere around the Pick Up Bank, Jackson Heights area. I not totally sure so don’t take my word for it. A trip to the library should nail it down. 
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