Bradshaw Street West is really East

[Darby]

I have often wondered why Bradshaw Street (where Sacred Heart Junior School was) is not called Bradshaw Street East. Its continuation is called Bradshaw Street West, and runs onto India Street (at the Triangle), and is East of Bradshaw Street!
The only reason I can think of is that Bradshaw Street West is in Accy; and Bradshaw Street itself is in Church.

Has any of you Sages got any answers? This must be one for Tealeaf, Doug and the rest of the Church bunch!

[Tealeaf]

At a guess, it is probably because Bradshaw Street is in Church, while Bradshaw Steet West is in Accrington (and on the Western side of the town). The alternative is that someone from Accrington Council had his map upside down when it came to naming....at least some things never change.

EDIT.............Oops, I just saw you had the same conclusion. The other possibility is that there is another Bradshaw Street in the town; twe'll leave that for the Accy mob to tell us.

[K.S.H]

as far as i know there is no other bradshaw st, there is a bradshaw st east in accy though. just done a search in multimap and bradshaw st is not listed any longer, is this because there is nothing on that st anymore? has it been done away with?

[Tealeaf]

There's a Bradshaw Street running into Burnley Road (as shown on the old maps). It's the second street up going up on the left from Whalley Road. Is it still there? if so, what's it called now? Answers from KSH or the Accy lot, please, and I assume we have an answer to our paradox.

[K.S.H]

thats what i understood to be bradshaw st east!!

[K.S.H]

heres a map i found

[lettie]

Bradshaw Street off Burnley Rd in Accy is still there. The pub The Boars Head is on the corner. It's proper moniker is Bradshaw Street East, but the East tends to be dropped from it's title by the locals. I have to drive along this street every day to get to where I live, and I've only ever known it as Bradshaw St.

[Tealeaf]

So it's on the new map as BSE and the old map as BS. The same old map has BS(Church) and BSW (Accrington). I would suspect they added the appendix "East" in more recent times just to avoid any confusion for the post office (not that the post office is confused enough)

[K.S.H]

so, if bradshaw st east is in the east, and bradshaw st west is west, why is bradshaw st not in the middle of them?
Any idea where the name came from? in Church there was also a Bradshaw row, I think it was where the new sacred heart school is. 3 bradshaws in the same area then, must have been a reason for naming it like that

[K.S.H]

according to this it still exists and is the road where the pioneer club is

[Darby]

Lots of good research, thanks K.S.H. for the maps (makes it clearer).

Bradshaw Street West still exists. Mick lives on India Street, and can see if the street name is still there.

As kids we always thought that the few little cottages between Bradshaw Street and Bradshaw Street West were on Croft Steet, which then turns right into what is actually Croft Street.
From memory, I don't think anything more exists on Bradshaw Street, its just rubble and waste ground. But those still in Church can look for themselves (it's too far for me to pop over and look).

I have often wondered about the East-West naming of Bradshaw Street, and I came to the conclusion that it was because Bradshaw Street is in Church...the other two (West & East) are in Accy. Confirmation is near impossible to obtain, as Church UDC no longer exists and HBC have difficulty in knowing their ar*e from their elbow. It would only be possible from Th'owd Codgers, if there are any still around!!

[Tealeaf]

Life on Bradshaw Street is cyclical, each cycle lasting aprox, 6 weeks:

1) Day 1 - Gypo's arrive and set up shop.

2) Days 2 - 28 - Gypo's proceed to thrash the place and scatter rubbish around a half mile radius.

3) Day 29 - HBC applies for an eviction order.

4) Day 36 - Cops arrive with Eviction order and remove Gypos

5) Days 37 - 41 HBC cleans up site.

6) Day 42 - Gypo's arrive and set up shop.

[Darby]

Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Life on Bradshaw Street is cyclical, each cycle lasting aprox, 6 weeks:

1) Day 1 - Gypo's arrive and set up shop.

2) Days 2 - 28 - Gypo's proceed to thrash the place and scatter rubbish around a half mile radius.

3) Day 29 - HBC applies for an eviction order.

4) Day 36 - Cops arrive with Eviction order and remove Gypos

5) Days 37 - 41 HBC cleans up site.

6) Day 42 - Gypo's arrive and set up shop.

Do I note a little bit of scepticism or intolerance in your posting?

For Bradshaw Street (Church) now read Bradshaw Street (Church) Temporary Travellers Rest