Elephant

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by susie123

John, Elephant street has been mentioned in several threads in the past, if you do a search. When I first joined I had to ask where it was and turned out I had walked past it every day on my way to and from primary school!

As for the dead elephant "legend", I copied this from a post by katex on an old thread:

Found an interesting one in a book 'An Accrington Miscellany' Frank Davy tells of:-

'It was a death that gave Elephant Street its name. In 1845 and elephant called "Chimney", purchased by Wombwell for his circus and standing 11ft 4ins. high and weighing more than 5 tons, died in Accrington. This tragedy, caused so much local interest that a street under construction was named Elephant Street to commemorate the event'

Do a search, I'm a bloke susie, we just ask

[susie123]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Do a search, I'm a bloke susie, we just ask

And someone's just started a thread about lazy women...

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by susie123

And someone's just started a thread about lazy women...

Well I though it was well known about us blokes

[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Old Peculiar

Didn't want to know about your age & state Jay, just making sure you're allowed fizzy drinks.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

Didn't want to know about your age & state Jay, just making sure you're allowed fizzy drinks.

Oh come on Dave everybody knows that's Retlaw Old Peculiar

[Atarah]

This could possibly be the poor elephant who over indulged himself, and then died in Accrington, and whom Elephant Street was named after :-)

Interesting little article though.

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Oh come on Dave everybody knows that's Retlaw Old Peculiar

Bogg Off Farrer

[susie123]

Originally Posted by Atarah

This could possibly be the poor elephant who over indulged himself, and then died in Accrington, and whom Elephant Street was named after :-)

Interesting little article though.

Not if he went and did the same again in Chorley...

[Atarah]

but Accrington was part of the "circuit", so he would have been back again!

[hassy rvr]

Elephant st was opposite Lee st(where I grew up)there was a sweet shop half way up but for the life of me I cannot recall the name.Anyone help?

[Atarah]

Here you are, from one of my old postings

Elephant Street in the mid 1960's - photo kindly supplied by Owd Bert

[hassy rvr]

fantastic thats how I remember it though I had left by the 60s the sweet shop was about where the car is.

[Bob Dobson]

Originally Posted by hassy rvr

Elephant st was opposite Lee st(where I grew up)there was a sweet shop half way up but for the life of me I cannot recall the name.Anyone help?

The 1951 directory shows Mr G Gibson, a grocer at 8-10 near to Plantation St, on the side opposite the Welcome Inn

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Retlaw

Bogg Off Farrer

I'm hurt and amazed Walter

[hassy rvr]

Thanks Bob could well have been a grocers I only remember going in for sweets, we got groceries from Eddlestons on Plantation st till Sauls opened down Black Abbey.