Trouble on t' Estate - Page 2

churchfcrules · 10-09-2012, 18:40

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Now there's a thing can't say I've heard of that before susie, very interesting, funny it should happen in Blackburn yet I know that there are these type of flats still in use elsewhere in the country

well jay,
i remember reading somewhere that historically, accrington & blackburn area was "damp", thats why it was good for the cotton industry!

once again i could be wrong, just remember reading something about it once

jaysay · 10-09-2012, 18:42

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Originally Posted by churchfcrules

well jay,
i remember reading somewhere that historically, accrington & blackburn area was "damp", thats why it was good for the cotton industry!

once again i could be wrong, just remember reading something about it once

Could well be right, I've just looked out the window, don't know about damp, looks very wet to me

Gordon Booth · 10-09-2012, 19:10

I once had a garage with a 6 inch thick concrete roof- like a bomb shelter.
The damp must have worked on the cement, the re-enforcing rods rusted. As they expanded the top layers inside and outside shattered and eventually the whole 6 inch roof cracked right through in several places-it leaked in like mad.

kestrelx · 11-09-2012, 08:33

We lived in Shadsworth in the 60's for a couple of years - I also worked in the Co-op in 1977 for a few months - it wasn't that bad, I don't recall any shoplifters!

kestrelx · 11-09-2012, 08:36

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Originally Posted by garinda

I organised the Art Ball in Shadsworth, in 1982, at the Red Parrot.

Cracking night.

I was dressed as a Peruvian lama herder, with boot polish glasses painted on my face.

The locals were very welcoming.

A little scared, but welcoming.

Any gay bashers? Where abouts in Shadsworth was the Red Parrot? On the housing estate?

jaysay · 11-09-2012, 08:49

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Originally Posted by kestrelx

Any gay bashers? Where abouts in Shadsworth was the Red Parrot? On the housing estate?

Think thats the name the Sett End changed to

churchfcrules · 11-09-2012, 08:56

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Think thats the name the Sett End changed to

no they was next door to each other

kestrelx · 11-09-2012, 08:57

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Think thats the name the Sett End changed to

The estate must have changed a lot, I know it was always rough - but when I worked in the Co-op, which was in the middle of the housing estate, I don't recall any trouble with kids or thieves.

jaysay · 11-09-2012, 09:07

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Originally Posted by churchfcrules

no they was next door to each other

Next Door, I always though The Sett End was a stand alone building, well it was when it was built, they did have an Off Licence though

churchfcrules · 11-09-2012, 10:40

last time i drove past, it was a catering supplies place

flashy · 11-09-2012, 11:27

it still is and that Rovers place was knocked down a good few years ago and bungalows have been built on the site where it was...on Dunoon Drive

kestrelx · 11-09-2012, 11:50

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Originally Posted by flashy

it still is and that Rovers place was knocked down a good few years ago and bungalows have been built on the site where it was...on Dunoon Drive

What's at the Co-operative Supermarket now?

jaysay · 11-09-2012, 17:46

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Originally Posted by flashy

it still is and that Rovers place was knocked down a good few years ago and bungalows have been built on the site where it was...on Dunoon Drive

I know its not their now Shaz, think your right about the bungalows, but if they were private couldn't see anybody in their right mind buying one there

annesingleton · 11-09-2012, 17:52

I moved to Shadsworth in 1957 when I was eighteen months old and the houses were newly built - I have photographs of my dad digging in the garden and in the background you can see houses being built and the roads being surfaced. I lived there until I was twelve when my parents bought their own house at the other side of town. Shadsworth was a lovely place in the 1950's and early 60's, I have some very happy childhood memories, but even then there were rough areas where I wasn't allowed to go.

Greeny · 11-09-2012, 18:04

I too moved to Shadsworth in the mid 50s. we left Carlisle St, from a two up two down with outside toilet to a brand new house at Shadsworth with indoor toilet AND a bathroom , this was sheer bliss. Like AnneSingleton I have very happy memories of those years , photos of me playing in garden and in the background Arran Avenue being built. New schools were there and the junior school was not ready for our admission , so us juniors were then taught at the "wood hut " ( tenants went to pay their rents there ) until the school was ready. once we were there the Senior school was built. I left Shad in 1977 and moved to Accrington with my new husband.