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Old 24-10-2011, 14:25   #1
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Does anyone remember the old accy co-op? I was a tv engineer from 1967-1978.
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Old 24-10-2011, 14:42   #2
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I remember the co-op. Did you work in Manor St?
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Old 24-10-2011, 16:59   #3
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I used to work for the Blackburn Rd Co-Op in the early eighties, presume they didn't have telly engineers then
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Old 24-10-2011, 18:07   #4
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I used to work for the Blackburn Rd Co-Op in the early eighties, presume they didn't have telly engineers then
Probably not by then Dave. I served my time with the co-op in the electricians shop, which was next door to the TV engineers place on Manor St. That's in the late 1960s
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Old 24-10-2011, 18:14   #5
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I had a mate who worked for the coop in 60's for a while
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Old 24-10-2011, 18:16   #6
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You might remember Jimmy Lomax who was a fellow radio ham as G3TU but much older than me.I lived at the other side of Burnley rd. from Manor st. and often popped in for the odd component if I was building something.
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Old 24-10-2011, 18:27   #7
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You might remember Jimmy Lomax who was a fellow radio ham as G3TU but much older than me.I lived at the other side of Burnley rd. from Manor st. and often popped in for the odd component if I was building something.
I cant say I recall the name, but the memory's not brilliant.
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Old 25-10-2011, 09:38   #8
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Yes ,I did work from Manor St, I covered all the Rossendale valley and Jimmy Lomax was my boss.
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Old 25-10-2011, 18:23   #9
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Was the Co op near where the Calder is now

I went for my first ever job interview there I had to do a basic maths test and then the manager asked me 3 times if I'd ever been in trouble with the police - I felt that if I had he might have given me the job!!!

Not too disappointed I didn't get the job
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Old 25-10-2011, 18:34   #10
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Was the Co op near where the Calder is now

I went for my first ever job interview there I had to do a basic maths test and then the manager asked me 3 times if I'd ever been in trouble with the police - I felt that if I had he might have given me the job!!!

Not too disappointed I didn't get the job
There was a co-op store, electrical and furniture facing the market hall.
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Old 25-10-2011, 19:13   #11
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There was a co-op store, electrical and furniture facing the market hall.
Yep, where Quattros is now.
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Old 25-10-2011, 19:16   #12
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Yep, where Quattros is now.
That's the one.
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Old 25-10-2011, 19:43   #13
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That's the one.
I recall that being Woolworths
...there must be some 1940s and 50s photos somewhere to show that.
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Old 25-10-2011, 19:48   #14
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PS a quick search found it - posted by Atarah 2 years ago
..post #13 in this thread
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...tml#post756407
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Old 25-10-2011, 20:19   #15
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I think that photo would have been taken from the Town Hall were the bus for Clayton would have gone from I remember woolworth as main by anything store, Accross from the Town Hall was Redmans on the corner of St James St under the Elite snooker but can anyone remember what was on the corner of Dutton St and the shops in between did the single decker leave from there for Fern Gore. I have just looked at Accrington center on Google looks good.
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