Fish Market

Atarah · 28-01-2004, 00:40

Hi, here's a view many of you may NOT remember. Its the back of the Market Hall, showing the old fish Market and then we have a photo showing the Bramwell family, photo taken mid 50's I believe. The Bramwells of course are still on Accrington market and have in fact been here since the late 1880's.

mez · 28-01-2004, 11:11

the fish market now stands as 2 stalls sad really i loved the old market, i used to go every friday after work with my mates, all with our rollers up ready for the nite out, mm memories/ rollers in our hair to try to make us PRETTY for the rockers , ha ha ha

WINGY · 28-01-2004, 11:40

Dont think you would get many young girls nowadays going to town without their hair done!

Darby · 28-01-2004, 13:55

Look at the lumps of fish on the stall.....Would cost a fortune now,

Ah the days when Cod was a cheap meal!

MEZ
I didn't think the nice girls went out with their rollers in??? Well if they did they wore a headscarf??

Did you go to the Morts or Knowlemere Street or even Accy Con?? I remember getting my first pint in the Australian Inn (near Bull Brig), and then on to the New Brewery, before going up Knowlemere Street. We were real bad 'uns...even smoked as well!!!!

mez · 28-01-2004, 14:15

darby // really , of course we had our headscarves on, we girls from broadleys print works c-l-m were nice girls////, i used to go to the empire up ossy, morts once dad banned me, acc con monday nites, vic at c-l-m, mecca blackburn, mirabelle, tonys, allin b/burn, we had great , innocent (fun) , the poor kids these days know nowt oo yea we went up arks on sunday afternoon .

Darby · 28-01-2004, 14:20

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Originally Posted by mez

darby // really , of course we had our headscarves on, we girls from broadleys print works c-l-m were nice girls////, i used to go to the empire up ossy, morts once dad banned me, acc con monday nites, vic at c-l-m, mecca blackburn, mirabelle, tonys, allin b/burn, we had great , innocent (fun) , the poor kids these days know nowt oo yea we went up arks on sunday afternoon .

Ahhhh...so that's where you worked!!!!

I was not far away to Allspeeds....with my mate Freddie Gorton...and others who shall remain nameless. Mind you that was 1965 ish.

Imagine young girls going OUT of Accy to such places...I use to go down Burnley MECCA on the occasional Sat night too

mez · 28-01-2004, 14:27

ooo, you didnt go in the hare & hounds on xmas eve did you ? we never used to buy a drink wen you lot came in

not saying wot we were like wen we came out at closing time 3pm.

Darby · 28-01-2004, 14:35

Yes, first the Load of Mischief, and then the Hare & Hounds....Bad Lads...all of us, Then downtown to the Old Band Club (as it stayed open until 5:00), always wondered why I couldn't remember much about Xmas Eve!!

Much better now as the wife has me under control (she's from Accy as well).

mez · 28-01-2004, 15:03

yea it started 11-30am then they chucked us out at 3pm , oo i think ive blushed enough this avo, think they should rename this DOWN MEMORY LANE .

Alan Gilmartin · 02-02-2004, 09:18

Lived in blackburn Rd, c-l-moors, a few doors down from load of mischief, could wait on the font step, for the Blackburn bus to come over the hill on Burnley Rd, then run up to catch it to go to Blackburn Tech, my brother Kevin says its all gone now and they have put a road through cuting Clayton in two, any chance of photos Bert?