Shops in Peel Street

[les stewart]

well there you go, said it was foggy

[Retlaw]

There is a picture of those shops in the Accrington Observer May 1915.

Walter

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by les stewart

First time post from New zealand. From memory, the original shops were demolished after a runaway truck crashed into them. I think the driver's brakes failed on Manchester Road.

The runaway truck as you call it didn't get to Peel St.

It happened one dinner time the lorry was on the wrong side of the road as it passed the Fire Station it demolished some of the stone work on the left hand side of the door way of the Hargreaves Arms. We immediately turned out with two machines and the emergency tender. The lorry hit a white Ford car waiting to turn into Warner St, peeled the side of a Ribble bus waiting 3rd in the queue at the Traffic light at the top of Little Blackburn Rd, pushed the white car under a furniture van and rammed the whole lot into the Canine club, the lorry then veered left and buried itself into the front of the wine shop at the top of Little Blackburn Rd. Its now a cleared area with a tree planted in it.

It took 20 minutes to cut the driver free from the white car, a young woman aged about 30, she was in a bad way. Don't remember if she survived or not.

Retlaw

[cashman]

Originally Posted by fibi

Hope i'm on the right side of the road here but I think one of the shops was either lighting or carpets it would be the one nearest the market. Let me know if i'm off track and should be on the other side.

I remember the bottom one was carpets they used to hang doormats on the doorframe cant remember the name the lighting shop i think was oconners who also were up abbey st.just next to marsdens chipshop which was just past plantation st.