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Old 18-03-2011, 12:13   #1
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Thumbs down Yorkshire?

There's a book called 'Molly and the Muslim Stick' (amazon link here). Here's the first line of the prologue:

"Molly is raised in the harsh surroundings of Accrington, Yorkshire, during the years leading up to World War Two."

A mistake on Amazon's product description? Or an author without an atlas?
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Old 18-03-2011, 14:32   #2
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There's a book called 'Molly and the Muslim Stick' (amazon link here). Here's the first line of the prologue:

"Molly is raised in the harsh surroundings of Accrington, Yorkshire, during the years leading up to World War Two."

A mistake on Amazon's product description? Or an author without an atlas?
I've seen that before, on service papers of WW1 soldiers, turns out there was or is a place called Accrington in Yorkshire, somewhere near Hull.

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Old 18-03-2011, 19:25   #3
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Re: Yorkshire?

I can only find one Accrington
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Old 18-03-2011, 20:05   #4
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I can only find one Accrington
May be, but I did write.
"there was or is a place called Accrington in Yorkshire, somewhere near Hull", WW1, ie 1914-1919. I've seen it more than once on WW1 service records.
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Old 18-12-2011, 13:44   #5
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May be, but I did write.
"there was or is a place called Accrington in Yorkshire, somewhere near Hull", WW1, ie 1914-1919. I've seen it more than once on WW1 service records.
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I'm from round there and I think it was probably Patrington
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Old 18-12-2011, 17:46   #6
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Re: Yorkshire?

Try to google accrington yorkshire and it comes up with yorkshire bank
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Old 18-12-2011, 18:48   #7
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There's a book called 'Molly and the Muslim Stick' (amazon link here). Here's the first line of the prologue:

"Molly is raised in the harsh surroundings of Accrington, Yorkshire, during the years leading up to World War Two."

A mistake on Amazon's product description? Or an author without an atlas?
I'd say an auther not worth reading really
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Old 18-12-2011, 19:23   #8
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Yeah in the Amazon blurb for the book it says "we enter an absurdist narrative peopled with talking animals, demented prophets, shape-shifting ghosts, Amerindian asylum seekers and a Muslim walking stick."

Definitely Yorkshire.
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Old 19-12-2011, 16:03   #9
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Groove knows of a town called Acklington, maybe thats were the mistake originates.
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Old 19-12-2011, 16:35   #10
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Groove knows of a town called Acklington, maybe thats were the mistake originates.
How come? yeh been in nick yon or what?
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Old 19-12-2011, 20:05   #11
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Accrington in yorkshire, its just taken me ten sweat soaked mins to write that horrible word. Thats the one beginning with y by the way
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Old 19-12-2011, 20:07   #12
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Accrington in yorkshire, its just taken me ten sweat soaked mins to write that horrible word. Thats the one beginning with y by the way
Know the feeling WM the only good thing to come out of Yorkshire, is the road to Lancashire
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Know the feeling WM the only good thing to come out of Yorkshire, is the road to Lancashire
Did you buy that line off Bob Monkhouse? If you did you were done, both he and it died years ago.
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Old 19-12-2011, 20:13   #14
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Did you buy that line off Bob Monkhouse? If you did you were done, both he and it died years ago.
Na it was Les Dawson Actually
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Old 19-12-2011, 20:16   #15
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Might be an old line but its TRUE
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