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Forum: General Chat 04-05-2019, 06:47
Replies: 30
Views: 31
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Local Elections

It beats me why party politics plays any part in local councils. Our representatives on the council need to be able to fight for local issues on behalf of the voters.

Come to think of it, by the...
Forum: Accrington Forum News 16-04-2019, 14:37
Replies: 5
Views: 6
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Accrington - Stansfield

Lancashire BMD shows a Robert Stansfield's death aged 36 in 1901 in Burnley East - BUE/11/42 which would tie in with your dates.
Forum: Accrington Forum News 16-04-2019, 14:32
Replies: 5
Views: 6
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Accrington - Stansfield

Your post is a bit unclear with regards to what information you have.

I assume you have James on the 1891 census living with the Watts family in Newchurch Rossendale?

James' birth shows up on...
Forum: General Chat 06-04-2019, 18:25
Replies: 3,653
Views: 3,654
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Referendum is a load of crap.!!

Could a 'No deal Brexit hit my holiday plans?'.

Depends if you believe that bull**** grows on trees.

Version 1: - The Remain View Point.
Sorry but if you have booked a holiday outside the UK...
Forum: General Chat 06-04-2019, 18:24
Replies: 54
Views: 1,902
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Accrington, USA

If you look at the hodgkinsonclark link in the sig you can see the connection.
Forum: General Chat 06-04-2019, 18:08
Replies: 54
Views: 1,902
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Accrington, USA

It may not be the case here but in our family history we have evidence of various ancestors travelling to the USA as fitters representing Howard and Bulloughs, who were formerly blacksmiths in the...
Forum: General Chat 06-04-2019, 08:26
Replies: 3,653
Views: 3,654
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Referendum is a load of crap.!!

No I do not trust them which is why I voted to leave but misleading articles like the one you linked to only give the remainers fuel for their belief that all leavers are as thick as pig muck.
...
Forum: General Chat 05-04-2019, 13:36
Replies: 3,653
Views: 3,654
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Referendum is a load of crap.!!

Most of the points you make are contradicted in the article you provided a link to. There has been a viral post doing the rounds stating most of the points you highlight.
Forum: General Chat 01-04-2019, 08:12
Replies: 3,653
Views: 3,654
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Referendum is a load of crap.!!

The figure refers to the number of people entitled to unemployment benefit. Many people out of work are offered training schemes where they are paid a few quid a week. They officially come off...
Forum: General Chat 24-01-2019, 09:06
Replies: 3,653
Views: 3,654
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Referendum is a load of crap.!!

What do you say to the remainers who insist that brexiteers have not come up with a single valid argument, for leaving the EU, apart from a few misconceptions?
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 22-01-2019, 11:02
Replies: 14
Views: 15
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Frank and May Carnes

We are still going with this unfortunately.

Names I have are Dorothy Harling, James Harling, Steven Harling and possibly Karen Hamer. I have more details about these people, birth dates etc. but...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 15-01-2019, 12:02
Replies: 14
Views: 15
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Frank and May Carnes

Only 1966, do you think the locals will accept you?

My sister lives at the top end of Clayton but thy have only been there for about 15 years so haven't got into the inner circle yet.
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 15-01-2019, 11:33
Replies: 14
Views: 15
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Frank and May Carnes

Thanks Margaret, I don't know which factory he worked at, just that he worked there.
I was convinced that Carborundum was on Atlas Street but I must be getting confused with Allspeeds.

Frank...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 15-01-2019, 08:46
Replies: 14
Views: 15
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Frank and May Carnes

Further research has revealed that Frank Carnes passed away in 2016 in Tasmania.
The name Harling is connected to the ascendants of Frank.
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 14-01-2019, 19:32
Replies: 14
Views: 15
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Frank and May Carnes

Does anyone know of any relatives in the area of Frank and May Carnes.
May Carnes (nee Guest) was a workmate of my mothers back in the last century, at Broad Oak.
Frank Carnes worked at...
Forum: General Chat 28-12-2018, 09:14
Replies: 3,653
Views: 3,654
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Referendum is a load of crap.!!

A technology solution designed and implemented by the government? I doubt if many of us will see it completed in our lifetime.
Forum: General Chat 16-11-2018, 20:13
Replies: 3,653
Views: 3,654
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Referendum is a load of crap.!!

We did sign up to help fund some projects and it is only right we keep to our promises but why has it taken 2 years to add a column of figures up with disagreement about what those numbers add up to....
Forum: General Chat 15-11-2018, 18:57
Replies: 3,653
Views: 3,654
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Referendum is a load of crap.!!

We hear all the doom and gloom about companies relocating to other countries post Brexit but why would they do that? If they are not present in this country to trade here why are they here in the...
Forum: General Chat 15-11-2018, 16:10
Replies: 3,653
Views: 3,654
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Referendum is a load of crap.!!

Following the round of resignations we have seen today, I am left wondering if those who have 'resigned' were in fact greased up and slid out of the door so they don't cause too much of a rumpus. We...
Forum: General Chat 22-10-2018, 19:51
Replies: 2
Views: 3
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: spare parts

3rd party spares will always be cheaper, sometimes the pattern part is of a similar quality and sometimes it will have been made by a little man in a far east potting shed out of bits of old bamboo...
Forum: Anything Goes 18-10-2018, 07:28
Replies: 9
Views: 10
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Remember The Good Old Days...

We live on a cul-de-sac and Mrs Obnoxious-Lard-Arse parked her car in the turning circle. I asked her if she would be staying long as I had a delivery due shortly and she would be blocked in. After...
Forum: General Chat 27-09-2018, 12:25
Replies: 73
Views: 74
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Accrington is Dead!

We were pleased to see that the viaduct end of Hyndburn Road now resembles a proper road rather than a ploughed field.
Forum: General Chat 25-09-2018, 14:19
Replies: 73
Views: 74
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Accrington is Dead!

The only reasons we have for visiting Accrington are to see family and visit the Library and their extensive social history section. The once threatened resource is a godsend for those of us...
Forum: General Chat 05-07-2018, 05:45
Replies: 17
Views: 18
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Crumpet

I mostly use organic bread flour which is as free from nasties as you can get, without milling your own.

Some sufferers of Tea Swiller's Elbow do get recurring symptoms if they continue to pursue...
Forum: General Chat 03-07-2018, 13:22
Replies: 17
Views: 18
Posted By Morecambe Ex Pat
Re: Crumpet

The CO2 is in the bag to keep that ever so nasty oxygen from getting to them. I bake my own and they last at least 5 days in the fridge, they may last longer but are usually long gone by then. It...
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