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Forum: General Chat 08-10-2018, 19:18
Replies: 2
Views: 3
Posted By Big Joe
Re: Out of the mouths of babes

Margaret in the words of Churchill the dog OOOOH YESSSS!
Forum: General Chat 07-10-2018, 20:49
Replies: 2
Views: 3
Posted By Big Joe
Out of the mouths of babes

Young children just tell it like it is. Today I was face timing my six year old grand daughter in Poland. Shes at the age where everything is a question and naturally as a grand parent I know the...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 07-10-2018, 20:35
Replies: 14
Views: 15
Posted By Big Joe
Re: Busiest pubs back in the 70's on a Friday and Saturday night!

The Bees Knees and lets not forget "the astronaut"
Forum: Heritage and History 30-09-2018, 19:41
Replies: 51
Views: 52
Posted By Big Joe
Re: Wellington Bomber production in Accrington?

Norahs lad here’s a bit of info for you. My dad joined the RAF initially as an aircraft electrician but volunteered for aircrew as they got paid more. He trained as an air gunner and flew missions on...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 16-09-2018, 18:38
Replies: 74
Views: 6,639
Posted By Big Joe
Re: Shops in Peel Street

The truck crash was at the top of Little Blackburn Road. The truck came through the lights and hit the building which I think used to be an off licence killing a man. The building was never rebuilt...
Forum: General Chat 27-08-2018, 22:02
Replies: 104
Views: 105
Posted By Big Joe
Re: Political Correctness, again!

With all this political correctness it can be easy to lose track. For example me personally, I treat people as I would like them to treat me. I don't always get it right but hey! Im human. but it...
Forum: Introduce Yourself 11-08-2018, 17:01
Replies: 4
Views: 5
Posted By Big Joe
Re: new member

Hi John, with what information you have if you contact the Accrington Cemeteries and Crematorium Officer who is based in an office in Burnley Road Cemetery they may have a grave for you which may...
Forum: General Chat 11-08-2018, 16:48
Replies: 7
Views: 8
Posted By Big Joe
Re: Texting

I love her to bits but Gremlin you are absolutely correct. incredibly stupid. Oh and Hill I find putting on the washers and wipers gets rid of unwanted bodies!!!
Forum: General Chat 11-08-2018, 16:22
Replies: 7
Views: 8
Posted By Big Joe
Re: Texting

My youngest daughter and I are very similar in manner which means we often rub each other up the wrong way. My wife and I were going on our jollies and the youngest offered to drop us at the airport....
Forum: General Chat 11-08-2018, 16:14
Replies: 1
Views: 2
Posted By Big Joe
Re: Oh, Dear!

Less that sounds sinister I feel the X files theme tune coming on!
Forum: General Chat 11-08-2018, 16:12
Replies: 17
Views: 18
Posted By Big Joe
Re: Grandparents and Contracts???

This is a brilliant idea and if your a grand parent its a win win situation. When we babysit we often get a call after ten minutes off the parents. How are they doing? Despite me pointing out that in...
Forum: Anything Goes 01-08-2018, 20:41
Replies: 1
Views: 2
Posted By Big Joe
Re: I've Just Had Too Much Information

So do these things make you good at trampolining?? I was never good at that but if these work I might get some and take up gymnastics or am I missing the point or is there some other subliminal...
Forum: Anything Goes 01-08-2018, 20:37
Replies: 2
Views: 3
Posted By Big Joe
Re: Oh Dear, Can't Do Right For Doing Wrong

Many years ago I was eating a pie and chips standing in a bus shelter. A lady with a poodle was stood next to me. The dog was yapping the way poodles do then sitting up begging at me while Im eating...
Forum: Anything Goes 01-08-2018, 20:32
Replies: 3
Views: 4
Posted By Big Joe
Re: Finally The Ultimate Question Has been Answered!

Interesting video and have seen it on the TV but it is a bit economical with the truth. Quote "What happens to your pet when you die" In reality it eats you until somebody misses you and breaks in...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 01-08-2018, 20:24
Replies: 6
Views: 7
Posted By Big Joe
Re: On the way to the Clough.

If its the same pond we used to fish in it with coat thread and a pin but we often used to play in the clough especially around five arches.
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 01-08-2018, 20:22
Replies: 62
Views: 3,234
Posted By Big Joe
Re: The River Stink!

Didn't part of the Stink appear above ground on the lower part of Grange Lane next to the garages at the town end???
Forum: General Chat 01-08-2018, 20:19
Replies: 11
Views: 12
Posted By Big Joe
Re: Hose pipe ban

I think the blue badge scheme when it was created was a very good thing sadly it is one of those things which is open to abuse ie people using a relatives blue badge when the relative isn't in the...
Forum: General Chat 01-08-2018, 20:10
Replies: 64
Views: 65
Posted By Big Joe
Re: Sugar tax

Did anyone see Mondays Panorama entitled get rich or die young. Based in Stockton which is only a couple of miles from me where because of poverty you will die 20 years younger. Test case a guy in...
Forum: General Chat 01-08-2018, 20:02
Replies: 12
Views: 13
Posted By Big Joe
Re: Phew.!!!

Monkey whats an overcoat???
Forum: Anything Goes 18-07-2018, 22:13
Replies: 2,277
Sticky: Joke Of The Day
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Posted By Big Joe
Re: Joke Of The Day

An MP up for election is about to knock at the door of a house when it is opened by a small boy aged 5.
MP Hello little boy can I speak to your daddy.
Boy replies in a whispered voice. No he's busy...
Forum: General Chat 18-07-2018, 21:47
Replies: 64
Views: 65
Posted By Big Joe
Re: Sugar tax

Remember at school there was always a fat kid. The rest of us were like racing snakes because we were given proper home cooked food. Not this processed ****e which is full of chemicals and also...
Forum: General Chat 18-07-2018, 21:34
Replies: 12
Views: 13
Posted By Big Joe
Re: Phew.!!!

Don't we love the weather.
Its too hot we want some rain (to clear the air of course)
It rains we want it sunny ( just to dry the ground )
We want a white Christmas ( like we had when we were...
Forum: General Chat 13-06-2018, 21:52
Replies: 73
Views: 74
Posted By Big Joe
Re: Accrington is Dead!

The whole drug thing will always be a heated subject but fir what its worth this is my take.

I have a friend who suffers badly with MS. She doesn't take it although there is evidence to suggest it...
Forum: General Chat 12-06-2018, 10:26
Replies: 59
Views: 60
Posted By Big Joe
Re: Shut up! In the name of diversity.

Margaret in relation to the grooming scandal you are correct in the ways in which they were groomed but many groups use tactics and strategies to target the vulnerable and not only that they share...
Forum: General Chat 10-06-2018, 21:22
Replies: 9
Views: 10
Posted By Big Joe
Re: Viagra Advice

MH I remember as a kid going to Kemp and Smiths with my dad and another place on Nutall Street towards the Wellington Street end to get our hair cut and the barbers asking my dad the same question....
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