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Originally Posted by West Ender
.......when Moscow Mill was a working cotton mill and St Mary's School was opposite - next to the T A barracks? When Stanhill Ring Spinning Mill and its chimney dominated the West End skyline? When steam trains pulled into Accrington station? When Thwaites Road was an isolated link between West End and Oswaldtwistle? When every stone-built building in Accrington was jet black from industrial pollution? When Boots and Woolworth's had counters with girls behind them taking the money? When nearly every street corner had a shop? When Accrington market was, mostly, in the open air and a pair of "nylons" cost 1/11d? When trams went from Blackburn to Church Commercial and the pantographs had to be changed over by the driver or conductor with a very long pole? When barges full of coal still worked the Leeds-Liverpool canal?
Well you must be bloody old then, like me.  |
I am....I remember all of that...mixed, mild and bitter cost 1/10p 1/11p and two bob a pint....that is 8p, 9p and 10p...in today's Micky mouse money....5 gallons of petrol for £1....The economy now is worse than I'ts ever been.....The pound is taking a severe bashing against the Euro...thanks to the rantings of Darling...which makes my pension 20% less than what it was............and we complain, but no-one takes a blind bit of notice.
