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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris
Good point, Bob. I'd never actually thought about it before, but I've never seen a photo of the place where I was born, either. I wonder if anybody has one?
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Hoody Blell.
How many of us were born in that place, so was I near 80 years ago, can't say I've ever seen a photo of it either, and its at the top of the street, not 500 yrds way.
Walter Haworth a deceased member of the Accy Historical Soc, once did some research on it, one of the things he discovered, was an old date stone, in the wall of one of the out buildings, late 1700's, which was impossible, turned out that stone had come from an old pub in Accrington, known as the Mop Inn.
I think the Slingers were the last to live in it, before it became the maternity unit.
I hate it when some one starts a thread on a historical subject, then does'nt respond.
Retlaw