To my good Accrington and vicinity friends:
I found that this project was getting so large that it was becoming very difficult to keep it going as a Discussion Forum activity. I also wanted to add a large number of supporting images. So in order to avoid consuming an inordinate amount of bandwidth, and also to provide a better editing capability, I composed a series of Web pages to that end. They can be accessed at .....
http://www.jp29.org/2dr.htm
..... or via the portal URL in my signature block.
As I receive more input from surviving family members and friends -- and as I read more research references -- I am updating some of my earlier material.
I still have much more material to add relating to the WW2 Homefront in East Lancashire -- including some that relates specifically to Accrington -- particularly popular culture (such as my Saturday night railway trips from Burnley to the dances (what was the name of the premier dance hall?) in pursuit of an Accrington girl -- compelling story, that
