28-01-2010, 17:38
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Re: Abbey Street, Accrington
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Originally Posted by Atarah
This may be a silly suggestion, but at least I am trying. When the King and Queen visited Broadoak Printworks in (think about 1913) they erected a "bridge" for them to drive through at the works. Maybe, just maybe, they also made a temporary bridge along Abbey Street. I have to say I have never heard of one, but ... I am trying! (if you squint your eyes, it DOES look like a bridge!)
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Isn't there a photograph in the Jubilee book on the visit to Broad Oak.
That in the picture looks like a stone structure and a big one at that.
The Royals would have arrived at Broad Oak in a Rolls Royce.
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