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We've mentioned the Hippodrome before, but I wanted to show you this lovely "connected" photo - a Mr and Mrs Buckett had an "eating house" at the top of Ellison Street, which was next door to The Spread Eagle Pub on Blackburn Road. This shop has, I believe, also been a toy shop, a "tourist information" type of shop run by Hyndburn Transport, and I think its now an insurance company, but take a trip back in "The Tardis" and get an idea of how it was. The Bucket family, and many many more in Accrington, took in lodgers who would have been appearing at The Hippodrome theatre. Here we see what appears to be staff from the theatre and maybe the lasses who ran the cafe. (I believe that a couple of the Bucket sons were well known boxers in their time).