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Maggie Q · 06-11-2010, 15:57

Thanks Garinda, Jaysay, and Tosh! Your information is a great help. Seems like most of the places my family lived are gone - except the Lord Street home. Still, it will be a dream to just be there and soak up the ambience. I saw the Heys Inn pub on the map - it wasn't open at the time they photographed it - up for lease. Is it open now? Definitely a lunch stop if so. And thanks to all of the member's warnings, I'm going into Ossy Mills and avoiding Yankee Candle Shop at all costs. We have the same problem here - you can smell it a mile away. Actually, I come from New England originally, and Yankee Candle was a small business with a few stores here and there until they sold it to a corporation. The difference between Yankee Candles and other candle products was the quality and extended length of burning time. Then they added the fragrances...
I'm planning on visiting the history room at the mall too. Are there any other sites you would recommend seeing that are within walking distance from the train station?

06-11-2010, 15:57	#24
Maggie Q Junior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 14 Liked: 1 times Rep Power: 0	Re: 4th generation from original Oswaldtwistle resident Thanks Garinda, Jaysay, and Tosh! Your information is a great help. Seems like most of the places my family lived are gone - except the Lord Street home. Still, it will be a dream to just be there and soak up the ambience. I saw the Heys Inn pub on the map - it wasn't open at the time they photographed it - up for lease. Is it open now? Definitely a lunch stop if so. And thanks to all of the member's warnings, I'm going into Ossy Mills and avoiding Yankee Candle Shop at all costs. We have the same problem here - you can smell it a mile away. Actually, I come from New England originally, and Yankee Candle was a small business with a few stores here and there until they sold it to a corporation. The difference between Yankee Candles and other candle products was the quality and extended length of burning time. Then they added the fragrances... I'm planning on visiting the history room at the mall too. Are there any other sites you would recommend seeing that are within walking distance from the train station?