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Originally Posted by Bob Dobson
Without being disrespectful to Catholics - these ladies are not dressed up enough.to be RCs. Not enough pomp.No rosaries to be seen.
The Infant St (opposite Maundy) group was The Rechabites - a part of the tee-total movement.
I have doubts about what has been said about Gatty Park except that there was an RC church at the bottom of Owd Bob's.
Whilst Wylie mentions Bethel in his book on Baptists in Accrington, he also wrote History of the Bethel Baptist Church (Barnes St) published in 1929. Hargreaves wrote about Methodism in Acc.
It is annoying that I cannot keep going back to the photo as I am writing this.
If the location is on Blackburn Rd between Fox St & Scaitcliffe St, (Brunswick Terrace), the shop windows seen could have been No 179, where, in 1951, there was a newsagent /sub PO kept by Miss Knight. I don't remember it.
In 1951 (directory) there are several shops listed on Blackburn rd Church on the block between Market St and the boundary by the side of the lodge.
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Bob, you can open the photo in a window or tab: click on the thumbnail in post 2, when the photo appears click on it once and it should open in a separate window which you can refer to while typing in the Accyweb window - works for me anyway!
Not sure anyone mentioned the photo being of RCs and those women look as though they are wearing overalls - also I wouldn't associate the phrase Bethel Crusaders with Catholics.
Have just looked on Google Steetview and the two houses to the right of Gatty pk on Hyndburn road are typical mid 19C Gothis so could have been associated with the chapel which Phil says was between them.
Re the photo, if that is a shop front, why do the upstairs windows say Accrington Corporation?