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Gordon Booth · 09-06-2012, 14:41

Do you remember what it was like if you didn't go away in the Wakes Weeks?
Accrington was absolutely dead, all the shops shut, all businesses closed, nobody about.
I'm not sure if even the buses stopped running.
You really felt left out of it at home those weeks.
But Dad always tipped a bucket full of sand in the back yard for me to play in.

09-06-2012, 14:41	#33
Gordon Booth Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,402 Liked: 715 times Rep Power: 46614	Re: Holidays with Mum and Dad, way back then! Do you remember what it was like if you didn't go away in the Wakes Weeks? Accrington was absolutely dead, all the shops shut, all businesses closed, nobody about. I'm not sure if even the buses stopped running. You really felt left out of it at home those weeks. But Dad always tipped a bucket full of sand in the back yard for me to play in.