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silly question, but for some strange reason i was thinking of street names:rolleyes:
I know we have a Blackburn Rd, Accrington Rd, Church st, Baxenden rd, Manchester rd...etc..All Town rds!!
So why dont we have a Oswaldtwistle rd? was it not that important to be given a street name:confused:

I know ....its a stupid question and no one will be able to answer it, but it just popped in me head and i thought id share it with you guys:D

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we have a Harwood street but NOT a Great Harwood or Little Harwood street or road


strange hey lol

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There is an Oswald St though isn't there.

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yeh there is, i forgot about that:o, maybe thats the street named after oswaldtwistle, as 'twistle' is about the two brooks meeting int it?

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I was also told that 'twistle' was possibly another name for 'town' so it was Oswald's Town.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswaldtwistle

more here about it;)

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No outsiders can pronounce it Panther .. that's why .. :D

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Or spell it:D

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I've never heard of Baxenden Road. :confused:

Where is it? Is it, as it's name suggests, in Baxenden?

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yeh come on panther i'm wi Lilly on this,wheres Baxenden Rd?:confused:

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Did you know that we have a Sun Street and Moon Street in Oswaldtwistle?

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Does this mean that;
Pickup Street is were to get a certain kind of lady or gent if that way inclined, Infant street was a maternity place,
Avenue Parade is were all the lonely Avenues marched,
Monk street is a religious oasis
Church Street for forgiveness perpetrated after visiting the Pickup Street sins

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There's a former Hyndburn councillor kate who, although having lived here for over twenty years, still can't pronounce the name right:rolleyes:

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I love the streets in the area near the new hospital on Blackburn Rd

There's India St, Swiss St, Persia St and a few other countries - I reckon the town planner was naming them after his favourite holiday destinations. lol

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Don't think people went abroad much back in them days Gayle. :D

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No, so may be they were the places that the town planner had on his 'places to visit before I die' list! :D

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LMAO.....all right, all right, God knows why i said Baxenden Rd, probably thinking of Baxenden.......:hidewall::o...:p

At least now ya know Baxenden rd is another they NEVER used!;)

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You think you've got problems? Are there any roads with as many names as the main road at the bottom of my road, here in Lymm? It starts off in Thelwall, Warrington, as Stockport Rd., then it's Camsley Lane - Booths Hill Rd. - Church Rd. - Higher Lane - Agden Brow. All this takes place on a stretch of road no more than 4 miles long.

Travelling via Lymm village centre towards Manchester we have - Eagle Brow - The Cross - New Rd. - Rush Green Rd. - Birchbrook Rd. - Warrington Rd., all the same road and about 3 miles long,

Now I know that from the centre of Accrington all the way to Intack it's just Blackburn Rd., even if the numbers start again at West End, and then I think it's Accrington Rd. 'til you get to Eanam (I may be wrong - it's 45 years ago).

Why no Oswaldtwistle Rd.? I think it's to do with markets and churches. Roads were originally designated as pointers towards the next market town or the next parish church.

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Think you will find probably something to do with the countries that our textile industry dealt with, best to ask on this thread :-

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...mes-39784.html

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Places like India Street, Swiss Street etc - these are the names of countries the famous Frederick Steiner (founder of famous dye works at Church) exported to.

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There ya' go .. thanks Atarah. :)

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just a thought - as persia no longer exists, the name should be changed to IRAN STREET.:D seeing as accywebs Ayatolla lives on it. pmsl.

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I have read recently that some call centres which are being withdrawn from international locations will be replaced, not by a call centre here, but by workers who will be working from home.

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A lot of call centres already serve more than one client. A prompt pops up on the agents screen for whatever company the caller is dialling and the screen switches to that companies system.

Ocassionally there is a pause for the agent but the call still comes through so thats why you sometimes get a basic "Good morning how can I help you" as opposed to Welcome to X". They are basically padding the conversation till their screen switches over :D


There is a certain amount of home call 'centre' work happening, mainly as it happens over VOIP. Its allowing people with kids etc to fit work around them. Its still a bit new and being watched for its potential but it will never become a major slice of the workforce as its too hard to control teh infrastructure in case of problems.

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My Auntie and Uncle have a house on Oswald Steet in the Middle near the alley.

I do think that if the town planner was naming streets after his favorite holiday destinations though, Persia, India, Swiss, china Why have Hyndburn street in the middle of it? Maybe he like to pitch a tent on Odd-bobs for his holidays ha ha

:dflam:

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I have another query! Willows lane, Richmond road, wordsworth road etc... where did Dunnyshop Avenue come from? It sounds like an Australian toilet store!

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True.

At present it says that currently showing at the Civic Theatre are The Piano Men, which is strange, as it was cancelled due to lack of ticket sales.:D

Happily whichever wag decided to write about me on the page as been edited.:D

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Who would do such a thing:rolleyes:

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There is even a Haslingden Road and Bacup Road!.

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Bacup Road:confused:

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It's in Cloughfold, Rossendale jaysay.

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There certainly is one in Rossendale it was near where I used to live