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Want to buy some 2nd hand depth charges Gari.:D

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Nah, we're burying my old mucker Cashy off the coast at Southport.

He'll only get wet once every Preston Guild.

:D

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I remember Mike Perkins. He was the same age as my brother and was 'one of the lads' in Ossy in the late 50s.

I met up with him again in the early 80s when I attended a union meeting in Manchester.
He was giving a training lecture and discussion to a packed large room of Union Health and Safety reps (I was one).

He was passionate about the rights of the working man. You could almost say that it was his reason for living. At the interval we chatted about Ossy and his main concern was that too much of the housing for the working classes was substandard. I couldn't convince him that some were 'little palaces' inside.

He was dynamic and dedicated, which maybe was the reason why his life was short - he packed a lot of living into the years he had - working for the rights of the working man.
He was charismatic and inspiring.

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And even then if the sea dares to come anywhere near him:D

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Just like you to spoil the fun!
I remember Bernard Perkins he was really funny ( when sober!), mind you,Cashman, you're a hard man to beat when it comes to a sense of humour!

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Bernard was funny whatever state he was in:D

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I never saw him sober, but he was certainly funny.

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(Attention Mr Dobson. Though you probably already have him listed.)

George Smith - Research Chemist.

George Smith, born in 1895, went to Accrington Grammar School and Manchester University, graduating in 1916 and gaining an MSc two years later. He then worked as a Research Chemist for Boardman & Baron in Great Harwood from 1919 to 1930 and published works on textile chemistry. He published his first mycological paper in 1928 entitled ‘The identification of fungi causing mildew in cotton goods: the genus Aspergillus', publishing part 2 in 1931, the year he moved to The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine where he was to stay until he retired in 1961. He was involved in the discovery of the antibiotic 'patulin' but was more interested in mycology and became a world authority both on aspergillus and penicillius. During the second world war he became one of the first specialists in 'bio-deterioration', preventing mould causing equipment sent to the tropics to deteriorate.
Smith - Family history of the Jollans family

Re: Obituaries of noted Accringtonians.
 

I think that Accrington Grammar School can claim him, thiough he attended before it got its Grammar name and was a technical school.

I shall ensure that the library are aware of him

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(I think this is a first, being a fictional character.)

(John) Jack Walker - Publican.

Born Accrington 1900, died Weatherfield 1970.

Landlord, Rovers Return, Coronation Street, Weatherfield.

Jack Walker - Corriepedia - Coronation Street, UK soap opera

The life and times of Annie and Jack Walker, part one : Corrieblog

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I honestly didn't think they put that much detail into the back stories of soap characters. Was it featured as a part of a plot element? Or was it just the product of script writers with too much spare time on their hands?

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I was too young to know if Jack's Accy background was mentioned.

I do remember Annie Walker showing off, saying she was a Beaumont. A Clitheroe Beaumont.

So it's highly likey it was. If only to let him know she was a catch, and he was lucky to have got her.

Accrington's been mentioned many times, the same as Oswaldtwistle.

Both places usually mentioned for comedic effect.

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seem to remember Mrs Slocombe (Are you being served) once saying about some photos of a middle east souk that they reminded her of Accrington :D

sorry for wander ;)

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Incidentally, carrying on the thread wander, Mollie Sugden's first acting job, which lasted three months, and saw her working with Eric Sykes, was in Accrington.

Mollie Sugden: The Times obituary | Times Online Obituary

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The link is throwing a 404 up G. but I can only think she was appearing at the Hippodrome in accy which was near the bus depot, be beggared if I can remember the street name, could it be Argyle Street