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Hi Jim ,Did you know Harper and Mary Westell? I do not live in the UK, My mother and father are from Accorington. They emigrated to Australia in the late 50s. I was born in Australia I am now 45.

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Your right Margaret a perfect Gent, we worked on a few historical projects together, sadly he died few months back. His sight deteriated in the last two years of his life, we met up quite a few times in the library, he was still researching, I used to read some of the documents for him, or make them bigger on the photocopier so he could read them himself. Jacks wife still lives in Rishton.

Retlaw

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were do u mean by rileys hill?always called the hill between bullough pk n highfield house rileys hill myself,is that were u mean cos the only cottages i can think of r rose place in the park?thanks

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Do you remember Alan Hindle, Derek Omara,Jannie Lane,Edna Kenyon.
The Barth was called Birtwistle,and the Holden was Jimmy.
Barth Bertwistle lived on York St, Jimmy Holden's parents had a grocers shop.
Alan Hindle was a butcher later to become a director of Slingers.I think his son
has a meat stall in the market hall.

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The petrol station you mentioned was owned by Eddie Whitaker who lived in one of
the big houses on the bridge across from the bridge pub.

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If you go to the smoothing iron, at the junction of Bath St & Marsden St, you will see the cottages up Rileys Hill.
Rose Place is off Willows lane.

Retlaw.