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Hargh hargh , you slay me, you really do !:rolleyes:

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Holland Street in the early fifties brings back some memories for me.

I used to go out with a girl (Rose Griffiths) who lived at number 2.

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Aw thats sad, just been looking at the gallery all those houses have some history & memories for those who lived there, 19th century houses quite a heritage to be replaced with modern boxes with no character, tho the flip side is that once delapidated its an eyesore dependant on point of view, when i was a kid & they did a clearance in so called slum areas, tho dangerous but kids are kids & im nosey by nature, went in a few of them just to nosey at the funny old wallpaper & layouts, thinking in Lloyd Grossmans - who'd lived in a house like this, when it was in its prime:rolleyes:.

Gets you thinking.... nice pics Mick, will you be documenting the pheonix projects before & after, tho nice to see them before they go sort of thing:D

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I have added some more photo's of Holland st also Percival st and porter st in separate folders
http://www.accringtonweb.com/gallery...ry.php?cat=762

http://www.accringtonweb.com/gallery...ry.php?cat=779

http://www.accringtonweb.com/gallery...ry.php?cat=780

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Just an update Holland street is no more all houses have now been pulled down.:)

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Thanks Mick. My sister-in-law very kindly drove me there whilst I was staying in Ossy at the end of October. I'm glad they hung on long enough for me to have one last look.

Really sad.

June x

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great to see all them streets , I went back a while ago to take photos before they knocked em down. I had relatives live on all them streets my old house on Blackburn rd inbetween porter and Persaval street is due to knocked down shortly. My poor old "old neighbour" Maria will have to leave soon its been her home for at least the last 4 decades that i know of.

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I am having trouble navigating this site so bear with me.

I am doing a history of my Edwards family who were from Stainland and settled on Holland Street in Accrington. Father, his sons, his brother were all stone masons. All were living on Holland Street in 1881. Some of these houses were still being built then.

I have several questions.

I assume this family of stone masons were building these terraces or others like them. Where did the stone come from?

What was happening that all this building was going on then?

Did my family buy these houses or did they rent?

Can anyone fill in the history for me of these terraced houses on Holland Street?

If anyone is descended from this Edwards family, I will be happy to share what I know.

Thank you.

Carole

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A quick response. The street is one of a group off Blackburn Rd which were all named after the countries to which Steiner & Co of Church ( he owned the land the streets were built on) exported to. The stone would almost certainly have come from local quarries - Warmden perhaps or from as far away as Blackburn. Most would be rented I think. That was the case when I lived in Persia St in the 50s. I almost certainly took papers to this house then. What was happening ? The town was booming 1870s,80s. The date it was laid out can be obtained from Accrington library who have a ledger giving that information. ([email protected])

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Thanks, Bob. Every bit of information helps me to put together a picture of how my ancestors lived.

Carole

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My Gran and grandad used to have the shop in Holland St in the 30's and 40's they were called Claude and Lillian Standring.

Phil

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Photo of my Grandmas shop in Holland st. This photo of the shop window was actually on Lower Antley st, and the entrance on Holland st

Phil

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What a great photo Phil. Just reeks of the 20s/30s... if you know what I mean. Love the dog sitting to attention!

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I have a photo of the same shop taken in the early sixties. I´ll scan it for you.
June

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Great photo. I am annoyed that I cannot remembger the shop, but maybe it had gone by the time I was taking papers (1954-7) In 1951 Mr Standring was shown in the directory as a grocer at No 20, which is the location mentioned. I wonder if Owd'Bob's Twist was made in the allotmnents up Owd Bob's at the side of gatty Park?

I urge you to send a copy of this photo, with details, to :[email protected]