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You probably all know where this is, so I won't bother asking. But do you know what it was originally?

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A funeral parlour?

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:o I don't even know where it is!

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Nor do I Willow? - Curry House?

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Opposite t'cop shop.

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Next door to the Hargreaves, bottom of Manchester Rd.

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As I said, You all know where it is, except Doug and Willow it seems, But what was it??
It wasn't a funeral parlour.

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cellar? .

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No!

And how come you can post an eight character message without having to stick in extra characters?

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c .

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Oh come on, this is not fair. I have to have a minimum of ten characters.

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I thought it was just the basement of the house above but if not maybe a passageway to the back of the Hargreaves.

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:)

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Now you're just showing off!

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:D Getting back to the plot:

Was/is it one of those underneath sort of houses which have another house on top? (You get them up the Rossendale valley, usually approached from opposite directions)

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Not exactly, even though it does have a totally separate house built on top of it.

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Could it have been a shop then, maybe, possibly?

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An undercroft? Drying room of some sort.

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Willow is hot on the trail now.

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An off-licence?

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er.... a sweets factory?

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According to Crossley, writing in 'Accrington a Century Ago' (pages 88-89).

"The shop next to the Hargreaves' Arms and under the first house on Bank Terrace was opened as a Grocery business by John Heap. In 1847 Samuel Bury came from Crawshawbooth to take charge of his father-in-law's business and continued the business of Grocer here until 1860.
In the meantime he, along with his younger brother William, entered the cotton trade and established the the firm of Bury Brothers. Mr Samuel Bury was at one time a member of the Local Board and many years later joined the Town Council..."

"The old shop premises at Bank Terrace are now occupied with extensions behind Adelaide Street by Lightbowns, wholesale confectioners, the two portions being connected by a passage."

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Ooops! Forgot to mention that Atarah comes closest and so gets the Coconut. Congatulations!

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I said a passageway do I not get a half a coconut ???

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Can I have the other half of Bagpuss's coconut? I said a shop.

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Oh dear, now I know how Solomon felt. ... oh go on then.

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. :)

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Thank you Sir you're a gent.

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If its next to the Hargreaves Arms It was once the offices for the Toffee Works up Adelaide St Back.
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