#3 Double Pic Quiz
 

Here are two pictures, one on top of the other.
Identify locations of the 2 pictures.
What are the areas 1,2 and 3 now?
Name all the uses that 1 & 2 have been used for over the years?

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk/forum/quiz7.jpg

If anyone gets them all correct on the first picture, I am throwing my rattle out of the pram.
Good Luck

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How about a couple of clues?

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I will expand the gaps in time but that will make picture 1 disappear.

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Suppose the theatre could be any in Morecambe, Blackpool, etc., however, as it is an Accrington theme, will guess at the old Prince's theatre ? Seem to remember trying to see around those poles in the balcony .. :D

Not a clue though re. 1,2 & 3 yet.

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has number 3 got anything to do with Stanley?

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i cant think of a single thing,,,,:enough:

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The top picture is not in hyndburn but the bottom picture is.
Willow should get the top one.

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A bit more is revealed


http://www.studiosoft.co.uk/forum/ferngore.jpg

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That clue about Willow then, does it mean it is somewhere like The Winter Gardens in Morecambe (Ok know changed names a couple of times).

Are you saying the theatre is the top one or the bottom one ?

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Well done Katex - the top picture is of Morecambe Winter Gardens looking from the stage.
There are some good clues as to the location of the picture behind so I will leave it as it is for now, to give the evening crowd a chance.

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I'm guessing all three were picture houses or dance halls of Accrington??

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I did think myself could be the Vue Cinema Phil .. has a roof like this, and maybe Morecambe could be referring to Bus Station/Fairs as usages i.e. Ellison's Tenament.

One thing for sure, he has kept his rattle on this one .. LOL

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lol I thought it couldn't be the Winter Gardens because I thought they were all in Hyndburn! :D

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Got the first one right away because I performed there 6 or7 times in one day some 40 yr's ago.

Think I was in the third one for performing once when i shouldn't have done,but thats another story.

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Time to reveal a few more key features.
What are the areas 1,2 and 3 now?
Name all the uses that 1 & 2 have been used for over the years?


http://www.studiosoft.co.uk/forum/ferngore2.jpg

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I thought the area above feature 1 would have given it away but let's uncover a few more clues.

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk/forum/ferngore3.jpg

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I think its huncoat aint it the industrial park at the bottom of bolton avenue .... and part of it is what used to be the concrete place at the bottom on the left hand side .....

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No.2 looks like it could be the bus depot at the bottom of Ellison Street.

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Now we are talking but not quite right. The name of one of the locations has been mentioned but oddly, not in the right place.

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What is?

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I am trying to make a thread which will work even when the answer is at the bottom so I am introducing the features a bit at a time.


http://www.studiosoft.co.uk/forum/ferngore4.jpg

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Give you something a bit more challenging and you all hide - shame on you!

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Believe me Morecambe, they are not hiding .. probably Google Earthing ... like I have been doing ... LOL.

Thanks for these, we love 'em.

It does look a little like Hyndburn Road though, particularly the ones at the top look like Asda.

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Back again ... pretty sure No. 2 is the roof of the Arndale and the bit above it with the red car passing is the roundabout under the viaduct ... can see the 'flower beds' where they put special displays. ?

I await your silence, which usually means a 'No' .. :D

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Katex - If you are right, you should be able to work out what all the other bits are.

There will be another update later.

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Is number three Stanley football ground?

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Ok ... just re-read your original question .. :D

So area 1. will be the Vue Cinema/Bowling/McDonalds then ?

Area 2. The Arndale.


Still working on 3.

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3. Homebase ?

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Looks like you are on the right track now but what about:-

Name all the uses that 1 & 2 have been used for over the years?

I suppose there will be people around who still unsure of where this is so to keep the suspense going, here's another 1.



http://www.studiosoft.co.uk/forum/ferngore5.jpg

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No 2 I think is the arndale roof and before that it was a car park ?

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And I think No 1 Is the site where the Cinema is now.

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Hey, we are getting there now but what was #2 before it was a car park.

A bit more is revealed.

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk/forum/ferngore6.jpg

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No3 Aldi carpark.There was a cemetery around that area.seem to rememer they had to exume somebodies similar to how they did for the swan carpark.

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Cemetry was quite a bit further on than that mthead if my memory serves me right

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I have a few more pictures yet so for those people who are still not sure where we are, here's one with a big chunk revealed.
What about the various uses #1 has been put to over the years?

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk/forum/ferngore7.jpg

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Of course, a major feature has been missing from this picture and had I included it, the world and his wife would have got the answer. What is the main feature missing from this picture?

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Slaughter house?

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Are you saying that there was a slaughter house on the site of #1?

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I think it was there

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Where's our famous viaduct then ? ... is this what you mean ?

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It could be the famous viaduct!


http://www.studiosoft.co.uk/forum/ferngore8.jpg


Ah yes, there it is.
There are still unanswered questions although the experts are still trying to ID whether there was a slaughterhouse in location 2.

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk/forum/ferngore9.jpg

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Based on what is there and what is missing, in what year did I take this photograph?

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The slaughterhouse (abbatoir) was just going up Hyndburn Road, probably just past where the cinema complex is now Morecambe, see here:-

http://www.lancscc.gov.uk/environmen...cc/acceast.jpg


Whoops sorry, doesn't seem to be able to copy/paste the zoomed in section of it (probably me) .. now you will have to do the work .. LOL.

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According to my records the slaughter house was on Hyndburn Road.
Area #2 is next to Union Street and that site has had at least 4 distinct uses since Accrington was developed in the year dot.
What about Area #1 - That has had at least 4 distinct uses in tte same period, get your maps out (or your Google finger) and find out.

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Didn't realise how difficult it was to relate to then (yes, was around) and now.

Need maps on maps to sort the Georgraphy out in me head ... :confused: Funny can picture the before quite clearly, and the now, putting the two together for my pea brain is more difficult.

Area 2 obviously was the sunken gardens.

Area 1 .. Ambulance Drill Hall.. oh hek .. not sure.. LOL.

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It is hard to get your bearings when you are up there because the scene is constantly changing. Accrington is easy because of the railway arches but away from the centre is another story. Finding the hospital and the ESMI unit is more difficult than you would think and trying to find a particular house in the Stanley Street area is hard because all the streets look the same.

Ambulance Drill Hall was on what is the roundabout in the centre of the picture, next to the old Elite snooker hall.

I hoped this thread would be over run by historians telling us all we needed to know about Accrington. I have been looking for a similar picture taken in 1986, before the Arndale was built. I missed all that through working away in the Summer of 1987. When I went, in May there were just foundations and the place was almost finished when I returned in November.

When was the picture taken?