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well jay,
i remember reading somewhere that historically, accrington & blackburn area was "damp", thats why it was good for the cotton industry!

once again i could be wrong, just remember reading something about it once

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Could well be right, I've just looked out the window, don't know about damp, looks very wet to me:D

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I once had a garage with a 6 inch thick concrete roof- like a bomb shelter.
The damp must have worked on the cement, the re-enforcing rods rusted. As they expanded the top layers inside and outside shattered and eventually the whole 6 inch roof cracked right through in several places-it leaked in like mad.

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We lived in Shadsworth in the 60's for a couple of years - I also worked in the Co-op in 1977 for a few months - it wasn't that bad, I don't recall any shoplifters! :rolleyes:

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Any gay bashers? Where abouts in Shadsworth was the Red Parrot? On the housing estate?

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Think thats the name the Sett End changed to

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no they was next door to each other

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The estate must have changed a lot, I know it was always rough - but when I worked in the Co-op, which was in the middle of the housing estate, I don't recall any trouble with kids or thieves.

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Next Door, I always though The Sett End was a stand alone building, well it was when it was built, they did have an Off Licence though

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last time i drove past, it was a catering supplies place

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it still is and that Rovers place was knocked down a good few years ago and bungalows have been built on the site where it was...on Dunoon Drive

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What's at the Co-operative Supermarket now?

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I know its not their now Shaz, think your right about the bungalows, but if they were private couldn't see anybody in their right mind buying one there:rolleyes:

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I moved to Shadsworth in 1957 when I was eighteen months old and the houses were newly built - I have photographs of my dad digging in the garden and in the background you can see houses being built and the roads being surfaced. I lived there until I was twelve when my parents bought their own house at the other side of town. Shadsworth was a lovely place in the 1950's and early 60's, I have some very happy childhood memories, but even then there were rough areas where I wasn't allowed to go.

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I too moved to Shadsworth in the mid 50s. we left Carlisle St, from a two up two down with outside toilet to a brand new house at Shadsworth with indoor toilet AND a bathroom , this was sheer bliss. Like AnneSingleton I have very happy memories of those years , photos of me playing in garden and in the background Arran Avenue being built. New schools were there and the junior school was not ready for our admission , so us juniors were then taught at the "wood hut " ( tenants went to pay their rents there ) until the school was ready. once we were there the Senior school was built. I left Shad in 1977 and moved to Accrington with my new husband.