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Somebody i know who is 70 worked in the co-op is Oswaldtwistle when she was young,obviously it wasnt the building it is now but she cant remember which building it was-does anybody know?:confused:

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My Grandfather was the manager of a CO_OP but that was in Walton-le -Dale near Preston
I have been trying to find Archive files on the co-op but no joy upto now

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I remember the co-op being in a building that has since been demolished, it was opposite the TSB IIRC

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Yes misskitty it was at the end of john st opposite the tsb will try and find a pic for you the actual building is no longer there

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Attachment 7341 this is one i found here on accyweb thatnks to staggeringman the old co op is the building on the right of the pic

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I remember the Co-op building being at the top of Union Rd when I was a kid, living on White Ash Lane. What a waste to knock down such a decent building, only to replace it with a crappy car park.:(

On the extreme right of that photo may be Garinda's familys bakers shop.

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Thankyou so much for your help,much appreciated xxx

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That crappy car park is going to be a church when they have raised enough money to build it.

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What Faith Neil, don't often hear about a new Church being built these days.

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In Ossy it could be anything :D
I don't know sorry. If I find out I will let you know.

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How much are they collecting to build this church. A penny a week?
It nust be nigh on twenty years since the Co-op building was knocked down. It could be argued that it was the second best building in Ossy, after the Town Hall.

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Cheers Neil............:)

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I seem to remember another coop further down near Haworth Street or am I dreaming?

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Thats right but im not sure whats there now as i havent been past for a while think that was kinda facing ossy clinic

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Thought most churches these days were raising money to keep up the maintenance and struggling ,dont know why they would build another one

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In the photograph the shop on the end of the block, now flats, was also part of the Co-op. Upstairs there used to be a function room, as well as the grocers, butchers and furniture shop at groud level.

There also used to be a Co-op at the bottom of Fielding Lane on Catlowhall, and one up Stanhill as well.

Ossy Co-op was famous for paying out the biggest dividend in the country. On 'divvy day' Oswaldtwistle apparently used to resemble the wild west, as crowds of people ran down Union Road to spend their money.

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Their old church on Melbourne Street is for sale now (at £150,000.) As soon as it is sold building work is due to start on the new church, though were all the cars that use the site as a carpark will go I don't know. The council had the chance to buy the Co-op site as a carpark, but decided against it.

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Oh I dont remember the one at the bottom of feilding lane where was that Garinda?

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So would that be the Methodist church if i remember correctly melbourne st was methodist

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It used to be Methodist years ago, now it's a church called Melbourne Street Christian Institute. I don't know exactly what denomination it is now though.

The old Co-op was I think on Catlowhall Street, next door to what is now the Chinese chippy.

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Ah right cant see what was wrong with the old melbourne st church it used to be pretty nice round there .
As for the co op must have been way before my time just dont rem that one at all ..be nice to see a pic of that though

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Thats actually not a bad price for what it is

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Cheers I have a distant memory of one in that area but that's all.

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I remember going into the old CO-OP when i was a little girl with my mum. She used to get the stamps and it was my job to lick em and stick em. :D

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Does anybody know when the Co-op building was demolished, nobody seems to remember. I've been trying to find out for a while now, because i'm pretty sure one of my earliest memories is my Great Grandma waving at me through the window (she used to work there) But if it was demolished before I was born then its obviously a different building.

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Remember the Co-op, but mainly the function room. My Auntie used to work there (well, not really related, but that's what you called your parent's friends in those days) doing the Catering.

My mum helped her on many occasions and she used to come home with some left over goodies. Think I helped myself once or twice. My memory was of mainly funeral parties, as wasn't as widespread to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries with a slap up meal then. Suppose sort of package deal, they insured you for a decent farewell, buried you and provided the function afterwards.

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If i remember rightly lolly Iwould have been about 12/13 so it must have been about 20 years ago..

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You are the same age as me hun, we weren't 12/13 twenty years ago...sadly.:D

I think it would have been demolished about 1983/4.

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Damn Garinda do you have to give all my secrets away lmao!!! thats the second time this week ive tried to lose ten years
both now without success lol

buy yes your quite right i think it was in the early 80s

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Just wait until it's your birthday, AW prints your age for all to see.:mad:

Never mind, it was a good vintage when we were born.:D

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AWWW thankyou Doug YOU TELL HIM LOL!!!

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lol!!!! Never thought of that one heehee
Oh well maybe its time to accept and grow old gracefully

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i was born in 1984!:o

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if god created the world shoudlnt he be capable of knocking up a church

hell he even managed to knock up a virgin :eek:

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I have heard you have done that a few times to girls chav1-only Mary was a virgin AFTER the birth too.

I know all about this virgin birth lark because this is my story too- and im sticking to it!:p

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not been able to remember their name does not make you a virgin :rolleyes:

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going back onto thread, my cousin had his wedding reception in co-op rooms ossy way back in the late 50's good do it was too.

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That post answers a few questions :D