which bank was opposit the commercial bottom peel st
 

which bank was opposit the commercial bottom peel street

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Maybe the Midland Bank but not sure

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I was going to say the Midland Bank as well John...but like you not sure.

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Midland was were H.S.B.C. is now, They took Midland oer, n i'm still wi em. Cannot remember a bank opposite Commercial.:confused: musta been before my time if there was.

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It was a jewelry shop in 1959 - got my engagement ring there.

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Where's that cashy, is it near dorothies haven:confused:;)

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Virtually across from Nags Head mate.

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Do you mean this building, if so when was it ever a bank.

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Oh right Cashy, got ya now:mosher:

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Think it was LLoyds where Frank Ogden is now.

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Reckon winifreds got her bearings wrong wi this?:confused:

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I remember this bank being built on the site of the old flea pit cinema.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Acc...2,22.18,,0,0.8

...and it was Lloyds originally

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'Ere, never you mind !!! :eek:

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Look at page 12 of this leaflet...

You then come to Ogdens Jewellers
Originally the Cash
Clothing Company and,
until 1962,
Lloyds Bank.

www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/downloads/acorn_trail.pdf

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Was 2 LLoyds in accy, Flea Pit were Margaret said n near top of Peel St were one still is, can't remember ever being one down yon susie.:confused: it does say until 62 on yon leaflet, but i cannot remember it n used to catch ossy bus to tech from yon up to 63.

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The one at the top of Peel Street was TSB originally.

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Yeh think it was, a place ive never used,Did Lloyds take them oer? like H.S.B.C. took Midland?

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That seems incorrect to me - was jewelers in 1959

PS - It might have been BOTH - i don't recall the jewelry shop being BIG like it is now - maybe expanded when bank closed.

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I thought the same.:confused: Mind yeh it is H.B.C.:D

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Yep it's now LLoyds TSB. I had a TSB account almost from when I was born, still remember the blue pass book.

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Now do you believe me?

http://lanternimages.lancashire.gov....63&r=2&t=4&x=1

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Apology proffered - maybe Egans was the little shop next door

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Think you mean Ogdens Margaret, Egan's was a dress shop on Abbey street - my mum's favourite shop and I got my first "grown up" clothes there.

PS Apology accepted but really not necessary...

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The shop around the corner on Little Blackburn Road was Curry's - see posts 71 and 72 i this thread...

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...tml#post945332

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Correct built on the site of the Kings Hall Cinema, Whalley Rd, (aka Ranch, Flea Pit, Bug Hut), its no where near the corner with the Commercial.
I've no recollection of the building Cash Clothing ever being a bank, at one time in the late 1950's Wood's Tobacconists used part of it, I have a photo somewhere with their sign on it.

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I should have remembered that...I worked next door at Curry's.

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Thats a cracker,proof beyond doubt,Winifred was correct n i am a simpleton, still doubt 62 was the year though.:o

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Well Margaret P says she was working next door at Curry's in 1962. And must be after 1959 as there's a Mini in the picture.

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She didn't mention the year?:confused:

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She did... see post 24 in this thread.

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Yours is 24 susie, Margarets is 27.:confused:

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No Cashy - click on the link in post 24 and look at the two posts I mentioned...

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Ah wi yeh now, tis post 71 in another thread.:o nowt worse than going senile lol

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If my memory serves me correctly, in the 1950's early 60's, there was/is a bank on the corner of LittleBlackburn Rd and Peel St next to the Bus Stop for Fern Gore which was Lloyds it had a horse as a symbol. I cannot comment on what Bank it changed to due to my emigration to Australia in April 1964.

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It became Frank Ogden's jewellers, not another bank.

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I started there in the middle of 1962 Cashy

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Tis amazing, woulda lost money on that.:eek:

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Were you not part of the unwashed, green blazered, shirts hanging out youth catching the bus to Ossie Tech from the bus station at that time Mr C ? ;)

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I always thought that cashy's school was approved:rolleyes::D

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Yes there is Cashy.....dying!:eek:

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Thanks for the link

"Frank Ogden Jeweller" Peel Chambers, Blackburn Road, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 1HD | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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Certainly was sir, right outside yon n still don't remember it.:eek:

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Definately Lloyds,me mum had a shop in Burnley Road and she used to take her cash down there on a Friday afternoon,Then when I left school in 64 I was apprentice Plumber and we had to go and fix a burst i the cellar whilst it was a empty buiding before Ogdens took it.

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You must have been distracted by the bevy of beauties waiting for the buses up to Chrissies and t'High School in the shelter across the road. *chuckle*

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So the bank presumably was there in 1962 but not 1964. Does anyone remember where Ogden's was before it moved into these premises?

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Was the original Ogdens not further up little Blackburn Road on the left just before you get to Bank Street? It's still a jewelers now?

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The only other jewellers in Little Blackburn Road is Stanley's right at the top on the LHS leaving the town centre. Don't know how long it's been there.

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The main distraction yon was Eileen,the landlady of the "Welcome Inn" she used to come down every morning fer a paper n say good morning lads, Then at dinner time when we got changed,serve us pints of bitter.:D:D:D

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Long before Dexy's had their big hit then Mr C..:rolleyes:
oops mus' be careful...I'll wander off thread I have another poser for you..

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I thought you might like this, a friend has merged the photos

Then and Now, Lloyds Bank, Accrington A4 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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Sugar snorting marvellous wadey..your friend is a star..thanks ..

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According to the old telephone directories Frank Ogdens Jewellers were at 20 Blackburn Road until 1967 and then moved to 32 Blackburn Road.

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Thanks anzac..seem to remember the Ogden family living up Manchester Road way at that time too.

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Thanks for that Anzac - seems it wasn't till 1967 that they moved into the old bank. I had been considering asking Bob Dobson to see if they were listed in any of his old trade directories but don't need to now...

Owe you an apology, DtheP, hadn't realised till just looked on Streetview that there is another jeweller in that bit of road - and at the old Frank Ogden address. Comes of me no longer living in Accy. Wonder if it has been a jeweller ever since Ogden's left?

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There was also a cafe were Ogdens is now, remember going in odd times.:)

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I visited a beauty salon on the first floor a few times in 1979 - had turkish baths and deep facial skin cleaning (needed to rid my body of plaster dust during a complete house refurb). I recall it was run by Ogden's daughter who was married to an Italian American.

I recall a 'raw food' cafe up the staircase next to the newsagents. It was run by a New Zealand lady and had an extensive salad bar. That didn't last long.

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Jennifer Ogden as was before she married..not sure if she was a Paddock Houser or Girls High School?

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I wonder if the Italian American is the present owner of Ogdens along with Ogdens daughter.
I was talking with him late last year when I had some rings altered, I though he was Canadian though.

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Thanks, I'll tell him

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Lloyds Bank moved from the corner of Peel Street and Blackburn Road to newly built premises on Whalley Road in the 1960's, set back between the current Music Shop and the empty shop next to the Home Care shop. When Lloyds and TSB merged, two branches in Accrington so close together was obviously too much cost for the new Lloyds Banking Group to stand, and so closed the Whalley Road branch and merged it with the Peel Street branch. It's currently a Lancashire County Council youth centre and offices, which are up for sale. Hope that helps :-)

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There was a bank there,the jewellers was next door on Little Blackburn Road,but as with others I can.t remember which one

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Bridgey has hit the nail on the head - Lloyd's Bank.

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My boss says it was the Midland.:confused:

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I've checked with Barrett's directory, 1952

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Good can yeh post it on here Bob? twill be a pleasure to prove her wrong.:D

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i thought the midland was where HSBC now is

the one next to teh music shop on whalley road was lloyds as far as i can recall and the YTS recruitment then army recruitment was above it in the offices upstairs if i recall correctly

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Sorry - my technical skills are not up to this. . Bridgey has got it right.

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The midland was yon were HSBC is in the late 60s, thats certain cos its when i joined em, HSBC took em oer cant remember when.:)

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Definately Lloyds,used to go there wiv me mum in the late 50's ,they then built a new one on the site of the kings hall(bug hut)

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Looking at Google street view today. Never knew it as the HSBC bank, but you are spot on Cashy, it was the Midland Bank. My mortgage was through the Abbey National Building Society and i used to pay it at the Midland. Next door was a very exclusive mens shop called Smith and Rawson, do you remember?. If you wanted to buy anything there, you had to go in the bank first and take out a loan. From memory, and i stand to be corrected, next door, or next door but one to Smith and Rawson, was the cheap as chips utility furniture shop Cavendish. Maybe those two shops are long gone.

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Stanley's used to be further along Blackburn Road,the other side of the railway bridge,they were still there in 1960,I think Geoff;took over the shop when his dad retired.

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Have checked with the directory - Aussie Irene is spot on

In 1952, Walter Stanley, watch repairer, was at 318 Blackburn Rd, near top of Monk St, At some later time, Geoff, now early 70s, opened shop at top of Little Blackburn Rd

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Yes Bob, my hubby was living in Park Rd. when Stanley had his watch repairing shop on Blackburn Rd. It was directly facing the main doors of the Sacred Heart Church. It was a house and his shop window was just a normal house sash and frame window, which meant he could not have many clocks on display. Next door was a shop that sold religious items such as statues and pictures etc. For many years the shop was owned by the Makin family who were parishioners at the church. Looking on Google street view today we noticed the shop had been converted to a house.

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Thanks for that , Irene. I now recall going into that 'shop' with my parents. Geoff Stanley married Jean Burton from Russia St, who took papers with me for Banks' at top of that street. I lived in Persia St. Jean and I were born on the same day.

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The Nags Head was near the Railway Hotel which is quite a stagger from the bottom of Peel St. However the Bank was "Lloyds" and was still when I left in 1964.