Re: Crawshaw Street Accrington
 

Did Crawshaw Street run parallel to Union St?
If so, I remember them pulling the houses down.

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Yes, you are right they were parallel streets, can you remember the year
Crawshaw Street was pulled down and was it done in one hit from end to end.:confused:

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I have a recollection of the girl you are talking about, was the families name Hindle? it came to mind as I read your comments.

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Hi Keith.
We might have crossed each others path, because I delivered morning papers for Harry Parr from around 1951 to 1953, and also did the evening papers, I delivered the morning papers,Starting with the Bull then all round Westwood/Devonshire/Dowry/Maudsley Milnshaw before going to School, at the time I seem to remember you had to be 13 to be a paper boy/girl, I seem to remember if I delivered the papers during the week I was not allowed to do Sundays.

I was also in the Boys Brigade,we met in a Hall in Union Street every Sunday morning the same hall was used for Sunday School in the afternoon.

Re: Crawshaw Street Accrington
 

knew the family yer both on about margaret won Miss Accrington one year, i mated with her eldest brother, name was "Askew" though cooinda not hindle.:)

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Hi Bob.
Stephen's Court must have been the one I said was below the Nags and through an alley to come out behind Blackburn road.
I used to go to Joe Morts,it was upstairs in the first building on the right after the Railway Bridge on Blackburn Road,was that the Crown:confused: I simply cannot remember,at 71 the mind is not as sharp as it was particularly as I only returned to Accrington (where I was born) 1n 2003 after being away for 5o odd years and hardly recognised the town.:o

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Thanks Cashman, at least we have one result.

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Hi Cooinda, Thanks to you and everyone else for your responses. For what it's worth my old family bible records, "Alice Franklin born Jan 2nd 1884 at 8 Stephen's Court off School Street." By June 1888 the family had moved to Portland Street (the house there still stands). So thanks again, folks, you've given me a better idea than I had before.
davidf

Re: Crawshaw Street Accrington
 

some mates of mine from my younger days lived in crawshaw st jimmy smith, David Gideon and his brothers,

Re: Crawshaw Street Accrington
 

was the Gudgeons tosh.;)

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I remember young David Gudgeon, spent more time at my Aunts in Crawshaw St than he did at home.

Retlaw.

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Thats right Cashman, I remember the Askew's now. What was the brothers name? There were two.

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was Gordan, eldest n Raymond.:)

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We lived there for a little while before we moved to Rimmington Ave. We had Just moved down from Scotland must have been around mid 60s

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Any of you remember me Patrick Murphy ay 21 Crawshaw St.