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was on bbc northern news tonight- ancient ACCRINGTON BYE_LAW still in force today as follows- if you boil TRIPE in yer house you MUST scrub yer front doorstep it really cracked me up. will be watching for you all in the summer.:rofl38: there was a few other silly ones on for other places. anybody know any DAFTER?

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no it didnt willow they just stated a few ODD bylaws from differant places in the northwest. bet our councillors aint aware of em.;)

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I'd love to see them trying to check up on who's boiling tripe :D

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me gran used to do for me grandad, but cant remember her scubbing it.:D

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Another one from Accrington was a bye-law forbidding you to carry an undressed animal carcass through the streets...so think on!

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ah so you saw it as well wyn? was also one about not keeping pigs in yer front garden in accy.

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Must remember to get a nice frock for it then if I want to move a dead animal. ;)

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You can't keep pigs in front of your house, Mr C. There was also one forbidding you from beating your carpet in a public park in Bolton and another one from Chester which only allowed you to shoot a Welshman with a bow and arrow after midnight.

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Was an article in the Observer last week Cashman on this, and that some are about to be re-written, sorry, can't find a link, including:-

. Beating Carpets early in the morning.
. Don't loiter at the entrance of any church or chapel
. Leave orange peel, banana skin or other dangerous substances on the footway.
. Street games such as tip-cat (?) should not be played in a way which would cause an obstruction to the traffic.
. no person should spit on the floor, in a public carriage or any place of public entertainment regardless of whether any admission fee was paid.. !"
. No carrying of undressed carcass of any animal or any offensive offal in a public place
. Wilfully jostle or annoy foot passengers.
. Extinguish the light of any lamp.

Guess they all still apply today, except in a different type wording.

i.e. jostling on footpaths .. no mugging pedestrians at any time of day and so on.

Sure you can all find modern wording for the above crimes ... :D

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yeh wyn loved the one were you can shoot em with a bow n arrow.:D after midnight.

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haha instead of welshmen they could change it to chavs ...they would get loads of them after midnight:D

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If that one is still in force Wynonie my brother in law is going to get it right between the eyes, just joking Steve It was quicker to pay someone else to clean the gas fire out, yes me pay, just think what you missed, getting money out of a Jewish relative:D.

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Some silly ones mainly America.... suprise you????

http://www.main.com/~anns/other/humor/sillylaws.html

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And what are you saying Lolly, did you find any of them odd??:p

Some of them may be a bit out of date for eample, here in Virginia we have 2 tubs inside the house and only one outside (we really do just not used for that purpose)! Thanks for sharing them.

Brian

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Think the Accrington Bye-laws included a ban on walking a Bull down the street , but it doesn't say owt about being seen with a cow on your arm, wonder why ?

over to you Chav ...............:D :D :D

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I'm still wondering what they do if the Arkansas River ignores the law and rises higher than Main Street bridge in Little Rock. Who arrests it? :D

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Shame they don't enforce this one. One of my pet hates when I'm out is seeing people gobbing all over the place. Dirty disgusting habit :mad:

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In Switzerland, it is illegal to flush the toilet after 10 PM.

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....and in In Thailand, it is illegal to leave your house without wearing underwear. .....how they gonnna know if you are or not?? do they check?..lol

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have a friend who lives over there, will ask him if theirs vacancies for inspectors.:D

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Does the boiling tripe and scrubbing your doorstep explain why the scrubbing of the doorstep was done on a regular basis? I remember my Nana in the 70's & 80's was always scrubbing her doorstep, does anyone still do that?

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dont think thats the answer grego,but agree scrubbing of the step is not seen nowadays,me gran was always doin it also,with a pumee stone if i remember correctly, mind i,m talking 50s there.

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EVERY taxi in London must carry a bail of hay on the back so the horses can eat. As taxis used to be horse drawn. Looking at accys taxis it look like we have took a step back sometimes

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I have'nt got a door step... only tarmac: