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Who remembers the optician in the Accrington Arcade, 20 yards in on the left from the Church St, entrance. Had a gadjet fastened to the inside on the window inviting you to look at it and test your eyes, I think the shop sign said see Kaffin/Caffin and see better.
Retlaw.

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That would be Duxbury's Opticians methinks.......the only reason that I remember this is because it was my maiden name.......I used to walk through the arcade sometimes on my wy back from Peel Park School(usually when I had spent my bus money on Beech Nut chewing gum:D

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I think MargaretP could well be right, I was only about 12 when I was taken there and obtained glasses, the name rings a bell.

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I know it was Duxbury's because the optician had the same initials as my Dad.....J.H.Duxbury.......and I used to think it was strange, and wondered if we could by some chance, be related.

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Remember the optitions, but would never have remembered the name, but fer margaretp.:)

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So you never figured how to get the gum out of the machine without paying for it:eek::D

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Exactly what I was thinking Eric, mind you girls were never as devious as boys, well not in some things that is:D

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No...of course I didn't......that would be dishonest.......and I was well brought up despite being poor.

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and before you tell me off for spending my bus money on chewing gum........that being dishonest(I guess) I reckoned that the walk from Peel Park to Rileys's Hill was the payment for my crime.
I shared my chewy with my brothers too.

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was not dishonest, was silly,spent mine on "East Lancs":D

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wasn't old enough to buy East Lancs.......though my grandad always let me have the froth off his beer....it tasted 'orrible, but it had some sort of status to it so I didn't refuse.

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no excuse, i was walking home from school.so how was i old enough?:D

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Told you Cashy....preferred Beech Nut......thought Beer tasted rank.....I like sweet tastes...and that definitely wasn't sweet.

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As in the post below neither was cashy:D

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Good exercise as well though. :D

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Sorry MargaretP but Thwaites has always been one of the sweetest tastes I have ever experienced :D:D:D

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Sure as hell beats the hell out of Beech Nut Barrie:D

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No....sorry. I can't help it, I am not really a fan of beer at all.......give me a cup of tea any day.
At the time, Beech Nut was a favourite of ours(I say 'ours' because I shared it with my brothers)....we rarely got sweets of any description......and OK Beech Nut wasn't sweets as such...but it was sweet and it lasted a long time.......something which enhanced its popularity with all of us.
I actually liked Wrigleys spearmint much better but at the time it 2d a packed...twice the price of Beech Nut...with no chance of an extra pack if you were the 4th person to buy from the machine.

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Cups of tea, beech nut chewy, you've led a very shelter life Margaret:D:D:D

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Mmmmm, well I might have....except I haven't always drunk tea.
I have stopped a fair bit of wine from going 'off'(and vodka, brandy and bacardi - in my younger days).......I haven't ever smoked, or done drugs.....but nowadays I drink alcohol only occasionally and boringly, in moderation(it isn't pleasant seeing an old lady drunk:D:D:D).......preferring a nice brew.

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When you get in our age band (guessing that we are within 10 years, if not, please accet my sincere apologies). then IMHO it pays to have and do what we like or want to do - so if it is a cup of tea as your preference then that is the way to go. I have my 2 cups of coffee to kick-start my day and then it is tea until aperitif time, unless I get dragged into various watering holes by the lovely people that we know in Accrington. Having said that, a pint of Thwaites bitter or Lancaster Bomber is indeed the drink of the God's.

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Like you need dragging into any watering holes Barrie:rolleyes:

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Someone always suggested that I needed a drink as a break from all the shopping - as you well know XXX

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You are so right Barrie.......most times I would choose a cuppa, but on a recent away break with daughter, I really enjoyed a glass of Gallo Zinfandel....just the one.
I have realised that at my age(62......I'm not precious about my age) it takes longer to get over the excesses........and if you have to suffer to enjoy something, then it takes the shine off it a bit.

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Not just any watering hole Bernie, The Railway Research Department of Accy Web to be more precise:D

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True but he doesn't take much persuasion to research other watering holes either:rolleyes:

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Oh come on Bernie he's a man:D with a thurst:D

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Yep I know:p

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Hey Bernie & Jaysay - stop bullying me, Bernie you know very well I was dragged screaming protests every time you know who, dragged me into a licensed establishment - and even the un-licensed ones. LoL to you two and my thanks to MP for retaining her sense of humour and understanding:):):). P.S. I was just within the 10 years:D

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Hmmmm seem to remember you went alone to the Hare and Hounds Barrie:rolleyes:

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Come now Bernie, there are times, when a man needs to be alone ...... with a Pint. To reflect & ponder,replay & assimilate the direction of his life & the choices made, trust me it's a Bloke thing. :D

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Women just don't get it do they Dave:D:D:D

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Not really, that is why we need these hallowed places, our Sanctuary, our Hermitage, plus they've got Sky Sport so you won't be battling over Footy or Miss Marples. :D

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You seem to delight in belittling me - if you think back it was only a resdearch project that required me to visit the H & H, besides the place was pretty crap even though they had Lancaster Bomber on draught.:D:D:D

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Belittle you never, in my defence I was going to say you were on a research mission chuck:)

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Was just teasing him Dave, he went over to give the place the once over regarding having a meal there. :)

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Flattery will get you everywhere Bernie:D

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No need for flattery from me really John:) Just telling it as it is:mosher:

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Perhaps just a touch of embellishment - Who the hell cares, we had such a marvellous time and we enjoyed every moment of it LoL to you all

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I rarely got sweets either ... think it had something to do with the sugar coupon (and being broke) ... ah, the wonderful days of rationing:mad: Can't remember when sweets came off ration:confused: Might have been as late as '56; but by that time I was stealing them anyway.;) Still prefered beer tho'. Still do.

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Stealing??? Ma would have had forty thousand pink fits in ten seconds......would've had the priest in to give the sermon on hell, purgatory and damnation(he was o-irish so he knew all about those things)....my brother took 2d from her purse one morning(there was only 8d in it and he thought she wouldn't miss the two big copper ones......dumb lads huh)........she took him by the ear and dragged him all the way along Nuttall Street.......still firmly held by the ear, down to the Police Station.......the bobbies(who were a different breed then) locked him in a cell for 30 minutes, just to teach him the error of his ways......he got no tea that night and was sent to bed with a rumbly belly.
Aaaaaah, the good old days!

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Hell they be bringing in Cherie Blair these days Margaret:D

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Yes, but in those days Jaysay adults took the lead and the children followed.......you did what you were told....or woe betide you.
Shame we can't put the clock back a few decades and let today's children have the same experiences.

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Exactly Margaret thus my last post on this subject, the way we were brought up never never did us any harm and helped us on our way to adulthood, because of the namby pamby do gooders of today we now have situations we regularly read about and see on news programs, because kids aren't sent out on life's journey prepared in the right way anymore, yet these people still think that their methods work, give me the old fahioned ways any day

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Ma dragging my brother down to the police station taught him that his actions had consequences 1) time spent in a cell....along with a very stern telling off from the sergeant.
2) going to bed without tea. Ma explained to him that by taking money from her purse, he was taking the food out of all of our mouths....and so for that he could go to bed hungry.....because he had made a bad choice.

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I thought you were Conservative (and, conservative); and here you are starting to sound like an Anarchist:eek:;)

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As this thread is entitled "Who Remembers", I have a question: what was the name of the store at the corner of Barnes St. and Sparth Road, opposite the Co-Op and kitty corner to the Forts Arms? I ask because there was a Beech Nut machine outside, on the Barnes St. side, that used to supply all my gum needs at no cost.

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I can't quite see how the views that Jaysay put forward are anarchic.
I read his post and thought he was advocating a return to traditional values.......which was what Tony Blair advocated when he was campaigning in 1997...(making the punishment fit the crime, family values etc) Tany Blair was Labour wasn't he......Oh no, got that wrong he was new Labour....which was almost Conservative.

Sorry for the thread wander:(

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No Eric just a realist who would like common sense and values back in society

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Maybe I was twisting things a little, just for a goof. But all these "traditional" values people keep talking about are rooted in family (not in the sense that tories and Republicans mean it)) and community. And the Anarchy bit came in with the fact (sort of) that going along with this was a weak, distant, central government. When modern democracy came along friends, families, neighbours ... everyone ... delegated their power to representatives who then took it on themselves to become the new aristocracy. There have been numerous posts which have attacked how government deals with social problems, and often these suggest that government is doing a crappy job, much worse than communities and families could, and should, do for themselves. Your brother's trip to the cop shop and his time in the can is a fine example. When folks start to take back control of their lives, this is Anarchic ... it has nothing to do with riot or chaos.;):D

I still would like some kind bottom ender to tell me the name of that store:confused:

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Eric I wish I could help you with your query, but I only came to Clayton in 1966.....so don't know about the shop you speak of.

Yes you are right in your observations about it being a family thing...these traditional values, and that successive governments have fostered dependence on the state for the solution of what are essentially family issues.
This dependence is calculated and in my opinion(which could be wrong, but hey-ho) to socially engineer communities who will vote for the party who has taken their(family, community, traditional) responsibilities over.

I now see the link you were making, in relation to anarchy........I was relating anarchy to a kind of public disobedience.

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You've been in Clayton since 1966:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: I'll be lookin for your name in the honours list Magaret:D:D:D

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Yes John, I married into Clayton.......and haven't moved.
I quite like it where I am......nice quiet street, neighbours who have been the same for more than 40 years.

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So there isn't the Clayton answer to Ranger St yet, then;)

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John, maybe I am having a blonde moment, but I am not quite sure what your question means.

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Ranger St in Accy was taken over by out commonwealth brethren Margaret:rolleyes::rolleyes::D

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No John, but the brethren are advancing towards us.(this isn't racist it is just a fact)

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Your spot on there Margaret, wasn't intended to be racist on my part just as you say a fact of life:rolleyes:

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You forgot Higher Antley St, Richmond Hill St, Ormerod St, Holden St and Hannah St.

Retlaw.

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I don't think we forgot them exactly...we just didn't mention them.

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Spot on Margaret Ranger St was enough :rolleyes: