Accrington, USA
 

I was searching for something else earlier but serendipity turned up this

6633 Accrington Ct, Charlotte, NC 28227 MLS# 2059571

Now why on earth should a street in North Carolina bear the name of Accrington? I checked to see if there was a Burnley Way or Blackburn Drive nearby but no - most of the surrounding streets bear Latin American names!

I lived in the States for a year in 1973/4 and was based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina but I never visited Charlotte otherwise I might have had more idea about this, except this house wasn't built till 1983.

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Maybe it's called Accy Court because the houses are dirt cheap. That one advertised works out at £38,000pds...not much, but it looks much better than what you would get in Accy at that price. I wonder what a two up, two down terraced house in Charlotte with direct street access and chav neighbours either side would go for? Maybe $50?

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Ha ha Tealeaf I was going to add something like that to my post!

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Aye..but I've just added summat else as well:D

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Yo! Wait for it......the local news rag for Charlotte is......yep, you've guessed it....The Observer! Maybe this explains it.

Judge for yourself!

Charlotte News Panthers Bobcats Sports Banking | CharlotteObserver.com

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There you go thy must be copycats then:rolleyes:

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Lol.... We all know that USA is short for....Uther Side of Accy :-)

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Well, so much for Accy Court......but if you're a real posh knob in Charlotte then the only place to be is Church Rd...or rather, Prosperity Church Rd.

Prosperity Church Road Apartments for Rent - Apartments in Prosperity Church Road - Charlotte, NC Apartment Rentals | MyNewPlace

I do believe there there is a Chyte Creek Oswaldtwistle somewhere in Charlotte.

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Well I'm alright - there's a Susan Drive...

and a Bodgit Lane;):rolleyes:

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Don't you go working yourself up, and giving yourself one of your queer turns.

You already know, Oswaldtwistle, and all it's people are totally unique.

Forget Ossy, and start writing your c.v. out.

I've found you a job, in this town.

http://www.tropicalfoods.com/nut-house/

If needed, I'll give you a reference, and happily tell them that you'd be right at home in the Nut House.

;):D

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Good find Susie.

Join up, tell them they're currently under discussion, and ask if anyone knows why they have an Accrington Court...and then enquire if they want to be twinned with Accy Web.

Charlotte Forum - Relocation, Moving, Local City Discussions - City-Data Forum

We'd better start saving up now for the charabanc, to take us over there for the first joint meet-up.

:D

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Haha it had crossed my mind that there might be a forum. Trouble is, I spend too much time on Accyweb as it is - dont want to lay myself open to another one!

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Don't worry, I've deputised for you, and we now have our own thread, asking if anyone knows why there's an Accrington Court, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Accrington Court, Charlotte, N.C,? - City-Data Forum

Now we'll just have to wait, to see if there's a North Carolean version of Atarah, or Retlaw, to furnish us with some historical fact.

:D

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Quite rural.

For some reason I was expecting colonial town houses.

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What, for sixty thousand dollars? It's not dissimilar to the two houses I lived when I was in Chapel Hill. And it is in the suburbs...

accrington court charlotte - Google Maps

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Ooh, well done Garinda, for some reason I'm finding this strangely exciting and looking forward to a response from our American counterparts!

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I know, I forget prices have increased in the former colonies.

I'd expect to buy the Governor's Mansion for 600 guineas.

:D

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I'm seeing pen-pals.

Holidays.

Romance.

A green card.

http://freeemoticonsandsmileys.com/3...20american.gif

:D

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Seems they also do a fine line in hard wearing metal benches..they don't look to comfy but maybe Accy could swap them for those missing from outside the market hall..


http://www.goodshomefurnishings.com/...Windsor-08.jpg

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Yes, thank you for bring that up.

As one of the few dwindling people who still shop in Accy, I was talking to a group of pensioners who were looking for somewhere to sit outside the Market Hall, last Saturday.

One of them brought up the story that the council wanted that area to be some sort of European style piazza, bringing cafe culture to Accrington.

Perhaps the piazza they had in mind was in some bleak, eastern European communist country, without anywhere at all, for those who might be glad of a seat, to park their arse.

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I want to know how it is that Charl;otte has an Accrtington Court. I don't want to duplicate any request, so has anyone else enquired from their library or town hall?

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Thank you Garinda for posting to the Charlotte forum. I see you have already had a reply.

I have registered with the forum now, it wouldn't let me be Susie or Sunflower, so I am... Morecambe!

Pity we don't have a Charlotte street in Accy - there could have been house swaps!

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:s_cry::s_cry::s_cry:I'm very sad that you will probably not be spending as much time on AccyWeb now you've found our American counterparts susie:D

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Sod all to do wi Accrington Court, But Susies thread reminded me of a old James Taylor classic, Which i got by this lady, So Ta Susie. CAROLINA IN MY MIND - MELANIE - YouTube

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That's very sweet of you John - but I don't think that Charlotte Web will detain me very long each day, if at all...

Charlotte Web... isn't that a children's book about a spider?

Charlotte's Web - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Nout wrong with that lady cashy:D

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Don't know I have arachnophobia and haven't looked:rolleyes::rolleyes::)

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I have just spoken to an ex-girlfriend who happens to work at Charlotte Town Hall. Apparently, Accrington Court is on a Spanish themed estate and the surrounding roads have names such as Santa Cruz Trail and Santa Maria Drive. Accrington Court was originally going to be called El Dorado but they couldn't agree on the spelling so they settled on Accy as someone had told them it's a place where the streets are also paved with gold.

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Was Charlotte as harlot?

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That explanation gets my prize for Joke of the Year. Ive just checked the calendar - it's not 1st April. Will somebody send this to the Observer reporters, who are desparate for summat to write about. This could make the nationals and TV News. Hold the Presses!!!!!!!!!!!

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Does that mean we are not living in poverty as the media has us believe?

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The voice is very distinctive & makes me think of a female singer from the 60's but I can't think who, did think Marianne Faithfull & Ruby Tuesday (not the modern version though). As to the young lady in question she can't be doing to well as it looks like she can't afford any clothes :D Not being one to complain mind, but you tend to get distracted from the singing. ;)

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After having a root through my stacks of gramophone discs I came across one of those newfangled CD thingummies entitled "Where have all the flowers gone", track 10 disc 1 Melanie "Ruby Tuesday" 1970. I knew I'd heard the voice before :o So not Miss Faithfull after all & also a distinct abundance of clothes, tsk ! :eek:

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It does tell yeh,on the top right corner of the disc i posted,:rolleyes: Stay off the sauce mate.:D

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Yer Honourness, in my defence, see above statement. :)

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I was searching for something online (much like the OP) and found this:
Map of Accrington Pl, Chapel Hill, QLD | whereis.com

It seems there's an 'Accrington Place' in Chapel Hill, close to Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. There are one or two other place names in surrounding streets alongside some real scrabble disasters - looks like they picked letters and words out of a hat for that housing estate.

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I see that Obama is in Charlotte this week. Maybe he has gone there in search of his Accy roots.

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Ha ha I sat up when I saw the words Chapel Hill in your post then I saw it was in Australia! There is a Chapel Hill in North Carolina, about 100 miles from Charlotte. I spent a year there in 1974, but no Accrington Place!

Good detective work though - there are a lot of English place names from all over the country on that Oz estate, must have picked them with a pin. And the Scrabble disasters look like Australian place names.

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Theres also a Chapel Hill in Lucan County Dublin, me aunty lives on yon n twas family holiday fer all me youth,

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By coincidence when I was younger I had a penfriend in Charlotte and spent a couple of days there. Do people have pen friends these days :D

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Do people still use pens ? :)

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Hi All,
Just came across this old thread, very interesting.
Did you know that there is a further Accrington Court? The second one is in Corpus Christi Texas USA.
If one goes into Google Earth and search for "Accrington Court" you will find both the one in Charlotte N.C. USA as well as the one in Corpus Christi Texas USA.
The interesting thing is how did they get their names of "Accrington Court"?
Will do a bit more research on this, and keep you posted.

Cheers

Philip Kenyon

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It may not be the case here but in our family history we have evidence of various ancestors travelling to the USA as fitters representing Howard and Bulloughs, who were formerly blacksmiths in the Ribble Valley. We know of this in Massachusetts but it is possible H&B had factories in other parts of the USA and the influence of Accrington was spread far and wide.

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If you look at the hodgkinsonclark link in the sig you can see the connection.

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Just found out the following places also have Accrington as a Court:
- Charlotte North Carolina.
- Corpus Christi Texas.
- El Paso California.
Was in contact with the town's information centre in Charlotte, but to no avail!
I did find out however that the "Accrington Court" was built around the 1980-90's, but couldn't get an answer as to what was there before.
Still awaiting an answer from the information centre in Corpus Christi.
Will write sometime today to El Paso and keep you informed of anything I find.

Cheers

Philip Kenyon

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A photo of the "Accrington Court" in El Paso USA using Google Earth.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/gallery...o-usa/cat/1004

Cheers

Philip Kenyon

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Oops sorry! having trouble with the photo, will try again later.

Cheers

Philip

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I have done a screen shot of Accrington Court, El Paso, Texas.
Here it is....save you the bother Philip
It looks a lot different to Nuttall Street and the factory bottom.

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Methinks you will find a mass of UK place names over in the US as settlers from here went there and named them the same as the place they came from.

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http://www.accringtonweb.com/gallery...o-usa/cat/1004

Hi Margaret,
Thanks for the copy out of google earth. I've done a google street copy hope this works this time!
Cheers
Philip

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Why doesn't the photo show up?
I've copied the address of the photo from the gallery into the little box that you get after selecting the "Insert Imagfe" button and it shows up ok, but when selecting the "Post Quick Reply" the photo doesn't show up, very frustrating!

Cheers
Philip

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I did a screen shot then went into advanced settings....selected the pic from my photo stream....waited for it to load and hey presto there it was.
So don't know why you are not getting the image Philip.

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Hi Margaret,
Thanks for the advice. Just tried again using "Advanced Settings", but to no avail. As you can see from the above message, no picture!
I'm not the one to give up, but this time I really am going to give up, although I'll keep the thread going with just text messages.

Cheers

Philip

P.S. If you go into "Street View" using Google Earth, then at the end of the street you'll find the sign saying "Accrington Ct".

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I wonder if the image is too big?
I can't think of any other reason why it would fail....my computer and my iPad notify me if the image has not loaded....another way to check if it has loaded is to preview the post.

When you have finished typing or uploading you have the option to 'submit' or 'preview' your post.