Originally Posted by cmonstanley (Post 1047102)

back in the early 1990s i remember something about the plan to build in between blackburn and ossy to join them up and to make hyndburn a suburb of the city of blackburn .

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1047198)

Think you are right in your assessment there Sue.
I worked in Rawtenstall in the early sixties and it was always Rossendale back then.
I never really liked the name Hyndburn......and if asked where I am from I always say Accrington.

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1047194)

Rossendale as an area name has been around for a very long time. My dad worked at Haslingden even though we lived in Accy and he always referred to Rossendale. Whereas Hyndburn only really came into being when the local authority was created and before that was just the name of a river, and a mucky one at that. It's much more of an artificial creation and hasn't really been around long enough to be thought of as an area.

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1047161)

Think your right there Gayle I know when I lived in Rossendale, Rossendale was recognised as part of the Postcode, never did take of in Hyndburn though, Haslingden Rossendale seems to have the right feel to it whereas Oswaldtwistle Hyndburn doesn't, its far better Oswaldtwistle Accrington

Originally Posted by Neil (Post 1047360)

I almost never put Accrington on my address, just street, Oswaldtwistle and postcode. Sometimes I put Lancashire

Originally Posted by Neil (Post 1047360)

I almost never put Accrington on my address, just street, Oswaldtwistle and postcode. Sometimes I put Lancashire

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1047374)

I'm the same Neil, if I'm writing to some one I haven't communicated with before say for buying something, I do include Accrington but never do locally

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1047389)

If you have the correct house number and postcode you shouldn't even need the town or street.

Originally Posted by accyman (Post 1047395)

i use accrington when on the phone mainly because indians and southerners have a problem with the word oswaldtwistle when spoken in a lancashire accent and you end up spelling it for them 3 or 4 times so its easier to just say accy and give them your postcode

Originally Posted by accyman (Post 1047395)

i use accrington when on the phone mainly because indians and southerners have a problem with the word oswaldtwistle when spoken in a lancashire accent and you end up spelling it for them 3 or 4 times so its easier to just say accy and give them your postcode

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1047400)

Many english people can't understand me.:D Though they can grasp expletives, they are universal.:D

Originally Posted by Guinness (Post 1047095)

Hey Ken..what do you think of your hero now that he's attempting to stab his own local party councillors and constituents in the back?

Originally Posted by Ken Moss (Post 1047682)

He isn't, he has merely put forward a suggestive future framework if the time ever comes to hit the panic button in order for East Lancashire to survive. Bear in mind that the possibility exists that at some point district Councils could come to an end and we would all end up under the wing of LCC entirely.

Just remember we are in election season, with a certain Accrington Observer star columnist defending his County Council seat so things will be very lively over the next six weeks and the slightest little thing will be an 'outrage' in order to ramp up a story. Last year I found myself on the front page twice over 'resident anger' (or some other sensationalist sabre-rattling) in stories which were at best off-the-cuff quotes taken wildly out of context.

I have said it before but just take media reports with a pinch of salt, they are rarely verbatim accounts.

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1047684)

yoda yoda yoda:rolleyes: