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I just took these photos this afternoon on the way back from the rubbish tip. These houses are now on the site which used to be Nori brickworks as far as I recall.

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I'm puzzled by these photos as I had no idea that Nori was no longer where it used to be. Where is it now? For that matter, does it still exist? I see Nori bricks, or rather I know places where they have been used - the flood defence system along the River Deben at Woodbridge was built with Accrington bricks in 1991/2. I've always wanted to have a house built of Accrington brick - does this mean that that dream will never be?????

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It sort of exists but the bricks produced these days are nothing like the old fashioned well known Nori bricks. They used to have a smoother almost shiny surface. The current ones are just like bricks from anywhere else. I wonder if this is possibly because they no longer use clay from the quarry up the Coppice? It's a long time since those buckets used to cross Burnley Road.

The brickworks which exists now is on Whinney Hill Road.

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As far as I remember the buckets that crossed Burnley Road were for the Redac brickworks. No doubt someone will correct me.

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You are probably right. My brain cells aren't what they used to be.

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Ha-ha! Right, Yes, Bricks! Well it's like this.

Marshall's Clay Products make bricks but they don't make the old fashioned "Nori" brick. They do however make an acid resistant brick which uses much the same materials and techniques. If there is a difference in the way their housebricks look it is down to the way that they are made and the temerature at which they are fired.

Does that help?

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Does anyone remember when Whinney Hill caught fire? It was in the 70`s and the fire caught hold underground. I remember going up there and watching smoke curling up from the ground and if you scratched down in the earth flames lept up! I seem to recall it took a few months before it was finally extinguished

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I remember, vaguely. what was it that was actually causing the fire?

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An origional 'NORI' brick.....

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Seem to recall it was started by a mountain of tyres, though I could be wrong.

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Was the fire something to do with methane gas from the landfill?

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the methane, was from the Load of Mischief, all the mushy peas & pints of mild they used to sell.

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Now there's a pub we could do with a photo of. It was a shame it had to be demolished for the motorway.

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Just off subject a bit do you remember when they used to put "load of mischief" on the buses for church outings and such?

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Not exactly, but I do remember "Load of Mischief" being a designated bus stop and I'm sure there were ACT buses with that as a destination sign.

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I remember catching that bus coming home from school, (paddock house) always wondered where it was!

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That they did have Willow. They use to have a single decker bus from Accy to "The Load of Mischief" before they use to use the double deckers. They all had the sign "Load of Mischief" on their rotary sign board at the front.

Occasionally, I use to go in the pub at lunchtimes when I worked at Allspeeds. I bet Mez also went in there, I know she went into the Hare & Hounds. Dingy little place with small rooms. That's when Thwaites woz Thwaites and not todays muck!! I think the Hare & Hounds was a Duttons pub.

How many of you remember the
Blackburn Breweries: Thwaites (for Mates), Duttons (for Gluttons) and if you could supp Lion's you could tame 'em!

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Which brewery was it that had the OBJ sign?

How long ago did you work at Allspeeds Darby?

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Oh Be Joyfull (OBJ) was a Duttons bottled beer.

I worked at Allspeeds from 1965-1969, and still know a lot of the same guys who worked there when I did. Terry Ashton, Mick Prendergast, Jimmy Whittle, the Drinkwaters (Stan, Alan, and Frank - though Alan died some years ago) et al. Never seen Judy Butterworth though since 1969. See John Eberall from time to time.

Did you work there Willow?

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I didnt work at Allspeads, but my brother did for a while, Kevin Gilmartin, also Gordon Ashworth, David Swindles, Harry Leigh, Barbara King, my mum worked in the canteen. I went to school with Mick Prendergast, does he still live in Clayton?. Hope somebody can find a photo of Load of Mischief, yes I remember the sign on the buses for Load of Mischief and of the Fortes Arms. Back then people gave directions with pubs . The Hare & Hounds was a Thwaites, pub when I was growing up. Accross the road from the Load of Mischief, was a print works called the Cambridge Press, run by Charlie Kilby, he used to travel from Blackpool every day, I think he might have been a director of Accrington Stanley. Sorry I have gone off the original subject here, but have to put them down while there still clear.

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Sorry Darby, I somehow missed this.

No, I didn't work at Allspeeds but a lot of people who worked there were customers at the TSB (as was) where I worked, corner of Grimshaw St and Whalley Rd. I must have been there in the late 70s after I left Church branch.

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My god, that reminds me. When I left Uk in 73, I didnt close my account at the TSB in Whalley Rd, I think there was still five bob in there. OBJ was Duttons Brewery.

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If there was less than £1 in it Alan it would have been transferred to a bulk "sundries" account long ago. If you're ever in Accrington and can find your old book the Lloyds TSB there should be able to give you your 25p. All the old accounts from Clayton were transferred to Accy when the branch closed down. I know, I had to do it!

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Do you remember the OBJ man on the side of a building which used to light up in sequence? First the O, then the OB, then the OBJ and then it flashed. There was a smiling face inside the O.

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Yeah, That was down Blackburn on the Bay Horse Pub I think (on the roundabout where the Market hall now stands) or was it on the Boulevard? It was a good beer as well....quite strong if I remember :D :D ;)

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I don't remember where it was, just remember that there was one. It must have been an awful long time ago.

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Just remembered an old commercial jingle:

OBJ, OBJ, finest drink in the world today,
Lifts you up when you are down,
You will never wear a frown,
Lift your glass and drink it down,
Dutton's, Oh be joyful.

More useless information from a man who can't remember his own telephone number but can remember stuff from years ago.

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Thanks for the jingle...J...Jo....Whats your name?

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Yes, they DID put Load of Mischief on ordinary service buses. When they ran extra buses to Clayton at busy times they generally only went to the Load of Mischief. We never thought anything about it ! I suppose there was a temptation to put it on the front on a outing but I never saw it being done.When they demolished the Load of Mischief we were on our way back down south after a visit to family and we asked for a piece of the stone that they were throwing in the skips and we used it when we were having a patio made in a new garden in Suffolk. The house got sold years ago but I never drive past that house without thinking of Clayton !

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I take it you're a lady then :)

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Great photo Georgezz. Why blocke out the faces. Been through that front door many a time. Have you got any more of Clayton.

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darby i never did go into the load of mischief pub, & i only wet into the hare & hounds at xmas (so that you lot could buy me & my mates our ooooo gin& oranges) he he he, it used to be a brilliant day that did, & yes if i missed the ribble bus i used to catch the accy one to c-l-moors he he he

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Georgezz, the photo you posted in this thread wasn't the thread wander we were referring to :) It was your post in another thread telling me to look in here which we meant could possibly have been better as a PM directly to me. However, I answered you in that thread also. It was just a pointer for the future re board etiquette.

I would have put this message in a PM to you but unfortunately you have them disabled so I don't have any other way of contacting you than post here. The photograph in this thread wasn't particularly inappropriate as it was a photo of the same general area.

Can we have it back please? :)