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Owd Bert will send me some of his old pictures from Accrington for everybody to see if they can identify the location.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/owdbert/1.jpg

Q. Name of Street and closed Pub (white frontage).
And how about the make and model of car.

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gee looking at that it could be any street!!!! but I think it's round the bold street/ water street area????? Is that a garage at the top?

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I can name the Pub as The Colliers Arms, I think the street is Lee Street, and a guess at the car it could be a Morris Oxford.

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Elephant St?

Wolsley car?

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dont know the area on the pic but good new section :D

i think the car is a wolsley  ???

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Hi, I am almost sure it is Elephant Street, around the Birtwistle Street area of town.  
What a smashing new section this could prove to be!
Atarah

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Looks like Willows Lane area. Reminds me of a street that often appeared in "Oranges are not the Only Fruit".

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[quote author=atarah link=board=bertsphotos;num=1059900193;start=0#5 date=08/05/03 at 10:18:19]Hi, I am almost sure it is Elephant Street, around the Birtwistle Street area of town.
What a smashing new section this could prove to be!
Atarah[/quote]

I agree! Note how many views the section's had!

Well Done Owd_Bert!

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I am now sure it is the 'Welcome Inn', 7 Elephant Street and this in fact was where George Formby's wife (Beryl) grew up.  Her parents moved from Alliance Street. Baxenden to this pub.
Atarah

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I was wrong with the name of the pub, I remember there were two Lion houses, The Welcome was on Elephant Street and the Colliers which was on Birtwistle Street, I should have known because we lived in Chapel Street round the corner. well done Atarah on the info about George Formby's wife, quite interesting.

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just found the Welcome Inn listed on a map

I always thought Beryl was brought up in Accy myself, but not according to this sitehttp://www.btinternet.com/~dajaca/bingham.htm

Younger people might be interested to know Elephant St was so called because a circus elephant had died in the close by in 1845.

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i think this is cheating looking it up on the net :-[

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The question wasn't about Beryl Formby, Mick, it was about the picture!!!!
Already new about the elephant, local knowledge.

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oops sorry cazzer i aplagise :-[

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I should think so too!!! ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D