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Last post before yeh replied Ivor was oer 7 years ago, aint seen Caz on here fer a long long while.;)

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Glad this thread was resurrected as missed it first time round remember all the places mentioned although I knew the cafe on Melbourne st as the Melba spent many many happy hours in there with my then boyfriend playing Emile Ford,s "What Do You Want TO Make Those Eyes At Me For" over milk shakes!! lol.

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Being pedantic, twas actually the Melbo,:D was goin in yon since around 1960.:)

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[quote=cashman;1006566]Being pedantic, twas actually the Melbo,:D was goin in yon since around 1960.:)[/quot I think maybe that was year Istopped going in :rolleyes:

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[QUOTE=hassy rvr;1006570]Not to worry, we have all made mistakes.:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

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Sure was Cashy, used to stand opposite many times waiting for the Manchester bus but don't remember ever going in. Was a frequenter of the Blue Dahlia in my time.

See post 211 here:

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ml#post1003081

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Yep spent a fair bit o time in Dahlia meself, but that would be Mid to Late 60s.:)

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Well I must have been in there till 1964 which was when I left town to go to college so wouldn't have crossed paths there then, sadly.

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We used to play around there when we were kids... Very scary at night.

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Anyone remember Dougie Peyton the Dentist on Whalley Road? He scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. I remember his fingers used to stink of tobaco.

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I used that place on a regular basis between 1962 and 1964. I remember some bloke called Tony working behind the bar/counter. spent lot of time with Bob Burnside, Jaz Moores. Silvia Slattery, sometimes with Carol Taylor and I think I first met a nice lass called Susan in there. I think her last name was Townsend or something like that. Lots of good memories from there and walking some pretty ladies back home. Even went out of my way sometimes. Lonsdale sreet and even up Willows lane. Easy walk back down to Crown Street though.

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Well i was popping in yon from early 63 (which i regard as mid 60s) so yeh never know susie.

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Used to love going in coffee bars in the 60's. First one I used to frequent in '64 was the KJ Coffeehouse at the top of Jubilee St on Blackburn Boulevard. Then, took to going in the Olympus on Union St from '65-'67. Moved on to the Dahlia in '67-'69. Also, used to hang out in the Wimpy Bar opposite the Town Hall, as it was a great place for surveying the comings and goings on the Deck. ;)

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Can anyone tell me where Wilsons Row Accrington is/was?

Accy Places
 

am half asleep, but my first thought is, on Manchester Rd nr corner with Harcourt Rd??????

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I used to go to Dougie Paytons, yea his fingers did smell of tobaco, KD coffee house brings back memorise Wyn. Sad one as well, there was a girl I went to Blackburn Tech with who went in there, was suposed to meet her, there one day, a guy came in and told me she had been killed in a car crash the night befor, a beautiful girl as well.

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Sure is a superb thread.
Spent many nights of my mispent youth at the Empire in Ossy.
"The Rockets" was it not that really got us bopping?
or is my memory playing up
68 now so real good tothink back

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Got me thinking about flat roofed houses!!
Was born in prefab up Springhill---cannot remember name of road but is at the end of Arncliffe Avenue. Road ran from Richmond road at top to Fairfield Avenue at bottom---shop at bottom called Liveseys??
I was always told I was in my pram when Arncliffe houses were being built . Think we moved from prefab to Arncliffe about 1946.

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You went up the Emp. lol1944, funny, I don,t recognize you???

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I remember The Rockets skiffle group - they were the lads I grew up and 'played out' with.

When they reached the Lancashire Skiffle final, I went in the coach to Preston Jazz club - they came second.

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Perfectly understandable--changed over the years. I was typical teddy boy with the elvis quiff. Really enjoyed the bopping. Usually picked the girls that could dance forever--Beverley Banyard springs to mind---always game for the fast ones---"pick a bale o'cotton" and similar.

Girls names at my time that I specificallyremember----Bev as above--an Ossy girl, Carole Pickup--Dill Hall Lane, Barbara Wilson--Exchange Street, Heather Loveluck--off Willows Lane

Boys----Chris Kenyon, Bernard ? Cocker??, Tony Woods, Jeff Haley
Wish I could remember more but in any event would never recognize them now

Lawrence Brennand ring any bells??

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Ha Ha Dougie Payton, always wondered what his fingers smelled of, sure as hell wasn't antiseptic.

Next door to him was our doctor, Lancett-Edwards, always thought that was a great name for a doctor! We lived across the road from both of them.

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I don't remember seeing you in the Dahlia back in those days Cashy. I always thought the Astronaut was your choice of venue with the greasers.

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Usually afternoons mainly, evenings were in the Black Bull.:D;)

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In fact i recall flogging this new yellow coloured pill,i had fetched back from the Moss one afternoon,( were actually Pro Plus) i had bought from Boots on Blackburn Rd, Made a fortune from the daft gits in yon.:D:D:D:D:D:D

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Who used to run KJs, it was the one on the corner opposite the Palace wasn't it.Did Ken Pilling have anything to do with it?

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I remember it well,I LOVED the black pea's

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Can anyone remember the names of the husband & wife that taught swimming at the baths,it's on the tip of my tongue.

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Different venue, same greasers!!!!

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Broadley?

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Eh???

Please expand.

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Broadley?

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Yes Alec Broadley but I can't remember his wife's Christian name.

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The Waffen S.S. will have it.:D

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Grace?

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Could be

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Yes, I remember them carrying out water torture.

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Correctamundo....... Balbus

And Mr Smith fre' Clayton also taught us to swim.

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I think Grace was his 2nd wife, was Grace Rothwell of Rothwells transport and a former Mayor of Accy, but she wasn't the one who gave the swimming lessons

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Pretty sure the woman who taught at the old baths was a Mrs Broadley, Big D

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Yes, it was Grace Broadley who taught me to swim...back in the dim and distant past.

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Did it cause yeh to have nightmares?:eek:

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Could both his wives have been called Grace?his second wife was definitely called Grace but she wasn't the swimming teacher that was his first wife,

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That could be it Big D :D

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Lancashire BMD says that Alexander Broadley married Marian McPherson in 1930. Marian died in 1967 age 66 in Accrington and Alexander Broadley married Grace Rothwell at St John's, Baxenden in 1967. People kept mentioning the Mrs Broadley who taught swimming and I wondered who she was, so many thanks. Now I know! I think Alexander's father was George Edward Broadley who married Margaret Clark.

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Thanks for the trip down memory lane

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Eddie McGarry and his Broadcasting Band??

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I lived on Warwick Ave in one but not for long as we moved to Crossland St up Willow Ln

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I lived on Warwick Ave