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Still worked on the Golden Mile when he was also standing Accrington market

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Sadie always looked out of place and somewhat superior.

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was making a pilgrimage to the Railway at lunch, n sat on the fire escape at the rear of the owd "Miners" Club, munching a pastie wi his dog n pushbike was Isacc, one of accys proper characters from the 60s n still is.:D

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must have been around 1978 when me and a mate were knocking on doors looking for work painting and stuff... got a job at some place behind the old Wharburtons to paint the front on a building...anyway we were in the Tramway and told Isaac we had the job but no ladders...a couple of days later we turn up to paint the place and there's Isaac up on a ladder and he's near enough painted the gaff!..He'd been round and told em he could do a better job cheaper..!bloody highway robbery..:D:D

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seems Isaac is Accys own Keith Richards ... probably going to out-live everyone , wonder if his mate Sgt. Standring (sp?) is still about :D ;) ;)

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Was that a copper SJ:confused:

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do we remember a character going about town
pubs mainly the cock and bottle ..think we called him Biff
had a tankard on a chain tied to his belt
or is my memory playing tricks :mosher:

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Certainly was. He used to go in the Rose and Crown now and then when Ted and Isobel had it. He'd been promoted to Inspector by then.

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Ah you mean Detective Chief Inspector Ken Standring, formally of Accrington CID, has been retired for a long time now yerself, the last I heard he was living in Whalley. Ken was a good friend of mine in the days when the police used to drink in the Hargreaves Arms in the 70s, was one of the lead detectives on the Black Panther case, lived up Hardcoat Road at the time, I did a lot of joinery work on the house for him

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D.S. Ken Standring transferred oer to burnley, early 70s i think, to make the Dingles lives a misery.:rolleyes:

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Na cashy they're born miserable, they don't improve until they move to accy like dave did:D

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Retta Garrity's son was called Richard, he attended Rhydings School. He migrated to Australia along with Jack Green in the iddle 60's but returned shortly after to tghe UK.

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think yer correct mate, the other guy ya mention J.G. would that be the one from Clayton-Le-Moors?

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Now you'r taxing my memory, after being out here in Oz for some 45 years things about the old town and its characters get a bit hazy however, Jack Green could have originated from Clayton Le Moors but in the early 60's he married a lass named "Mary" and if I rember rightly they used to live near or behind the Odeon Cinema off The Broadway..

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Was talking to Jack today, he isn't from Clayton. He lived on Derby Street when he was married to Mary and now lives on Plantation Street.