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peter still sings often heard on sunday
in the imperial gladly he has stopped bringing
his own guitar

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LOL beechy dont say the imperial have provided him with one there to use heheehe:D

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The gossip was correct, Kate. I used to see her standing by the roadside under the railway bridge by Church station (she lived opposite). She used to step out in front of lorries and flag them down. :rolleyes:

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My first husband got booked for speeding and had to appear at Church Magistrates Court (just the clock remains there now) She was up in court the same morning for urinating in a public place. The only reason he was speeding through Church was to avoid her, because she had jumped out into the road trying to stop his motorbike on one occasion previously.

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I remember the Michael Jackson impersonator :) I remember him walking through marks and spencers when I was a kid doing his stuff...

There's a great guy who I always say hello too when I see him, an old fella with white hair. Has/had a dog called max, lives up hodder street way I think, he's often seen around town playing his harmonica, I've got a video of him on my other computer playing his harmonica and pointing his walking stick at my camera :) What a guy!

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Well, if that's a picture of you on yer profile magaz .. look quite a character yerself .:D

Westender: Yes, that's where I always saw Reta .. must have been 'her patch'

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haha yeah thats me :)

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RE- Reta, Hope her sons not a member???:p:rofl38:

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He must be in his 70s now. I can't remember his Christian name but I remember seeing him around Ossy in the 50s.

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begins with K;)

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Hi, sorry been away for a long time due to ill health in family, good to hear what you all have to say, been catching up on all the chat. Anyone remember Tommy Mckenna used to hang out at Joe Morts in the early 60s?

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i remember a colin mckenna orked at the brick yard in the 60s
any relation ?:confused:

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Colin McKenna rings a bell with me, was he a bit of a hard man?. a few of them up the Arcs like that, I used to keep out of there way.

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knew a Bill McKenna way back, was he a relative?

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last time i spoke to colin he was in accy rockers
:theband:

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What about his wife Sadie always a smart lady.
Littlepom

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I remember the lovely smokey bacon smell. We used to buy a little hovis loaf from there on our way back to school after swimming.
Do you remember the swimming baths and the pit at the top.
Littlepom

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Hi I was at Morts from 56 on. My dad used to say stay away. Of course it made me go all the more. The sweat box it was called. The teddy boys with brothel creepers and long jackets. But some great jivers went there.
Have many great memories but I wouldn't share them with my grandchildren I don't think they would believe me anyway.

Littlepom (Australia)

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ya should share em littlepom,great days,great times,was up 6yr after you,n still amazes me to this day- teds used to come from Blackpool,Preston,Manchester,etc, to a dance hall in "Little Accy" dont think thats occured regular at any other time in history? to me one of the things Accy should be proud of.;):)

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if my memory serves me well cashy
joe morts was recognised as the largest youth club
in the uk ( at the time ) great days
unless someone knows different :alright:

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quite correct beechy, it was a youth club, but doubt many patrons viewed it as such.:D

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Oh I don't know cashy it was very recreational, bit of lively dance, the odd bit of boxing, and the occassional wrestling bout, what more could you ask for at a youth club:hitting8:

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Just having a trawl through back post, I can remember Retta Garrity, or to give her her full title Henretta Garrity, In the early 70 I worked at Pilckington Brothers at the bottom of Gordon street, thats where she lived, although she didn't live there then, the house was boarded up, but a lot of the lads who worked there told some tales about her and her antics, some of them rather saucey but funny

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and the rather large dog, that used to lie by the table were mary sat at the top of the stairs,were you paid yer enterance fee, summat else i dont remember.:D;)

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or the kind gentlemen who helpfully
threw you down the stairs..(if you so desired) :mosher:

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:bleedht:My mum wouldn't let me go:bleedht:

because you lot were bad lads :mad:

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he did n i didn't desire, they were bloody stone steps as well.:D

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Cashy don't let it worry mate, you've only just joined the over sixties club, you have to get used to no remembering things now:rolleyes::D But I have to say I'd forgot about the dog as well

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anyone remember a guy must have died in 70s or late 60s was known as "Tommy Two Guns"? i used to see him occasionally in the St Leger on plantation street, he was apparently named cos he was n old gangster in the states, actually worked with "Legs Diamonds" mob, many used to laugh at the guy n think bull, but it was fact, which he once proved to me. no-one seems to know of him, but was in a conversation with our own Bob Dobson, last summer n he certainly knew him, or of him, heard some fascinating storys off the owd guy, n always used to buy him a beer fer telling em, maybe some of our older members knew him or of him?

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There was a Sharon McKenna in my class at Holy Family, I think her brother was Colin, but they lived on Whalley Rd , in Clayton, she was a good looker too,

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i seem to remember a character called Tommy Two Guns
had a farm set back of the Whinney Hill road at bottom of Bolton Rd
im going back to when we were kids cashy early sixties
you might not have been a lanesider in them days :mosher:

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i only knew him from 64 ish onwards beechy.

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anyone seen that bloke who walks around with a hanky on his head?

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It may be part of the Festival of Culture if they are here

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lol, i was amazed the first time i saw him with it on, it was raining, i thought that fashion went out in the 70s

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Were it knotted in each corner flashy:D

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irish chappie called Jimmy lives on Plantation St

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Jim Fitzmaurice. Got about five kids. Owns a few houses round Plantation Street.

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yeah it where knotted Jay lol

i'm not saying he shouldnt wear one, i just found it a bit odd lol

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Was once in Majorca flashy, when the Brother-in-law turned up at our hotel, dressed in sandals with grey socks on, khaki shorts, string vest, and and a knotted hanky on the head, now that was a site to behold believe me:rolleyes::D

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oh how embarrasing, that kind of thing belonged in Blackpool NOT Majorca

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Tell me about it flashy:o I'd have been embarrassed in in Blackpool even:rolleyes:

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that was Captain Dove!

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I saw him a month or so ago wandering round the "sunday car boot" in accy. It was snowing at the time and he had his hanky on, my brother and I were a little bit confused by him, being snow and not sun lol

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one of my favourite Accy characters is on countdown all this week,,,,THE LOVELY DAVID LLOYD

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yep top bloke,knew him from school.;)

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Nout wrong with Bumble cashy good lad who talks reght:D

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Love a photo of the bloke,

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didn't know yer were that way Al.:D:D;)

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Actually "Uncle Dick" came from Blackpool, his assistants at Accrington were his wife "Sadie" and Brother in Law "Fred". before he came to the markets he worked on the golden mile at Blackpool.

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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.

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theres 2 of em then bernie, the one i knew used to sup in the Forts Arms in early/mid 60s n lived down Clayton.:)

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Yep Jack said that but think the one I'm talking about is the right one. He did move to Australia:)

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yer probably correct bernie, cos you know more respectable folk than me, one i knew was a very "Handy" lad.:D

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There was a Danny Green, who lived behind the Forts Arms, he had a sister Patricia, ( Pat ) cant remember if there were any other sibblings though . Pat looked like Petula Clarke.

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Yes Jack was very handy but unlike a few in Accrington in the early 60's he never looked for bother but neither did he run away from it, much to the discomfort to those that annoyed him.

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sounds very much like the guy i once knew.:)

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Must stop looking at this site,after all its more thgan 50 years since I left Church and I did'nt think my memory would last that long - anyway I digress- Can anyone remeber "Betty Birtwistle (lived on or near Lyon St, Church) anyway Betty was what would be descibed as a good looking bird with legs that seemed to go on and on. Well Betty used to work in the office at Howard & Bulloughs,when she walked passed the Railway Good Yard Office all the Boys used to perve on her and drool, Betty was well aware of this, the boys did'nt know that we knew each other so when I waved she used to wave back much to th3e chagrin of others - those were the days - sorry but I'll have to go and have a lie down, just thinking about it has made my pace maker kick in and I've only a ferw more years life in the battery.

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Does anyone recall a lad that always used to be in the town centre wearing a jacket with "Adam and the Ants" on it - he always had his hair in a mohican! This was prob in the late 1970's - once Adam and the Ants became popular he stopped wearing the jacket!

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I think I remember her from the late '50s, my wife worked in the accounts office at H & B and used to walk to work with a good looking girl that lived nearby - we lived in Maden St then, Mum had the Confectioners Shop facing the clock.

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This is so funny! Betty Birtwistle is my auntie. She used to live at 65 Lion Street, Church, with my dad, Barth Birtwistle, and her sisters Maureen and Norma. Does anyone else remember the family or anything about my dad when he was younger? He went to Rhyddings School and always used to tell me that he was 'top boy' whatever that was.

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Hi Keith

My auntie Betty (Birtwistle) is 81 now, living in Leeds and has never married, so I think you missed your way there! I understand from my mum that she was a bit of a stunner in Accrington, and I think she worked at the Odeon and always carried a posh umbrella. Do you remember her brother, Barth, who's my dad (died 1995)?

Sue O'Brien (nee Birtwistle)

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Dear Sue, I don't thionk I remember your Dad "Barth" but I certainly remember Betty and her sisters. I lived in York St,Church. Your Aunty Betty was certainly a Stunner, shes about 8 years older than me . Please give her my regards and fond wishes. Keith

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Hi Keith do remember you just looked at your photo. I think your Jean was nearer my age. I used to live near the Sacred Heart on Blackburn Road. Do you remember the Flynn family. Dad Charlie quite a character. I love in Australia now have been here for 42 years but coming HOME this year. I live in Coffs Harbour so not that far from you. Been reading all the nostalgia today about Uncle Dick and Sadie. Joe Morts etc. Went back in 2007 ?what happened. The market is not the same. No fish stalls or tripe barrows. Missed the smell of the bacon in Redman's. Things aint what they used to be.
Littlepom.

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good on yer littlepom, ya visiting or returning? much has changed especially your owd area, which i now reside in.:)

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I remember seeing him.

His jacket was black leather, and was painted with a white picture of Adam Ant, and the name of the band.

They were cutting edge at the time, quite cultish.

As you say, when the group became the biggest teeny pop band of the early eighties, he disappeared...or at least stopped wearing his jacket!

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Just looked at the series of photos covering the Market refurbishment - where am i going to get my toasted currant teacake bacon sarnie now? - one of the reasons for having a couple of weeks at home.

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Think they do them in the cafe in the market, will find out for you:)

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Thanks Bernie, used to get them in the inside cafe across from the cold meat stall on the left hand side as you go in from Blackburn Rd LOL

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More or less sure the cafe near the rear door have them on the menu but if not sure we will find them somewhere for you:rolleyes:

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my memory of betty birtwistle was her walking up first blackburn road then abbey street every morning towards the palmer riley electric distributors shop where she worked for quite a while sure george walker can confirm we have mentioned betty on different threads quite some time ago

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I went back in July 1998, was terribly disapointed, everything seemed to be dull as if the life had been sucked out of the old town. Took me a long time to find a stall at the back of the Market Hall which sold tripe. What ever happened to those tripe dressers at the side of the Hall. Isn't anything sacred anymore

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1998 Keith so it was like that then, and there's me thinking it started going down hill in 2000, silly me:rolleyes:

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Jack passed away, its in todays obsevor, funeral July 5th 3-00 accy crem. picture in paper, its the guy i used to know. R.I.P. Jack.

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Was there and there was one hell of a turn-out. R.I.P. Jack.

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I am sure Joseph came from Clayton we used to see him coming up from the bottom end said hello to him many a times and got the salute from him lol.

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Jack was a good friend of mine and will be sorely missed, RIP Jack and keep those in Heaven in check

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tommys my dad, he passed away in 87

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i know that name lol,hi shaz fury:jimbo:

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The Flynn Family on Blackburn Rd ? If you are talking about 343 Blackburn rd nect to the Sacred Heart that would be my family. Is this the family you are talking about? how do you know them?
We lived there from 1969 -1988

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Ha Ha Clasic
I wander if she was a relative of mine "Maltese Azzopardi" swore a lot and lived in Accy !!
:-)

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Marys Music on Whalley Road.

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This thread was last accessed 21 months ago, so whats your point ?.