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yep top geezer,maybe the other guy owned it n chris was manager:confused:

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It could well have been, Mr C. One thing's for sure...he always kept a well-stocked jukebox!

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How many times you puke up in there, Cashy?

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in all honesty never, cos it was always nearer to the pub bogs.:D

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Remember when most pub bogs were outdoors? A far healthier option, in my opinion. Never any smells and it made a man out of you going out in the rain. The only problem was the lights rarely worked. Are there any outdoor bogs left in Accy/Hyndburn?

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When I was going in regularly in the mid 70s, it was owned by a bloke called Alf, as in Alfonso Alaria and Javani managed it for him, Alf ran the Blue Dahlia on Blackburn boulevard and he lived in Darwen

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ah chris musta flogged it him then.:)

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you just used to leave your stuff in the cubicle... I once got my shoes nicked: lucky my dad came to pick me up:
used to get soup from the machine... and the highlight in winter was when they turned on the lights.... wowwwwwwwwwww easy to please we were:

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oh theres loads of outdoor bogs in accy T, just watch the chavs on a sat night you will soon see em.:D

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shhhhhhh they will go back to the old ways: after all we have to smoke outside... so may as well::)

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Well I remember there was a gents up every back street on the way home from Accy Con on a Saturday night:D

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I'm sure Chris owns it now and has done for a few years.
John and Franco ran it for him and Chris' daughter Tina worked there too!
I used to go in every saturday for my dinner with my mum and dad and became good friends with all of them.
Shame it isn't like that now.

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wow lots of nostalga and memories on this thread.

who remembers the EJ Riley shop which was opposite Argos on Little Blackburn Road I used to go in most Saturdays to add to my subuteo collection( which I've still got 35 plus years later). I remember Woolworths being in an L shape and in the Union Street bit they had the fresh meat counters

I think the demolition of Ken Cleggs on bull Bridge and the pub next to it was the early 80's rather han the early 60's

Does anybody remember the cafe that the bus drivers used in the market hall that you accessed from the bus inspectors office it was always a haze of blue smoke but the meals were really good and cheap from what I remember as a kid

On another thread somebody mentioned there being a bar on the peel street side of the bus station next to the newsagents, it rings a slight bell but can anybody recall it's name

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the pub was still there in 1970 when i was banned from it.:D

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i think Mr tipping's on Blackburn Rd was the first, where accy car park is now

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Brings back memories, used to go there shopping for Mum:)

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you did'nt need to go, he use to deliver if you were well in

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always thought "Sauls" was the first.:confused:

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while were on this nostalgic trip into the past, does anybody know where barrymiwick is or was [not sure about the spelling on that one]

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can ya give us a clue mate?:confused:

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rishes crisp's, chuch

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ya mean rishy? think that was bridge street, but aint 100%

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Was born on Croft St and used to go to the papershop next to the Black Bull on Bull bridge. Can't quite recall who owned it but he there for years. Funny thing is we got our papers from there and I delivered from another papershop and the lad that had the same round I took his families papers PMSL now at thought.

Had my 1st legal pint in Black Bull with my Dad in 1973 and the Drill Hall was still going as was the factory across the road.

When on the buses used to have to come under the viaduct from the Dill Hall or Church Kirk run and if empty shoot off up King St and to dept but there was usally someone on for the town centre LOL :tongueout

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My Aunt used to work there for years, they used to deliver your ORDER every friday think they had another shop in Accy too

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They moved to Great Harwood, when they when all mechanised, did some work on their new factory, put me off crisps for years

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My uncle George Rose used to own Rishy Crisps, then when he moved it up Harrod he sold out a multinational, cant remember the name, but he was still Chairman, then a few years later he died of a heart attack at his desk, ( circa 1970s ) .

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Not sure Alan but I think it may have been Walkers that bought Rishy, or could have been Bensons

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Yea thats the one Bensons, jaysay. He started in my aunt Annies back room making the crisps then slowly built it up from there. Big cigar smoker, lived in a house on the Espanade in Rishton, Hence Rishy. I think his daughter still has a stall in Accy Market Hall, her name is Susan and he had son George.

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I know a few people who used to work at XL crisps in Harwood, which was owned by Bensons. It may be they used to make the XL brand which is why they referred to it as XL. I thought at one time it was owned by Brooke Bond. I'll have to ask next time I see one of them.

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Brook Bond were housed in the same building I think but i'm not sure. I worked at BB in the plant that made Tea Bags

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Two good friends worked in tea bag section broke bond tom and ken clough worked with them at NCB garage moorfield altham they went to oxo I went to gilbraiths when we got made redundant

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I think I am right in saying that the first supermarket in Accrington was Associated Dairies (I am not sure that they called themselves ASDA at the time,) on Blackburn Road occupying premises vacated by the Co-op, and it was established about 1964.
It was a pretty crude affair, with rough-sawn wooden racks, and goods displayed in the outer packaging as received, i.e. large cardboard boxes slashed open to display the contents.

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probably was the first of the "modern" type of them, reckon "Sauls" could have been classed as one way back before that.:)

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Worked at XL myself in the late 70's...unfortunately a promising career as a cardboard box flattener was cut short when I got sussed smoking in the potato store...:D

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Yep i remember that, it used to be called the Queens supermarket! But as Cashy says Sauls was certainly there before then, used to go there when i was a kid with me Mum and Dad, used to love the way your cash used to shoot up to the office, and then wait for the change to come back down!

Best Regards - Taggy

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I tell you what Mancie them potato stores were something weren't they, all connected to a belt system, I did quite a lot of work there in the late sixties, when they'd just moved in

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I heard once that the potatoes were stored in 'gas' to prevent them sprouting.
Anyone know what the 'gas' was?

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Didn't know that Magaret, mind you when I worked there they were still getting fit up in the early days

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I must be as old cause I remember that and my mum used to be a waitress in the odeon resturant

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I can rembber the mace shop on cross street in oswaldtwistle-and the offlicence on the next street what was james street but they have gone now.

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my aunt Alice also lived on Paradise street well i'm not sure if she was a proper aunty or someone we just called aunty

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Mancie after a good 'Ruby' the night before.:):D

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Anybody remember the old Irish League club in ossy, think it was on the corner of Simpson Street, its now a doctors surgery, or it was the last time I looked:rolleyes:

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I used to work for a firm that supplied the Irish League with cigarettes, tobacco etc. Every month they used to order '1 gross matches', we always sent them 'England's Glory'. Every month we got them back with a note saying 'This brand of matches unacceptable, please deliver alternative'.:)

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Had some great nights out up there, used to go every Thursday:)

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yep when the groups were on, had some good nights, one of em,the group singer was crap,so me mate jumped on stage, took the mic off him, said summat to the group, n proceded to sing "Emile Ford" what do ya wanna make those eyes at me for, n got the biggest clap of the night.:D:D:D:D

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The shop called Saul's was in Black Abbey St. He lived in Blackpool, my father once asked him why he did'nt put he real name on the sign, R. Saul., his reply was, yes and you local wags would have a real time with that.

The first owner of the shop was called Bob Holt.

Retlaw.

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The houses for the firemen in Manchester Rd, did have a cummunal area at the back, but they had inside toilets.
The only thing out back was a coal bunker and a dustbin.

Retlaw.

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My Auntie used to work in that shop (mace), was owned by a chap called Harry Smith and his wife, think he died not that long ago!

Best Regards - Taggy

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Harry & Queenie Smith ran the shop, and had a daughter Barbara
May Woods & Peggy Birtwell worked in the shop inthe early 60,s

The off licence was run by Hilda & Joe Grundy. and Gordon Addison before
them
I earned 5 bob a week bringing all the beer & soft drinks up from the cellar
for Hilda & Joe
May Woods also worked in the off licence for Hilda & Joe

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All my family were members of the club for many years.

All members kids were treated to a day trip to Southport once a year,we all got a bottle of pop,a bag of crisps on the coach, 5 bob to spend,and fish & chips for tea
Great days out!
James St club also did the same [but we went by train]

Any one else remember?

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One member once sang GOD SAVE THE QUEEN at the end of a free & easy night , the commitee thought that this was also unaccepable

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Peggy Birtwell is my Auntie!!:)

Best Regards - Taggy

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In the sixties my best mate was a guy called Gordon Addison (Lefty), but I'm sure it couldn't have been the same chap SA, Lefty worked for the Coop, then the family emigrated to Australia, but came back soon after, he then joined the Police and moved to Morecambe as a detective, haven't heard of him for over twenty years

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Mate of mine did a disco there on Thursdays too, he was called Vic, came from Burnley

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Can't remember DJ's names John it was quite a while ago now:)

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ha ha u dont say they were offendeded:confused::D

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To be sure, to be sure, to be sure:D

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I'm talking about 1970 or 71 Bernie

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remember moving to accy on a nice little sreet.then some scummy landlord left a house empty for years leaving it to bring the street down in fact its still empty now,then the local school putting a 11 grey fence up making it feel you were in a prison at the same time chopping down a picturesque tree at the end of the street.then the scummy landlords buying up everything an moving in druggie scum and noisy polish nieghbours.so when i complained to let the house[buy the house] they said the owner was polish and was abroad and there was nothing they could do.complained to the council was still waiting for a reply before i moved up here.phoned police would prob still be waiting so accy has been let down by those in charge the local council is a disgrace tory or labour[they are in a old pals act]the local bail hostel letting paedophiles etc running amock etc .if accy was still the same when i first moved there i would still be there..

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Before my time John was still at school then:)

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Keep forgetting how old I am Bernie:rolleyes:

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its one of the first signs john..:confused::confused::confused:

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Signs of what beechy:confused::confused::confused::confused::con fused::D

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as Wayne Fontana said last night..........its a barsteward that Altzheimers.:D;)

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Just another sign of ageing, just had my hair cut, well shaved, and I've been gleefully informed by my other half that my hair is turning grey at a great rate of knot's, I could soon be after the title silver fox, oh but wait a minute there's some one already well in advance with that one:D okay Dave:D

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I was great mates with Peggy,s son John when they lived in Ash Street,before they moved to the NEW COUNCIL HOUSES in West End.
John started at Rhyddings before changing to Accy Grammar School in 1960.

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It was Gordon Addison senior who had the offlicence,before that i think he ran the butchers shop for the co_op

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Lefties Dad was called Jack SA, he was a butcher by trade and he did work for the Coop lived on Fielding lane higher up than the Stop and Rest on the opposite side of the road

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John went on to become Headmaster at, i think, Haslingden Grammar School, but unfortunately had some heart probs and had to retire early, he's doing fine at the moment though.

Best Regards - Taggy

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Can any one remember the petrol station that was at the bottom and on the left of church st as you went down it or remember the pub called the Astronaut where under age drinkers used to hide up stairs

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what about the great old Accy baths not just for swimming some people didnt have a bath or shower so they would pay 10p for a bath which i thought were huge when i was younger lol. from the above message it wasnt church st it was union st and a forgetfull moment lol

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yeah lushy.. was it 10p? near on price of a pint in my day...had one there when semi homeless and it was a bloody big bath!

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the first darkie i ever saw lived right across from the owd baths, was a smart bloke n all the grown ups called him the "Black Prince":) that would be 57/58 ish.

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crikey 57/58?.. 10p was a hundred quid in them days..showing yer age Cashman!:D

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yep oldest swinger in town, only D.J. wi a bus pass.:D

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Astronaut was on Union Street not Church Street (which I see you've corrected in another post) Was a regular in there most Friday and Saturday nights during the mid-seventies, used to go in there with Italian John from the Blue Dahlia in Accy and Alf who ran the Dahlia on Blackburn Boulevard

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Wonder if anyone kept the model Astronaut that was fixed to the ceiling?

Best Regards - Taggy

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was probably nicked taggy, by one of the many salubrious clients.:D

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Is this the Church St in Accrington, if so, there's never been a petrol station in Church St.

Retlaw.

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Hey You, I'll have you know I was a good law abiding well respected customer for a few years thank you very much:D:D:p

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He correted it Retlaw, to Union Street, not Church Street:D

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....and i used to go in there Suited and Booted too....mind you, came out in a right state!!!:D:D

Best Regards - Taggy

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whereabouts was the Dahaila on the Boulevard John,

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Who Remembers the pub called the Pickwick i think it was next to the old picture house in Accrington and the old air raid shelter which is now the council work yard just of willows lane on the left past the bridge as you go up.

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yep the pickwick was a wonderful place, never paid fer a pint in there, only pub in town fer free beer.:D

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How did you manage that, Mr C? I always had to pay.

Last time I was in was Boxing Night, 1976. There'd been a derby match at Ewood and it kicked off between Rovers and Clarets fans. Ended up getting lamped (even though I was a neutral) and made a stratrgic retreat!

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Between Queen Vics statue and the Toilets Alan, it was only very small, but very busy

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Used to go in there some lunch times, met a lass who worked at Woolies for for drinkies, the main thing I remember was that you stuck to the bloody carpet, it was disgustingly sticky wi people pouring their ale on the floor instead of down their necks:rolleyes:

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very easily we just walked in n picked up one of the many pints on those nice wooden standing tables.:D so if anyone on here lost a pint in those days............... TOUGH.:D

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Hell, cashy, for a moment I thought you were going to apologies then:D

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sometime in the early 80's the Pickwick got a late drinking license and one night they had a special offer of 30p for a shot of gin...me and a mate went in there with £15 each and thats the last thing I remember... woke up the day after with about 80p in mi pocket, we must have done a bottle each!:D:mosher:

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Not bad for a 12 year old, bet you couldn't do it now.:rolleyes:;)

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yeah not bad Bagpuss...what's even more amazing is that apparently I came out of there and beat up 15 skinheads in the carpark on mi way over to the astronuat!:p:D

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I remember reading about that.

The nit nurse was just taking those little tots for a breath of fresh air, whilst the chemicals started to work on their shaved bonces.

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no matter the age Garinda..they were all tooled up with rattles.. some even had bottles!

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Just depends what's in the bottle Rindi:rolleyes:

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Continuous showings at the Cinema, you could stay in all day if you wished. Hated going in though just before the end of the main movie ... had to shut my eyes and ears for a while so it wouldn't spoil it later. :D

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I used to love the B movies, especially the detective and western fillums. In fact, a lot of the time, I used to like 'em better than the main feature!