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I thought it was the MelbA
-- I remember their gorgeous frothy Horlicks---yummy

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the horlicks were great
and so was the hot vimto
but im sure it was the melbo.. after melbo.urne st :rolleyes:

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I just found this old thread.
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...e-st-2800.html
I am not the only one who remembers it as Melba
melba as in a milkshake by that name

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the only cafe other than the copper kettle that i remember from when i was young is kenyons

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used it regular n never knew it as the melba:confused: in fact without proof i aint having it.:tongueout

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So the men prefer the masculine version ending in 'O'
Two of us ladies know it by the feminine ending 'A'

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Sorry, ladies, here is the proof from the cover of an old Stanley programme currently on ebay. Just look closely at the ad in the middle of the page...

1953/4 Accrington Stanley v Barnsley programme on eBay, also League Fixtures 1950-1958, League Fixtures, Football Programmes, Sports Memorabilia (end time 03-Feb-08 10:24:19 GMT)

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Thanks for that -- solved :o

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There's a terribly rude joke, just waiting to be told here, but I don't think it should be me that does it.:o:D

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what a suprise! the men have been proved correct.:tongueout;)

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UNLESS....the programme had a printer's error......possible

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doubt that cos i donated differant programmes from differant years to the club, all were the same.;)

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I suppose it's possible if the typesetter/compositor was female. :rolleyes:

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Don't think so, the example shown was from 1953/54, and the very same ad was still running on the cover of 1960 programmes (obviously, the Melbo's owner believed in the power of advertising!). I've seen a fair few examples from various seasons and it's always shown as Melbo. Reckon if it was a printer's error, it would have been corrected at some point over the intervening six years!

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:worthy::worthy::worthy::worthy::worthy::worthy:I concede:worthy:

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Do you?...oh, right...you've taken me a bit by surprise there...Mrs H would've gone on insisting that she wasn't necessarily wrong for hours yet! :D

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does anyone know what that chippy up the side of the bus station(going towards royal mail, where ya pick ya parcels up), was called when it was a cafe, think it was in the 60's not sure

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Palatine Cafe

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just wondering thats all cuz my mum worked there, said she always chatting up the bus drivers;)...........little ******!!

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Don't know why but I think what is now Argos was once called "Shopper's World " ?????

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It was. Shopper's World was like an early Argos. You ordered what you wanted from a catalogue, and everything was stored out of sight.

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Blimey ! I really don't know where I dredged that one from !:confused:

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shoppers world?...never heard of it:(

anyone remember when abbey st shop was a shopping center?

i remember all them different stalls in it, and the cafe with the red seats?

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who remembers Wandering Walter? used to appear in pubs n clubs way back when.

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Blimey Cashman, that,s a name from the past. I remember him up at the Plough doing his thing. Is he still alive? Quite a character.

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have not a clue ossy kid:confused: remember him from Plough n Church Commercial way back, i was wondering meself,aint heard a thing about him for over 30 yrs, wondered if anyone knew where he was actually from?:confused:

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I think he died about 4 years ago, he had a geat brand of comedy

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I used to work there panther, it was owned by Ray Lyndon, I managed the DIY store upstairs, it was called Croftspell. The people who owned the cafe were from Bolton, they used to make great bacon butties which were not right popular with Mr Lyndon

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why werent they popular with mr lyndon?

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Can remember it when it was a cinema but not as a shopping centre. maybe I didn't live round here then.

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Most likely because the clothing he sold stank of their fry-ups

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He was jewish flashy:D

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THATS IT!!!
ray lyndons:rolleyes:, i was only a kid back then;)

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just out of interest,was his missus?

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I think she changed cashy as I know the twins were, a few years after I worked for him I believe he left her and went off with a younger model. The last time I heard of him he was living in St Annes or somewhere like that

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suspected so,seem to remember vaugley also that he croaked a few years back:confused: not 100% sure on that.

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If I recall - Mrs Lyndon was a "Briggs". Her parents lived next door but 2 to me on Manchester Road. For the life of me I can't remember the twins names but Anthony rings a bell. There were also two older siblings - Steven and Daryl who will be in there 40's now. I used to walk to school with Steven who always dressed somewhat rebelious. IE White short skinners and high leg docs and Bay City Roller scarfs !!!!

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Quite right I think she was called Pat, Steven was from her first marrage to a lad Called Neville Escathe(I think that was his name, his first name was definitely Nev, I worked with him in the sixties), I'm no sure, but I think Ray adopted him, because his last name was Lyndon. The twins were called Anthony and Deryle or Daz as he liked to be called. Pat also had a sister who was landady of the Queens at one time, but when I worked at the store she was the manageress.

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Can't remember him kicking it cashy, but I will make some enquiries and see if I can find out for sure

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fair enough,i'm happy to be wrong, n bet rays even happier.:D

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I've contacted one or two people and no one seems to know whether he is still here or not, but has they say no news is good news, so rays still happy:D

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Can't remember Wandering Walter at The Plough. I can remember Swinging Wilf though, Three Coins In A Fountain was a classic of his.

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He also did a few gigs at the Stop and Rest Walter that is, as for Swing he was a real star, its just a pity Simon Cowel wasn't around in those days, the world would have been his oyster:D

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jeez wilf was one i forgot,where are these stars now?:confused:

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Wilf is long gone must be 15 years since, and I think walter is in that comedy lounge in the sky as well now cashy, I think I remember bing told he'd died about four years ago, but there again I'm not 100% sure

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I wonder if that would be Neville Hesketh. He and his brother, Graham, lived in West End as children. He'd be around the age of 70 now.

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Could well be West Ender and thats how my neville spelled his name is me who's a mupet at spelling, as for being 70 i'm not sure I knew he was older than me but I didn't think that much older. I'm 62 next birthday, but I'm sure he wasn't 8 years older, he use to mate out with George Gibson, and Travis Brierly who were both joiners as were both Neville and myself, I'll do a bit of digging and see what I come up with

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It may not be the same person, Jaysay, but it's not a common name. I know he was a bit older than me, I'm 65, but maybe he's not reached 70 yet. I didn't know him well, I think the family moved when I was quite young.

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the "Pie Eating Contests" they used to have in the Plough, would be mid 60s i reckon, had a crack n failed miserably.:D

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many pubs also had "Hard Boiled Egg" Cream Cracker" eating contests, also the "Yard Of Ale", the black bull also had the "Boot" which was 4 1/2 pints,all these are long gone,mores the pity.

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Used to do the yard of ale on Boxing Day every year in the Stop and Rest, I did it once then went calling for my long lost mate Hughie in the john:D

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think we must have had the same mate.:D;)

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Does anyone remember Gateway in ossy?........, wasnt it called that when they built the shop?

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remember it as gateway, think that was in 70s?

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white ash when it was the local landfill site ?

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also up yon was the "Swanee" as locals called it, used to go up catching newts from the tech at dinner time.

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I remember "skating" on the Swanee in the days when we used to get snow and ice in Winter. Also picking cotton grass seeds which we were convinced was the same as the American stuff the mills made into cloth. I think that's why it was called the Swanee.

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Seems we have more in common tha I thought cashy, used to do exactly the same myself many moons ago

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Talking about old shops, I was thinking the other day jus how many shops have gone or changed use in Union Road Ossy, since I was a lad, 50 years ago. Oposite St. Pauls school there was Nellie Barnes green grocer Makinsons sweet shop, a pram shop, can't remember the name. Further up there was Walmsley's hairdressers and Kershaws Ladies and Gents Hairdressers, and not forgetting the post office both at the Town Hall (sorry Gayle, civic theatre) and Moorend, its quite depressing realy, anybody know any more

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There's quite a few photographs of by-gone shops on this site, if you've never seen it.

LIFE AND TIMES OF OSWALDTWISTLE

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Thanks Rindi thats very interesting, will have a good snoop through the site tomorrow, is this site run by Ossy Goblin by any chance

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what are you on about???...LOL
im talking about where the co-op is now:rolleyes:, it used to be gateway, sorry i should have said earlier...heheh

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I remember when there used to be a toy shop on union rd!!
yes where the age concern is now(I think that is what it is called), nr the library:D

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i,m talking about where the co-op is now, watta ya on? gimme some.;):D

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it was built in the 90's i think not the 70's....lol, ya div;)

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I always wondered how it ended up being called the Swannee, thank you.

I used to thing it looked like a picture in my children's bible, that had a painting of Moses in a basket amongst the bullrushes.:o

It was much more exciting before they landscaped it, and made a boring field.

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well if i'm talking about the wrong shop- i cant argue wi that.:D

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do ya mean the old co-op was, where pet warehouse is nr or that building nr the golden cross?

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i was meaning across from golden cross, if i'm wrong it wont be the first time.:D

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It was there when I moved back to Ossy 22 years ago panter, but how long before I don't know:confused:

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which shop does she mean? not name, position.

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she has a name:eek:...lol
I mean the co-op now across from golden cross:D
that hasnt been there more than 22 years has it???...:eek:

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yep NOW whos the div?:D:D:rolleyes:

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the sunken gardens before they built the Arndale centre?

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yes it is accy grammar I should know I used to live on hartman street just opposite the side gate to the playground

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can anybody tell me where the old snow city shop on union street was please my parents used to go there to do shopping and they was talking about it today

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the co-op in ossy was called gateway when it first opened yes but it was built in the 80s only remember cause i used to walk past it on my way to primary school

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i was thinking more late 70s?:confused:

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Remember the gardens well, they used to have chains with spikes on between small stone pillars, and a car park at the back, I think the Arndale was built in the late fifties, but if I'm wrong I'm sure some one will piont it out

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When I started work at Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, we were in an office in the building, over the shops, in the block next to the corner bank, looking straight down Broadway. I started there in 1959 - I think that the gardens were built on sometime between 1962 and when the office moved to Melbourne House in 1965.

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so ya was wrong too:tongueout

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theres photos of em somewhere, gardens where constructed 1952, in 58 plans were drawn up to allow the building of shops on em, that info is from me xmas present Accrington Old @New, photographic memories.;)theres also a photo in the book.

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still aint convinced.;)

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Felt like I made an elderly gentleman's day today.

Daughter was in her surgery in Dewsbury with a 75 year old called Jeff. Seems he had lived in Accrington at one time, for quite some time. They had got chatting and told her that he used to do ballroom dancing here (bit of a champion I think) and couldn't remember the names of the ballrooms.

She rang me from her mobile, and I gave her as many as I could remember and the bands, and could hear him saying "Oh, yes", etc. Was lovely to to be able to bring back memories for him. Seems he taught Russian history whilst he was here.

Told my daughter to point him to our web .. hope he turns up. :)

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honestly it was the 80s before that it was a field and before that shops and houses

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fair enough mate,musta been early 80s then,:confused: me memories not what it was, but hope it aint that far out.:D

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I remember it being a big grass hill before the shop was built, pity i cant find when it was built:(

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was trying to look on the internet when it was built, cant find a dickie bird!
but something is confusing me.....it says co-op is 276 union rd ossy, but is says caspian is also 276 union rd ossy:confused:....summat wrong ere, or is co-op supposed to be 276A union rd?....:rolleyes:

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Not a local celebrity but who remembers Reginald Molehusband. I think quite a few of his relatives try to park on the Arndale car-park. Apparently the original film has been lost and a new one made with the actor (he's about 80 now) who made the first one, for which he was paid the princely sum of £10.

This is the story of Reginald Molehusband, married, two children, whose reverse parking was a public danger. People came from miles just to see it. Bets were laid on his performance. What he managed to miss at the back, he was sure to make up for at the front. Bus drivers and taxis changed their routes to avoid him. Until the day that Reginald Molehusband did it right. Not too close, far enough forward... come on Reginald... and reverse in slowly... come on.... and watching traffic... and park perfectly! Well done Reginald Molehusband, the safest parker in town.

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BBC NEWS | Magazine | 'I was Reginald Molehusband'

If anyone has a copy of the original you can ask a lot for it!

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dickie bird panther, used to be a cricket umpire, lives in Barnsley, so him ont telly watching Barnsley beat Liverpool:D:D

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Neil, my mum does remember your mum's shop, now that I've shown her the photograph, but now wants to know when it opened, as she thinks it used to be a bric-a-brack shop, where she bought a water colour from with her first wage?

Mothers_Shop_1_.JPG :: thanks to Derek Mooney for this Photo Mothers Shop. My mother had a drapery shop at No.70 union road. (opposite the end of Queen Street) and this photo was taken 18th July 1964 when Union Road was flooded. Where the shop stood

Incidentally, the 18th of July 1964 was the day when we had terrible floods in east Lancashire. A friend of my grandpa's bakers shop was washed away at Rising Bridge, and that day my grandpa was taking my mum and dad to London, to get the boat train to Nice, and the roads were so bad they nearly missed it. Happily I was asleep in my mum's tummy at the time.:D

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Remember that Saturday well, I have never seen it rain so hard since, it started at 11am and by 1pm it was a lovely sunny day, The area that is now the Foxhill nature reserve was under water, so was the land opposite the Nash Club

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bet they had a few in for that Lol :rolleyes:

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The Arndale shops were built 1959/61. At the time, the M&S was the first new Marks branch to be opened in the UK since the war. Does anybody remember those pale blue, modernistic-looking fountains that were constructed at each end of Broadway?

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As an offshoot from the toothpaste thread --
Remember the days BEFORE toothpaste ---
when we used this----

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It is a pink block of compressed tooth cleaner in a round tin. You rub your wet toothbrush on the block to load the brush. (after removing the pleated cellophane wrap shown)

another pic

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does anybody remember when they used to take pop bottles back to the shop for 10p??
used to get a load of penny sweets with them 'barr' pop bottles:D