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when woolworths in accy also had a entrance where farm food was?:D it went round in a L shape!!
also parker franks, where mcdonalds was, also i remember sidewalk 54 on union street, now that was rubbish pub, no wonder it didnt last!

anything else??........:rolleyes:

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Before McDonalds was invented - Woolworths was opposite the Market Hall,
It looked like this inside
http://museum.woolworths.co.uk/1950s-i-fancygoods.htm

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omg that looks weird!!, thanks for the pic margaret!!

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M&S used to have a side enterance as well,opposite the Pickwick pub that was.There was a large bin area next to the enterance like the one on Union street.I also remember,back in the days when Broadway was'nt pedestrianised,K Taxis bieng next to the cinema.It was nothing more than a cubby hole,but a good pick up/fighting place after last orders in the Pickwick.And it took me & my mates to Rishton then to Bash for 2 quid:eek:
I too recall the side enterance to Woolies & their food counter,sold some delicious processed cheese:) And then there was Igloo on union st. 20 burgers for a quid......still waiting for the mad cow disease to kick in:(

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Was it Fosters or Burtons that used to be where Blockbuster is ? Got a nice brown suit there.

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Burtons - Ahhhh - those were the days when all men had at least 1 smart suit.

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aye that "grey speckle" shiny type!!!.....LMAO

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Drip dry crimplene :)

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Fosters was on Broadway,were Home & Bargain is i think.Bought many a trendy garment at Fosters.Pepe jeans....do they still make them.OMG..stretch jeans.God i used to be slim:D

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tight jeans!! some men did not suit them, too knobbly their knees!

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I worked in Sidewalk 54 when it first opened, it was really busy and a novelty in the town regarding music on the tv screens, we had to wear a horrible uniform but it was a laugh behind the bar.

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it was to "lit" up for me, and them steps to ladies loo was dangerous!
nearly broke me ruddy neck in them heels, being sloshed as well wouldnt have helped!!:D

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Burtons was origionally on the next block past the bank, used to design me own suits n had em made to measure there- until a unpleasant altercation.

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Yes it was far too light, didn't like the ladies loo steps either.

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e i still have a 6d fairy that was bought in woolworths although she is missing one leg & she still goes on my tree every year .

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is it a heather mills lookalike mez?:D

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ha ha no definitly not ....mines prettier :p

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thank,s for that margaret i bet them was the good day i miss out i was born in the 60s but it was nice to look back at

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remember when abbey street shopping centre was ray lyndons?
i think? i was only a kid!
with the different stalls inside it including a cafe!!

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...or if you're really old, do you remember when it was a cinema?

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... and they had double seats in alcoves at the back;)

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noooooooooo i never knew that, ill have to ask me mum, how long ago was that?

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Think it probably closed in late 50's/early 60's. Don't remember the double seats, Margaret, but, then again, you don't really notice things like that when your mum's taking you to see Bambi!

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it was the Palace Cinema.

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did there used to be a cinema, down that little street where accy observer used to be?, sure me mum said there was, that or i got the wrong street:D

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[QUOTE=panther;426361]did there used to be a cinema, down that little street where accy observer used to be?, sure me mum said there was, that or i got the wrong street:D[/QUOTE observer office i think panther - telegraph office also there, was 2 cinemas the Princes @ Empire, next door to each other.;)

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was also THE RITZ, the KINGS HALL, ODEAN, @Palace, accy had 6 cinemas.

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full of cinemas in them day eh!........they must not have been very big

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bigger than what we have now.lol

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found a website with old pics of accy.....look out for the old grammer school...looks posh!! third row in the middle

http://www.francisfrith.com/archive/...ton_photos.htm

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Ossy had 3 - Palladium. Empire and Palace
The Palace was near the bottom of Rhyddings St opposite the mill. There are new houses there now. It was owned and run by Mr Saporiti. He used to turn the heating up so he could sell more icecream, and was at the door as you arrived and left. My parents had 4 balcony front row seats booked for us every Saturday night. That was in the days before television.

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nice link panther old tech school takes me back.:)

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something to do with an inside leg measurment ? :D :D :D

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i like to look back how things used to be:D

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Before it was sidewalk it used to be the Astronaught with the Apollo upstairs, at the time it was the only place were we could drink Breakers, many a brilliant night was had in there.

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I remember going there, cant remember whether it was a teenage disco night though, anyone used to go to the Funnies teenage disco?

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This is taking me back - and making me feel old!!!! :D

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Alas, I must be really old because I CAN remember it being the pictures.
I can also remember it being Melias supermarket too.

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Parker Franks,I vaguely remember that name.What kind of shop was it?

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Wasn't it like a discount place? I bet the town's full of them now ;)

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yeh parker franks was a discount stall, But not a pound shop, more like a 50p shop back then.....heheh:D!

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no mate just a clever git with a beard that worked there.:D

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aye thurs nights upstairs were brill.... always staggered out ahhh the memories..lol

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cashman, I,m sure the photo of the Accy Tech is actually the Accy Grammer school. I went to the tech up Ossy too, just a few years before you.

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you could well be right ossy kid, just had another look n aint sure now, wynonie will know, his brain cells aint as badly damaged as mine.:)

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sidewalk 54 was originally called the astronaut and had a spacemans suit hanging in the upstairs window,also h wisemans the record and music store on broadway opposite woolies, and the grocers at the to were swintons insurance is now, catlows fruit and veg i think,i can remeber the unit 4 cinema when it was the CLASSIC and then pickwicks,which became shifters and them rumours i think,there was a good back alley up the side of the pictures were you could go and get a knee trembler after the pub closed if you were lucky,any one else remeber these places

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My sister had a Saturday job at Catlow's fruit and veg shop.

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I used to be friends with the catlow family. used to live on whalley road

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My mother used to work at Catlows when they were at the top end of broadway......the Catlow brothers used to take pity on my Mum because they knew she had 7 of us. They used to give her bags full of bruised apples...we didn't care that they were bruised and used to eat them like they were going out of fashion - my mother used to tell us off by saying 'do you think those apples grow on trees?' and we would all fall about laughing at the ridiculous question.
We used to get black bananas too......I think I was about 14 before I realised that bananas were yellow :)

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yeah i know im dragging an old thread back but tough :D

what was that little fag shop called next to barclays bank?

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Woods Tobacco Factors

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as well as the shop next to Barclays, they also had one just around the corner, on blackburn rd, used to get joss sticks there when young.:D

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ah cheers margaret and cashy, i remember it being there for years when i was ickle

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anyone remember Home Supplies? they had a shop on blackburn rd, nr greenwoods, and 4 market stalls nr uncle dicks. worked there a while, but used to duck sat afternoon n go down rovers, got away with it for months, until the manageress margaret (lovely lady) got me in office n said "i dont think you really want to work here do you? n with that conversation i left.:D

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bradleys clothes shop at top of little blackburn road
we used to get our free school uniforms there :cool:

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im sure accy grammer school became the tech after grammer school were abolished as such we became comprehensive didnt we in the early sixties :eek:

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what was the shop that is argos now???............cant think what it was:(

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Not a shop but who remembers the "sunken gardens" on broadway
Wardleworth's used to be somewhere near to where Argos is but not sure if in exactly same place.

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wardleworths was next door:D
remember that;)
dont remember the gardens but seen a pic, i must be too young:rolleyes:

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i left accy tech (ossy) easter 63, so it must have been later than that. tech obviously couldn,t keep going without me.:D

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Accy Grammar building was a bit 'tecnical' in 1982 because my son did one year of a photography course there (before he eventually made up his mind what he wanted to do :rolleyes:)

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I failed my 11 plus in 1972 and so I couldn't go to the Grammar school. It became Moorhead the year after I think.

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oh god it was just in my head then
parker franks?....nooo

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Accy Grammar and Accy Tech were two completely different places. Accy Tech, where Cashy went, was on Union Road, opposite the Palladium. It was still there last time I went past but I don't know what it's used for. Accy Grammar (which is the pic shown on the site that Panther found) was on Blackburn Road. The Grammar School left that building in 1968 and moved into some horrible concrete monstrosity on Queens Road West (which someone told me has been demolished), before going comprehensive a few years later. After the Grammar School vacated the Blackburn Road building, it was used as a sort of annexe for Accy College. My missus learned English and typing there when she came to this country in the mid-80's.

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It is now called Oswaldtwistle School.

It is a school for children who, for whatever reason, have been excluded from other schools.

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my son did his B.Tech at accy grammer school before going to uni,that would 89/90 ish.

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The concrete monstrosity has indeed been demolished. I had a meeting at the new Moorhead last year. It was very modern and quite smart. Not to sure if the architechture will stand the test of time though.
Also I didn't realise the post was discussing "The Old Grammar School", my mates dad taught cookery there.

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Correct Lilly, my daughter did do a little teaching there for a while, which she enjoyed very much .. not all lost souls.

MTB .. no wonder you failed yer 11+ with women like your bottom avatar in your mind (just jealous like) .... :D

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Wasn't it Winfields? A forerunner of catalogue/Argos type shops.

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I sometimes wish that cafe was still open nr the bus station:(...bloody good bacon butties they had there.
why did they have to get rid, and put a fag stall there?

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that would be the "Copper Kettle" panther, next to Accys most infamous meeting place of the 60s The No1 Stall.;)

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ah the copper kettle, we used to have a warm vimto in there on cold mornings,

the cinema where the jjb shop is now, didnt it play cartoons free for kids on a sat morning, i remember going a few times

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my mum used to say to me when i was ickler 'if i ever catch you in that cafe i'll kill you, its a right dive' lol

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I think it was that!
but wouldnt know about the infamous meeting place of the 60's.....lol, i wasnt born yet:rolleyes:, i'm talkking about the one next to the smelly loo's, yeh it could be that one:)

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the famous accrington loo's that have tracing paper as toilet paper, it was the same with the trains, thats worse than newspaper

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omg what a waste of time they were!!!!!

talk about "ouch":o........LOL

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do they still have the same absobant tissue paper ?

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what them loos near the cafe?

its not there anymore, built new ones, and they are proper loo rolls:D...or did ya mean do they still make that crap!...lol

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are they still in the same place or have they been moved, wow the council have splashed out on real loo paper, one of them must have had the experience of using the tracing paper

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no but ya could have started there.:D;)

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doubt it, i was born in the 70's;)

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Lol, I remember that tracing paper loo roll. It was horrible, shiny and not fit for purpose. It didn't absorb at all....ugh.

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funny thing was you couldnt line the toilet seat with it either because the wind blew it off

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You mean wind from outside.....not your wind I hope lol. :D

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lol no , i meant the wind from outside , you learn how to squat when on them loo's

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The Copper Kettle is in Warner Street is it not ?

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Quite right, Kate, but back in the day, there was a Copper Kettle cafe on the bus station...notorious haunt of local idlers and ne'er-do-wells!

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Thanks Wynonie .. remember that cafe, just not the name.

That's why Cashy remembers it so well then .. :D (you set me up to say that didn't you ! )

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thats exactly why i wasnt allowed in it, i was a good girl in those days :D

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I remember it - It had a large window frontage where you could see people on high stools facing out, eating off a window shelf - many looked a little like itinerants - so I never went in.

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ya could say that,though the No1 stall was my main haunt,:D nevertheless have a great "Copper Kettle" story which i will tell you when our paths cross.;) about someone my late mate iantow knew about.;)

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A member of my family (who lives down the road from me now) worked at Woolworths when it was there.....forever telling me things from the years she worked there.

And apparently she went to the first MacDonalds in London with her children when it opened and had fish(!) which she says was horrible.

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Talking of cafes, who remembers the Melbo?

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yep great jukebox, great milkshakes, across from the Ribble Bus Station.;) came out of their n "pinched" a whalley bus once.:D but the driver didnt know till he got to whalley.:rofl38: just kept ringing the bell to stop/go the old dears thought it was a hoot.:D

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i used to go in onmy way to school if it was cold, i only saw the market traders in there

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so margaret obviously thought we were itenerants jacky.:D

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hmm yes and i was only 11 lol

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My mum taught me to avoid old men when out and about alone :o
(they did look a bit 'unwashed')

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i think this must have been one of the first cafes in accrington
great place to meet and like cashy says at the time
great juke box