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cant remember al it wasnt mine, but kev went to holy family, ;) hes one i can remember even though i didnt.

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just had a flashback , must early onset of Alziemhers .....no idea where it came from , names of another couple of girls who used to hang out on the deck and Blue Dahlia during the late 60's , Betty Hope and Pat Cornwall ...........

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she was brought up on newark street if i remember correctly slim with black hair - i never knew her lol;) dont remember betty though.

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Cashman ....... sounds like we were around at the same time , in that case you might remember Tommy Allen , lived on Pearl st. rode a Vespa and also a pair of sisters who lived on Barnes st. in Church ,

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Go on, tell him, Mr C.

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Tony Palmer is still in Great Harwood. (If it isn't Tony it is his brother David.)I know his daughter and son-in-law, his daughter has not long since had her 2nd child.

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This reminded me of the places where my Mum told me she used to hang out in the early 1920's. The favourite place was similar .. everybody used to walk up and down Blackburn Road then.. that's where she met my Dad.
One long parade of young people.

Wasn't a Calder or Blue Dahlia in those days, so 'cept for the Sunday Schools, local dances, where else could you go to meet a future spouse ?

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allways been a bit nervous about asking for an answer about this post ,so waited for a while, but what the hell, I think over time .........well were talking nearly 40 years ago .
no offense meant or intended for anyone

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Me too, whats the answer.

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oh just realized alan ......yes it will be about 40yrs ago girls used to meet their dates at redmans too with lads hanging on railings on "deck"

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i didnt mez - always arranged to meet em outside Copper Kettle,cos you could see what they looked like from peeping through the window of the Market Room of the Commercial;) also if they stood you up,it never interfered with drinking time.:D

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Sorry, it was just the Alzheimer's kicking in. I was getting my streets in Church mixed up. I realised after I'd made the post that the sisters Cashy knows lived on a completely different street to the one you're talking about, so it's a case of mistaken identity. Anyway, nurse is coming round with my pills now...

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Thank god for that thought it was ME with alzheimers, so i kept a discreet silence on the subject.:rofl38: :rofl38:

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i also wondered if steeljack was on the wrong street? i knew sisters who lived just around the corner from the far end of barnes street= france street,so that could be an easy error after all these years.:)

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Just realised that it's exactly 40 years since I began my apprenticeship on the Deck. Start of the school holidays, 1967, and I, as a callow 16-year old, park myself on the bench by the town hall with my more worldly-wise mate, Max. Feeling pretty cool in my new Levi 501's, bought from Milletts (next door to the Commercial) and worn in the bath to shrink, along with a new pair of Clarks desert boots. Still very much in awe of the older chaps like Isaac, Florrie and Vito, but the atmosphere is laid back and mellow and I soon feel at home. Little did I know that the next few years were going to be some of the most memorable of my life...