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taddy 16-03-2014 15:40

Huncoat Youth Club
 
Hi all, I am a newcomer to the Accrington Web but an elderly gent of the village of Huncoat, I have lived in the village for sixty years this year.
A mate and I were reminiscing recently about the youth club that used to be held in huncoat junior school in the 1950/60s, the topic was the name of the leader, organizer, whatever they were called in those far of days.
All that we could remember was that he was a large approachable guy who I think came from Burnley, is anyone on this web blessed with a better memory than two elderly gentlemen of Huncoat.:):):)

ossy kid 17-03-2014 16:27

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Careful Taddy, I used to go to Huncoat youth club in the late 50s and I don't consider myself ELDERLY. Now what was your question?

Bob Dobson 17-03-2014 16:41

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I have sent one off to Ralph & Amy Bracewell, who probably attended HYC

taddy 17-03-2014 20:13

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Hi Bob, would you by any chance be related to Charlie Dobson who lived in the so called Russel houses on Burnley road?, he had a son who was a mate of mine at Woodnook school; name of Brian.
Yours Taddy

taddy 30-03-2014 20:41

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Come on people, surely i'm not the only one on this web site who went to Huncoat youth club in the late 50s, early 60s,Who was the big guy who used to run the club ? :punsure:

Bob Dobson 30-03-2014 21:20

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Originally Posted by taddy (Post 1098264)
Hi Bob, would you by any chance be related to Charlie Dobson who lived in the so called Russel houses on Burnley road?, he had a son who was a mate of mine at Woodnook school; name of Brian.
Yours Taddy

Not one of my family so far as I am aware,

Margaret Pilkington 30-03-2014 21:28

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Teddy, were you at Woodnook school at the same time as Roy Wallace and Patrick Varley?

ossy kid 31-03-2014 04:00

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Taddy, the only "old" person I can remember at the youth club was Ronnie Howland who was also a teacher at the tech up Ossy. There are some photo's on here if you search back through the archives. Incidentally we had a great football team there in the late 50s.

cashman 31-03-2014 10:14

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1100556)
Teddy, were you at Woodnook school at the same time as Roy Wallace and Patrick Varley?

There was 2 geezers i supped wi fer years in 60s.;) Sadly Pats long gone, n Roys in a electric buggy.:(

Margaret Pilkington 31-03-2014 19:07

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I used to see Patrick on the bus to Blackburn sometimes. Not sure if he recognised me in uniform though.

cashman 31-03-2014 19:17

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1100655)
I used to see Patrick on the bus to Blackburn sometimes. Not sure if he recognised me in uniform though.

If that was when he was going down rovers,i was usually wi him.;)

Margaret Pilkington 31-03-2014 19:49

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No Cashy, it was on the early morning bus....ten minutes to six....I was going on duty.....and it was the bus from Burnley(though he could have hopped on at the Load of Mischief).

Margaret Pilkington 31-03-2014 19:52

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I can remember the name 'taddy'.....not sure if taddy would know my brothers....Mick and Peter.....strange though I can't put a face to the name. Not like me at all. Have a good memory for names and faces.

taddy 01-04-2014 21:05

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1100556)
Teddy, were you at Woodnook school at the same time as Roy Wallace and Patrick Varley?

Yes Margaret, I remember Roy and Patrick well, in fact Patrick and I both played football for Woodnook school, Pat Varley was the Captain.
It's only the other day I was looking at the Woodnook football team photograph and I have said many times that I must take it down to the Accy Observer office and get them to print it in their paper.

I am presuming rightly or wrongly that Pilkington is your married name, if so what is the surname of your brothers Mick and Peter?
Yours, Taddy, 67 years old white haired on the outside but 21 and pure gold on the inside.

taddy 01-04-2014 21:13

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Originally Posted by ossy kid (Post 1100575)
Taddy, the only "old" person I can remember at the youth club was Ronnie Howland who was also a teacher at the tech up Ossy. There are some photo's on here if you search back through the archives. Incidentally we had a great football team there in the late 50s.

Thanks for that, if I can figure out how to access the archives I'll have a look.
Cannot remember a Ronnie Howland unfortunately

Margaret Pilkington 01-04-2014 21:13

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Taddy, you are right....Pilkington is my married name. My maiden name was Duxbury......and if you are 67 then it is likely that you would have been in the same year as me at Woodnook.

Margaret Pilkington 01-04-2014 21:15

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Oh, yes and we lived up on top of Riley's Hill in Accrington.

taddy 01-04-2014 21:46

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1100824)
Oh, yes and we lived up on top of Riley's Hill in Accrington.

Although I have put my remembering head on, I'm afraid I can't recall a Margaret Duxbury, the name Mick Duxbury strikes a long forgotten cord in the old subconscious and as for Riley's hill I am afraid that you will have to explain where that is as I have never heard of it; but then again I do come from Huncoat, where if anyone wants to leave they have to obtain the key from the watchman and be home before the clock strikes midnight,;););).

You say that you have a good memory for names, My moniker is Mick Hadfield. my sister Linda also went to Woodnook but she is two years younger than me but you may remember her.

Margaret Pilkington 01-04-2014 21:50

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Yes, the name rings a bell....and Linda too.
Riley's Hill is near Priestley Clough.....where we used to do Cross Country runs.....Bullough Park is that way too.

taddy 01-04-2014 22:46

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Cross country runs with Milton Suthers, Oh the pain but I still reckon he was a good teacher, P.E. and maths, shame there arn't more like him today.
Past my bedtime, Ah well, stay happy, Yours Taddy.

Margaret Pilkington 02-04-2014 06:29

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He always scared me to death......maths was my worst nightmare.
Mr Allen was headmaster. Miss Croston for Art, Mrs Thompson for RI. Mr Gale was form teacher...he was a big chap who would squeeze himself into a little White Renault.
It was Mrs Whittaker who took the girls on those cross country runs, up past Nelson's farm.....she used to watch through Binocs to see who,was smoking on the way back......smoke?
It took me all my time to run and breathe!

cashman 02-04-2014 09:33

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Originally Posted by ossy kid (Post 1100575)
Taddy, the only "old" person I can remember at the youth club was Ronnie Howland who was also a teacher at the tech up Ossy. There are some photo's on here if you search back through the archives. Incidentally we had a great football team there in the late 50s.

Am i getting confused here? Thought Ronnie was the son, n Alan Howland the teacher?:confused: DtheP will know fer sure if he reads this.

DtheP47 02-04-2014 15:47

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Ol t'was Ronnie Howland who taught us woodwork.. Memories ..the smell of that skanky encrusted glue pot boiling in the workshop I am sure there were horses hooves in there.

cashman 02-04-2014 16:04

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Originally Posted by DtheP47 (Post 1100971)
Ol t'was Ronnie Howland who taught us woodwork.. Memories ..the smell of that skanky encrusted glue pot boiling in the workshop I am sure there were horses hooves in there.

Cheers D, twas simpleton here getting confused.:D He once split me head open hurling a bit of 3x2 at me fer talking, a real turd.

DtheP47 02-04-2014 16:30

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1100975)
Cheers D, twas simpleton here getting confused.:D He once split me head open hurling a bit of 3x2 at me fer talking, a real turd.

Yes Ol he was sadistic twot ...knuckled me once when we were down at St Mary's Bay camp, left a fair sized bruise when me and Pete Morrow got caught climbing back in though the dorm window after being out errr "calling on" some cockney girls in another hut.His breath stunk of booze n fags... Worse that that skanky glue pot.

taddy 02-04-2014 19:58

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I have copied a photograph of the Woodnook football team in the 1961/62 season and I am going to ask my good lady,(or even the wife),:D, if she will take it into the accy observer office on friday when she is down in the big city shopping. Hopefully they will print it in the paper the following week,(if of course that is how it works).
Stay happy as ever, Yours Taddy.:):)

Margaret Pilkington 02-04-2014 20:05

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Taddy, I am sure the Accrington Museum in the Arndale would also like a copy.

taddy 02-04-2014 20:18

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ossy kid (Post 1100575)
Taddy, the only "old" person I can remember at the youth club was Ronnie Howland who was also a teacher at the tech up Ossy. There are some photo's on here if you search back through the archives. Incidentally we had a great football team there in the late 50s.

Hello ossy kid, could you please give me some advise as to how to access the archives as you so kindly suggested

I am not really genned up on Bill Gates infernal machine yet. Many thanks, Taddy.

taddy 02-04-2014 20:21

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1101024)
Taddy, I am sure the Accrington Museum in the Arndale would also like a copy.

Good thinking Margaret, I will print out another copy.

ossy kid 03-04-2014 03:46

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In the search section at the top of the page put in Huncoat youth club and see what you get.

Aussie Irene 03-04-2014 08:06

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Taddy, Did you know Harry Anderton or Colin Sager. Both men would be in their early eighties if still alive today. Both lived in Huncoat when school boys.

taddy 03-04-2014 16:23

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Originally Posted by Aussie Irene (Post 1101090)
Taddy, Did you know Harry Anderton or Colin Sager. Both men would be in their early eighties if still alive today. Both lived in Huncoat when school boys.

Hi Irene, after the thrashing that the Aussie cricketers gave our lads in the ashes series, I don't think that I should even be talking to you;);), Only jesting.

As to your question,as far as I am aware Colin is still (wick),as they used to say in Lancs, Wick obviously meaning still alive, but then you probably already know that. Colins lad, also called Colin, (alias the wild man), also lives in the village on Station Road where is father has lived for as long as I can remember.

Harry Anderton I am afraid I cannot bring to mind, the only Anderton I can think of was a Henry(I think), he was a pattern maker at the Redac brickworks in 1960s.

Hope this helps, please stay in touch, stay happy, Yours Taddy.

Aussie Irene 04-04-2014 02:21

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Originally Posted by taddy (Post 1101123)
Hi Irene, after the thrashing that the Aussie cricketers gave our lads in the ashes series, I don't think that I should even be talking to you;);), Only jesting.

As to your question,as far as I am aware Colin is still (wick),as they used to say in Lancs, Wick obviously meaning still alive, but then you probably already know that. Colins lad, also called Colin, (alias the wild man), also lives in the village on Station Road where is father has lived for as long as I can remember.

Harry Anderton I am afraid I cannot bring to mind, the only Anderton I can think of was a Henry(I think), he was a pattern maker at the Redac brickworks in 1960s.

Hope this helps, please stay in touch, stay happy, Yours Taddy.

I never heard the word 'wick' referred to a human Taddy. I have heard it said, the house is wick with cockroaches, or wick with mice, or when going to school wick with nits. In 1946, my hubby went to the Junior Technical School with Henry( The boys called him Harry) and was in the same class. Colin was a bit younger, but he always remembers Colin because of his size. Can you ask Colin if he knows Henry's whereabouts, or if he is still alive?. I think the person you knew from Redac could have be Harry. My hubby has been trying to get in touch with his 24 classmates, but sadly most have passed on. Thank you.
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taddy 04-04-2014 13:32

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Hi Irene, although I have lived in the village for sixty years and known (of) Colin for most of my adult life, we have never actually acknowledged one another in conversational terms. Seems strange I know, I have no doubt that he knows my name as well I know his but our paths have never crossed so to speak.

I will try to get the information you have asked for about Harry Anderton, if he is the person that I recollect, then a good friend of mine (Dennis Maguire) may well know or have known him.

When I started work at the Redac in 1962, there was a lady who worked in the office and married the under manager, (who'es name escapes me);I am nearly sure that she was called Irene, is it too much of a coincidence that you are one and the same girls ?

Please keep in touch and stay happy as ever, Taddy.:):):)

taddy 04-04-2014 20:26

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I may have made a mistake in my last post, I have just recalled an Irene Butterworth that worked in the Redac office at the time but as far as I know she still lives in the village. Yours Taddy.

taddy 05-04-2014 10:03

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1101024)
Taddy, I am sure the Accrington Museum in the Arndale would also like a copy.

Hi Margaret,
Hazel (my good lady), sometimes! called into the Accrington museum yesterday and dropped off the photograph of the Woodnook football team of the 1961/62 season, so if you want to call in and drool over young men in shorts now is your chance;By the way, I am the short house goalkeeper on the back row.:D:D.
As ever, stay happy, Yours Taddy.

taddy 06-04-2014 20:38

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Aussie Irene (Post 1101090)
Taddy, Did you know Harry Anderton or Colin Sager. Both men would be in their early eighties if still alive today. Both lived in Huncoat when school boys.

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Hello Irene, I have managed to get the information that you wanted, I received a phone call only ten minutes ago from my mate who has seen Colin Sagar in the last couple of days and he is ok; the other news is not as good I am afraid, Harry,(Henry) Anderton who was a pattern maker at Redac brickworks and lived in a cottage on Spouthouse Lane, passed away many years ago.

If I can be of further help don't hesitate to contact me. Yours Taddy.

Aussie Irene 07-04-2014 10:59

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Originally Posted by taddy (Post 1101547)
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Hello Irene, I have managed to get the information that you wanted, I received a phone call only ten minutes ago from my mate who has seen Colin Sagar in the last couple of days and he is ok; the other news is not as good I am afraid, Harry,(Henry) Anderton who was a pattern maker at Redac brickworks and lived in a cottage on Spouthouse Lane, passed away many years ago.

If I can be of further help don't hesitate to contact me. Yours Taddy.

Thanks Taddy for your help. You have answered our query. That would have been Henry who went to school with my hubby. He is pretty sure.


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