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Old 25-01-2008, 11:04   #76
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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"........LOL
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Old 25-01-2008, 11:29   #78
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do they still have the same absobant tissue paper ?
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Old 25-01-2008, 11:33   #79
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what them loos near the cafe?

its not there anymore, built new ones, and they are proper loo rolls...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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Old 25-01-2008, 11:48   #81
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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:
no but ya could have started there.
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Old 25-01-2008, 13:19   #82
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doubt it, i was born in the 70's
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Old 25-01-2008, 21:04   #83
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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
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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Old 25-01-2008, 21:12   #84
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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.
funny thing was you couldnt line the toilet seat with it either because the wind blew it off
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funny thing was you couldnt line the toilet seat with it either because the wind blew it off
You mean wind from outside.....not your wind I hope lol.
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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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that would be the "Copper Kettle" panther, next to Accys most infamous meeting place of the 60s The No1 Stall.
The Copper Kettle is in Warner Street is it not ?
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The Copper Kettle is in Warner Street is it not ?
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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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!
Thanks Wynonie .. remember that cafe, just not the name.

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

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