Fancy a trip to preston's football museum?
 

As mentioned in another thread on behalf of the OSC and the planning for the Stanley exhibition through funding from the lottery heritage fund we are arranging a trip to deepdale to the football museum.

Date has been set for Saturday 20th October as there is no stanley match and preston are playing away.

More travel and time details to follow

However, anyone who would be interested in going please pm me or Gayle on here. Please leave contact details.

If you would like to come along all we will ask for in return is that you fill in a small questionnaire on what you think about the museum to give us an idea on what does/doesn't work for our future exhibition

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The museum is a brilliant momento of football thru the ages. Great to see Stanleys early involvement in the league walk of fame on the lower floor. For fun there is a computer penalty shoot out on the first floor, small charge for 3 shots, see who can get the highest score on the day. Sadly will be involved elsewhere on the day but from my last trip can say will keep all enthralled for a good two to three hours to see all the various exhibits. Enjoy.

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and it's completely free!!!

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Saw the thread title & thought

ITS A BIT LATE LESLEY...........

I am in my pyjames:p

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Too much information Willie!!!

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I haven't had any PMs yet - is anyone interested - remember you can bring your friends/partners/children etc. It could be a good day out for everyone.

It's free for the coach and free to get in so all you need to do is sort yourself out with a sandwich or something.

The more people who come the better contributions that we can get to the project.

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Are you picking up just in Accrington or is there a chance of other pick up points?:)

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It will more than likely be just accrington, but I am sure arrangements could be made for non drivers just out the area to be picked up..I know I wouldn't mind picking anyone up who might want to go

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Will pm you later Lesley if that's okay?:)

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Look forward to it, need to speak to you asap about memberships anyway :)

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what time will you be picking up and what time coming back????????:)

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Hmmm thats why I put more time details to follow in my first post, cos we don't know yet oh bananaman :rolleyes:

As soon as we have definite times I will post, just wanting an indication of numbers at the moment :Banane51: :Banane51:

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Pick up will be 11:00am and collect from Preston will be 2:30. Pick-up/drop off point to be confirmed yet but more than likely in Accrington centre to make it easier for everybody.

Please remember that this is a free trip for everybody, the only thing we will ask of you is that you fill in the brief questionnaire afterwards. Please send your PM to Gayle to book your seats for yourselves, partners and kids/grandkids. The advert should be in the Observer on friday where it will be thrown open to the public. So lets get the Stanley lot on first eh? This is an OSC trip and is what you pay yer dues for! (but non-members more than welcome!)

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Looking forward to the trip, should be good fun with a few Accy fans mulling over Friday nights game. ;)

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After last night can we bring it forward a day to Friday night then we don't have to watch the Macclesfield game.

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Does that mean you're coming Bagpuss - will I get chance to inspect your knees?

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If you want me to come Gayle I will.;)

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Is this Accyweb's answer to Michael Portillo and Diane Abbott? ;)

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:D:D:D:D:D:D

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Oh very good Mr Harris :) but lets get back on thread, I'm no tory and Gayle's not black, anyway will you going Mr H?

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I'll have to jib out of this one, Bagpuss. I'm taking Mrs H out for the day for her birthday and there's definitely a three-line whip on that one (I did suggest that a spot of curry and comedy the night before might be a suitable way to celebrate, but she seemed strangely unenthusiastic). ;)

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Does she not like Museums? :)

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She can take 'em or leave 'em, but she doesn't like football. Last time I brought her to the FES (in our Unibond League days), she disappeared into the club house at half time and had managed to knock back about half a bottle of house white by the time the final whistle was blown. Felt like doing the same myself last night. :)

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what about shopping trips .drop her off at the shops:D:D:D

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Yeah Deepdale Retail Park aint far :)

Jimbo T :horn8:blower

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*Bump*

Any updates as to where the coach[es] will be & where people should meet if they want to come along?? as saturday will soon approach:D

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coach will pick up from the ground at 11am and will then pick up at Preston at 2:30pm dropping back at the ground.

Any more interested parties?

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Thanks macca :thumbsup:

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Liverpool v Everton kicks off 12.45pm so sorry Gayle my knee inspection will have to wait for another day.

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Might be better off in Preston Bagpuss, there again Liverpool might be OK :rolleyes: :D

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Any excuse!

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Oh dear I better go and hide under the stairs:rolleyes:

I'm sure there would be no bashlash on any muslims living here should it happen.;)

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No excuse just priorities, sorry.:)

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Looking forward to it - and let's face it what else can you do on a Saturday when we have no game, go shopping?? - no thanks :( Sorry if it's me being thick Macca but is the coach going from outside the club offices or from the main road?

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Last chance - still a couple more seats on the coach. PM me asap.

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****** I took my eye off this. I'll be in Lancaster in the morining then on to Preston and then Accy. I try and drag the old lady with me and meet up with you people at lunch time. Hope all goes well, enjoy the day folks.

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Thanks for the trip out. Hope it serves the purpose it was arranged for :)

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Brilliant day out, got a lot of insight into ideas & what or not what to do for our own exhibition hopefully over the year be put into practice, Good turn up & be useful for our feedback too, so i think it served the purpose of the trip:D

Thanks for all involved in organisation of the trip:thumbsup:

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Top trip out, loads of ideas, thanks for organising it guys n gals.:)

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Yeah got to agree a good trip and thoroughly worthwhile!:)
Hope it kick starts some good ideas for the OSC Stanley Exhibition!:)

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I must admit that I feared for this trip as museums are not my bag at all (even footy ones), and also I feared taht the coach would be empty.

But fear ye not! I fully enjoyed the trip and managed to make it last the full 2 1/2 hours and the coach was nearly full.

Thanks all for coming and showing an interest. Hopefully we can do this type of thing again later on in the campaign and get even more interest

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Thought it was more enjoyable than beating Barrow. Great reception from Dave(?), and all the youngsters were brilliant.

I'm sure the exhibition will benefit greatly, and be worthy of the founder members of the football league, it's there in black and white. ;)

Thanks to Rob & Gayle.

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good day out i was impressed with museum a must for any footy fan to go to..cheers to macca and gayle ...and co

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Having seen you today I can understand why people think Steve Cotterill keeps turning up at the FES to watch games.. your'e a dead ringer :D

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whos steve cotterill:confused::D:D:D:Banane25::Banane25::Bana ne25:

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Well, yesterday I was PMing Macca in a slight panic wondering if enough people would turn up. Today I was absolutely thrilled when 35 people showed up for the coach. The idea to go to the museum came out of the meeting with the Heritage Lottery people ages ago and they suggested we did it but I have to be honest, I was never quite sure whether we'd get the enthusiasm for it.

We set off at just after 11 and it took about 3/4 hour to get there. The mood was very quiet on the coach and I was still unsure about how this would go. When we got there I think everyone was struck by the scale the exhibition is on - every corner is packed with information and memorabilia - and I think everyone seemed impressed by it all. We were welcomed very warmly by Dave, who also gave us a talk later on which was informative and fun too. So, thanks to the museum staff for their help.

As I walked around the mood quickly started to shift to general happiness and interest in the exhibits. Some people whizzed around the museumy bit and headed to the games room, others took an hour or so and read everything.

People started chatting, not just to their little groups but to everyone else as well. The two young lads from Moorhead were a delight and proof that some teenagers are capable of more than grunting. They had a great time and I spoke to them on the coach on the way home, they too had been unsure as the day started but were having a fab time towards the end.

I know that museums aren't everyone's cup of tea but this is a really good one. Everyone that I spoke to seemed to have had a really good day and got something out of it. The forms have all been returned and are great for the project.

If you missed this because you thought 'museums aren't for me' well you missed out, big style.

Thank you to everyone for making me feel welcome and if this is a sign of how the project will go then I think we're in for a great, no let's make that fantastic, project.

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Didn't know, until today, that this is the way to tackle museums. Go mob handed, when it's quiet, with like minded people. All the touchstones of British football are there, and I've met some of the legends of this messageboard, (strangely not lancsdave and cmonstanley though, too shy?).

I've seen a lot of faces over the last ten years following Stanley. I'd love to see those faces tell at least one story, put in a couple of photos, maybe, repeated 2 or 300 times. It'd be a pretty powerful set of images, and, I think unique in the realm of football history.

I'm going to leave it here, have a think about your favourite Stanley story. :hehetable

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You're right Oggy, I was talking to a lady today (so sorry but I don't know everyone's names yet) and I asked her why she was a Stanley fan - she said, 'because I've always been one', but that's not the real reason - and it's the real reason that we're trying to get to. Everyone has a story.

People have a great passion for the club but we want to know what it was that created that passion. Was it a family tradition? What was the first match you went to? Did Stanley win? Did you used to walk to the match or catch the bus? Do you remember any key games? Did you choose your kids names after a player? All these stories seem really trivial but these are the ones we're aiming for!

There was a picture in the exhibition today of someone getting married on a football pitch. I pointed it out to a few people. It's that kind of thing we need to look for. No matter how trivial your story may appear to you, it will strike a chord with other people.

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Really enjoyed today even with my ever so delicate head :D

Very informative, had a good laugh at the spitting image puppets and was amazed at some of the top class exhibits..things like the 66 world cup football, numerous cups including previous FA cups.. really interesting

and the interactive stuff was great for kids and adults alike :D

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Very true Gayle & Oggy, i've received a few pm's regarding being willing to submit their stories & sounds good as to what i've heard so far - still would love to hear more, like you said those that think no thats not interesting mmm u never know:D

Pm me or any other of the steering group committee or if you prefer or non members email to [email protected]

Keep Accrington & Stanley on the map:D

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Some photos from yesterday.