A New Fan
 

Middlesbrough supporter here, who has recently moved to just outside Todmorden... tired of the Premiership and paying £595 for a Season Ticket, and regardless of Boro`s pending relegation, I bought a ST for Stanley on Saturday. Went to Blackpool and the Crawley match on Monday, and enjoyed both.

So there you are... a new fan.

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Good on yer mate, takes some beating in my view up Stanley.;)

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Welcome TodBoro
Manna from heaven!

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Welcome aboard the Stanley roller coaster - one thing's for sure, you'll never be bored supporting Stanley :)

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welcome friend.

anything you need help with, feel free to get in touch.

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Thank you all.

Newport beckons... I am working in Cardiff on Friday, so it is easily justified. If anyone wants a lift back, I can oblige

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welcome aboard ... and if you need a window cleaner I pass through Tod :D

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Armed with a damp chamois leather, no doubt!

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Welcome, Tod, don't forget to pack your lucky socks for Saturday; it'll be a toughie.

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Nah, new fangle dangle technology for this graftarian Stiffie me old china ;)

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Welcome on board.

Nice to have another Stanley fan in Tod :) Makes 2 of us !

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You might think I've gone insane but before the M62 was built we used to regularly drive from Leeds to Accrington and back through Todmorden. I have these recollections that there used to be a spaceship permanently parked on some wasteland (on the left as we drove from Leeds). Is that right?

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Prior to having at least two Stanley fans, and probably before Lord Didder's extra-terrestrial visions after a day out in Accie, I always thought Todmorden's claim to fame was that the Lancashire-Yorkshire border ran right through the middle of the town hall. Or was that just a long story?

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Thats what i was led to believe also.:confused:

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Great! I am of sane mind. God bless t'internet.

http://www.thefuturohouse.com/images...6-img_5595.jpg

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It was called the "Futuro House" and was parked there from 1971 onwards apparently.

Anyone else looking for trivia from the Lanc/Yorks border then I'm yer man.

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That musta been were the aliens were based, handy to nip oer Burnley and steal the Dingles brains.;)

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Brains & Dingles in the same sentence, now there's a novelty! :D

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That was what the Boundary Commission arrived in before they moved Yorkshire westwards.

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By now Tod you may be thinking to yourself..' this is not a Football forum !'...What with an offer of support from the best window-cleaner ever, Spacecraft parked in Todmorden and, our self-appointed Fan's Representative offering you his personal services !.
However it is !.... and having read many other fan boards at other Clubs, it really is the finest Forum you'll find in a long days March.....

And from me as well, welcome to our midst !... You’ll have fun !

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The Futuro house was built at Waterside plastics Todmorden. Originally Waterside cotton mill.
Morrisons supermarket stands there now since the mill was demolished.
They had one of the plastic houses on display in front of the Abraham Ormerod health centre about 1971 or 72.
I was born and bred in Tod 88 years ago and seen a lot of changes.

In the picture above the house is parked opposite the old firestation on Rochdale road Todmorden.

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The river which formed the border did indeed run through the town centre and right under Todmorden town hall. The Walsden water and river Calder which formed the boundary line met behind the market.
In 1888 the border was changed and follows the town boundary line making Todmorden wholly Yorkshire.

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pop over to tod quite regularly on a thursday to look round the antique/flea market. found some good bargains there unlike the old picture house antique centre. much better half day out than that bastion of hippysville hebden(rip off) bridge.

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Pity I've to pop over to Accrington today or we could have met for a brew in the market cafe.

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Agreed Tod has a great market ! Would recommend the Saturday one.

As for the border, there's a sign directly under the rail bridge in the middle of town indicating said Lancs/ Yorks border. Maybe it has moved from there?

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The sign under the arch is still there but since 1888 the border has followed the town boundary. Maybe the sign is an historic relic.
Which ever way you enter Todmorden from Lancashire you will see the Yorkshire sign along side the Todmorden sign.
Crazy thing is the Cricket team is in the Lancashire league.
Post code is Oldham.

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postcodes and boundary changes have brought grief to a number of people. a lot of southport residants still regard their town in lancashire and not merseyside. same with uppermill who,s football team still play in the huddersfield league and a number of town fans live there. most keighley residants hate us having a BD postcode as some think its a district of bradford.

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Thanks for the information Gremlin !

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Its a lovely town.. certainly it is devoutly in Yorkshire though.. I heard there is a pub in Walsden that sits on the border... The Border Rose in fact.

Anyway, I am a man of my word, and am in Newport now... I might be the only Stanley fan here ( well, Boro fan really, but you understand).. been for a look at The Transporter Bridge.... not as good as the one in Middlesbrough obviously.

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The Border Rose is a mile nearer Todmorden than the Lancs/Yorks border which is the Summit side of Calderbrook road. The Border Rose was originally named The Butchers. One of my old drinking haunts when I lived in Walsden,
A hundred yards from the Border Rose is the Waggon and Horses, well known for its good grub and extensive menu.

Enjoy yourself in Newport, Ive seen the transporter bridge many times when I used to go to Monsato Chemicals with a tanker but never used it.

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The boarder there is the river Calder, and not the same Calder that goes through Whalley from Burnley way.

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Not since 1888. Then the border was changed to follow the Todmorden Boundary.

It is the Walsden water which flows under the town hall and it joins the Calder behind the market.

That is fact.

Bye the way I said I was born and bred in Todmorden 88 years ago. It was 78 years ago, it was a slip of the finger.
It's changed a lot but still a nice place to live.

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The historic boundaries are the real ones like the Mersey for Lancs/Cheshire. It doesn't matter how politicians and quangos divide it up afterwards, after the cricket counties were formed nothing counts.

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[QUOTE=TodmordenBoro;. been for a look at The Transporter Bridge.... not as good as the one in Middlesbrough obviously.

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there,s only one transporter bridge. port clarance to middlesbrough.

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Its quite a structure....https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a3854ffcd0.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...20fb6fe3ef.jpg

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Yes you are right, It was a house made in the local plastics factory. It belonged to Pat Pheonix (Elsie Tanner) it was on the land across from Temperly pipes and then it disappeared. I would love to know what happened to it.

Welcome to the Stanley Family New Fan.

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There were a few of the Futuro houses made by Waterside Plastics. I believe one or two are still in existance. I cant remember the one opposite Temperley pipes though and I used to use the road over to Bacup a lot. Probably old age creeping up on me.
I worked for a local engineering company and we did a few jobs repairing machinery at all the three Temperley pipe works on Bacup road.
I remember the plastic house being moved from the Waterside factory to The front of Abraham Ormerod medical centre on Burnley road. It was about 1970.

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Seems like you really had a good time mate! cool!