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Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 11-04-2008, 10:23

Replies: 302 do you remember.....? Views: 17,708 Posted By motherhubbard Re: do you remember.....? Freddy and the Dreamers came to the New Era. Leaders were I think Mary, Jack and Sheila Loved the dancing downstairs. Played Netball for the club, went to Austria with them, that was great

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 11-04-2008, 10:20

Replies: 302 do you remember.....? Views: 17,708 Posted By motherhubbard Re: do you remember.....? Yes! we had some fun down there, and also in Broad Oak works, there was a slab of pavement halfway up that used to get really hot in the winter, we used to meet there as well. Fond memories of...

Forum: Lost Friends / Family 02-04-2008, 15:37

Replies: 125 Paddock House-old Friends Views: 25,924 Posted By motherhubbard Re: Paddock House-old Friends I went to Paddock House in about 1964 and left 1969 at the end of the fourth year. All my friends from my junior school St Oswalds went to Holy Family, really wanted to go with them. Looking back...

Forum: General Chat 02-04-2008, 15:09

Replies: 44 Oswaldtwistle = Narnia! Views: 1,488 Posted By motherhubbard Re: Oswaldtwistle = Narnia! we live on Break neck lane. and there is a place calle Burpham not too far away from us.

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 23-03-2008, 15:22

Replies: 143 Who remembers? Views: 11,349 Posted By motherhubbard Re: Who remembers? I remember once standing on top of the Coppice before trees were ever planted, and seeing most of the town covered in what I thought was cloud, it must have been all the muck from the factory...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 21-03-2008, 07:01

Replies: 9 Halloween Views: 683 Posted By motherhubbard Halloween Did you ever walk from Accrington to the top of Pendle on Halloween and then home again? Did you build the biggest bonfire and guard it from the other streets gang Did you have a trolley/cart made...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 21-03-2008, 06:33

Replies: 143 Who remembers? Views: 11,349 Posted By motherhubbard Re: Who remembers? We went from St Oswalds when it was near the bottom of Willows Lane, no bus for us, we had to walk two by two in all weathers once a week. From what I remember it was a lady that taught us to swim,...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 18-03-2008, 08:17

Replies: 302 do you remember.....? Views: 17,708 Posted By motherhubbard Re: do you remember.....? Anticipation of who you would see, hoping that it would not rain, making plans, new friends then new places a long way from home and very young, it seems like only yesterday.

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 18-03-2008, 07:05

Replies: 302 do you remember.....? Views: 17,708 Posted By motherhubbard Re: do you remember.....? I remember meeting others at the No 1 stall, a lot of the lads used to play snooker at the Elite club? think it was that. Used to sit for hours in the Blue Dahlia much to parents alarm. Copper kettle...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 18-03-2008, 06:49

Replies: 143 Who remembers? Views: 11,349 Posted By motherhubbard Re: Who remembers? Sorry it was Birtwells, my memory is not as good as I thought

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 17-03-2008, 20:00

Replies: 302 do you remember.....? Views: 17,708 Posted By motherhubbard Re: do you remember.....? When Broadway was a sunken garden, I used to sit with my mum and have an ice lollie from the cinema. When the market was in Peel Street The UCP Tripe shop on Blackburn Road The New Era (when it...

Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 17-03-2008, 19:48

Replies: 10 Pals Views: 2,449 Posted By motherhubbard Re: Pals Two of my relatives were killed in the Great War, I was told one of them was the youngest English soldier to die in this war, he was only 15 and the regiments drummer boy, he was serving in the East...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 17-03-2008, 19:32

Replies: 143 Who remembers? Views: 11,349 Posted By motherhubbard Re: Who remembers? definately the 60's Thanks everyone I will jump into the nostalgia section and a bit in there.

Forum: Heritage and History 17-03-2008, 19:25

Replies: 41 Yards in Accrington. Views: 2,206 Posted By motherhubbard Re: Yards in Accrington. Birtwistle Yard was behind Birtwistle Street, My great grandparents lived there. The Ledger yard was through a ginnel by the Ledger Pub on the right hand side as you went up Plantation Street....

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 17-03-2008, 18:57

Replies: 143 Who remembers? Views: 11,349 Posted By motherhubbard Who remembers? Who remembers The old Accy baths and the chip shop accross the road. Swimming in the lodges at the back of the Coppice Collecting wood/ furniture for the Bonfire in the back streets behind the...

Forum: General Chat 17-03-2008, 18:15

Replies: 26 If This Happened To A Non-Immigrant English Person.. Views: 712 Posted By motherhubbard Re: If This Happened To A Non-Immigrant English Person.. I have been tols that anyone coming to work in England from the EU can claim child allowance even if the children are still living in the country where they came from. Have we gone mad. We in my...

Forum: General Chat 17-03-2008, 18:06

Replies: 34 Do you swear at yours Views: 1,014 Posted By motherhubbard Re: Do you swear at yours All the time, the mouse usually flies through the air along with lots of swear words.

Forum: General Chat 16-03-2008, 14:55

Replies: 173 Where Do You Live Views: 19,476 Posted By motherhubbard Re: Where Do You Live we live in West Sussex, its very friendly where we are, mind you there are only about 30 families, no shops, no street lights, no gas, no main drains, regular power cuts when the weather is bad, ibut...

Forum: Lost Friends / Family 16-03-2008, 08:17

Replies: 328 holy family Views: 48,982 Posted By motherhubbard Re: holy family I went to St Oswalds '59 and then on to Paddock, left in '69 Holy Family was still at St Oswalds when I started, there was a wall and a metal gate separating the big school from the little...

Forum: Introduce Yourself 16-03-2008, 07:50

Replies: 17 Hello Views: 879 Posted By motherhubbard Hello Hi everyone I am a newbie and although I do not live in Accy I was born and raised there and I still have a lot of family living in the surrounding area. I get back every couple of years. Looking...

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