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Forum: Questions and Answers 06-08-2016, 08:50

Replies: 4 Ascension Day Blackpool Flights Views: 5 Posted By Karolgadge Ascension Day Blackpool Flights Does anyone remember the Ascension Day school trips to Blackpool - followed by a flight around the resort and then over Accrington before returning? Connected with this, are there any photos of this...

Forum: Questions and Answers 08-07-2016, 07:35

Replies: 3 Harry Hynd MP Views: 4 Posted By Karolgadge Harry Hynd MP I am interested in finding information about Harry Hynd, former Labour MP for Accrington in the 1960s. Does anyone have biographical details? Or a photo of him?

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 04-03-2013, 13:03

Replies: 290 My early life in Accy 1946-68 Views: 31,204 Posted By Karolgadge Re: My early life in Accy 1946-68 I've just logged in after a rather long absence and picked up this thread. Central Preparatory School saw me enter its door sometime in 1956. My name: Karol Gajewski, obviously Polish, less...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 11-12-2011, 20:25

Replies: 290 My early life in Accy 1946-68 Views: 31,204 Posted By Karolgadge Re: My early life in Accy 1946-68 Ah, right. For some reason (probably due to failing memory) I always thought of her as 'Miss'. As a 'newbie' my classmates were David Greenhalgh, Andrew Ormerod, Andrew Nuttall, Brian Cookson,...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 10-12-2011, 20:04

Replies: 290 My early life in Accy 1946-68 Views: 31,204 Posted By Karolgadge Re: My early life in Accy 1946-68 Just logged in after a rather long absence from the Accy Web. I couldn't help but feel more than a twinge of nostalgia when I read about Central Prep School. I was a pupil there from 1956 to 1963...

Forum: Heritage and History 05-01-2010, 21:32

Replies: 36 Accringtons Elusive Abbey Views: 5,133 Posted By Karolgadge Re: The Elusive Abbey Just read this after re-activating membership. Yes, you're quite right about the farms being called 'vaccaries' but the exact meaning of the term is more accurately rendered as a 'cattle farm' from...

Forum: Introduce Yourself 05-01-2010, 20:58

Replies: 2 Reactivating membership Views: 576 Posted By Karolgadge Reactivating membership I lived in Accrington from birth (1952) until 1965 when I moved to the back of beyond ie Ossy. My family lived in Cedar St (no 14) and then Avenue Parade (no 171). Central Preparatory School (known...

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