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Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 11-02-2012, 04:09
Replies: 101
Views: 6,158
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: Rock around the Clock, Bill Haley

I danced to Duke Ellington in Burnley - missed the last bus home so got a ride on the back of a truck. Don't know who ownd the truck. - Great night!
Forum: Accy Photos 11-02-2012, 04:02
Replies: 11
Views: 709
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: coppice and beyond

Hey, so homesick for my Accy and the coppice!
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 22-01-2012, 07:06
Replies: 61
Views: 4,250
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: Ok.......nostalgia Time

I used to go dancing at the Middlehursts club. The dancing teacher was Claare and there was Jimmy the expert. Does anyone know what happend to Irene Maher, Clare Middlehurst's sister? She lived in...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 22-01-2012, 07:00
Replies: 61
Views: 4,250
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: Ok.......nostalgia Time

Used to work at the Little Empire up Ossy, three times a week in the evening for extra pocket money. Had a sort of crush on a bloke with a tweed jacket and a pipe!
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 22-01-2012, 06:57
Replies: 61
Views: 4,250
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: Ok.......nostalgia Time

Was there still a Nellie Burke's shop across from the Princes? We used to queue for about half an hour to get a bag of pear drops before getting into the picture queue
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 22-01-2012, 06:53
Replies: 61
Views: 4,250
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: Ok.......nostalgia Time

Make yourself known-you of the 10 suits who didn't come from Blackburn!
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 19-01-2012, 07:40
Replies: 126
Views: 6,381
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: memories

Woolworths sid window and entraance was at the bottom of Dutton St. on one side.
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 19-01-2012, 07:38
Replies: 126
Views: 6,381
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: memories

One of Woolworths side windows was at the bottom of Dutton St.
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 19-01-2012, 07:34
Replies: 126
Views: 6,381
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: memories

I remember Dutton Street and it had a bakers' shop which made delicious whimberry pies-thin pastry and lots of fruit and juice. Used to take one up for mum to Fern gore, on a Tuesday. There was a...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 19-01-2012, 07:26
Replies: 126
Views: 6,381
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: memories

I do! I should do! I had to go shopping every morning before school. It was on Richmond Street, They opened at 8. 30 a.m. and school started at 9 a.m. got caned if I was late. No fairness in...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 09-01-2012, 04:13
Replies: 61
Views: 4,250
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: Ok.......nostalgia Time

Heyup, lad!
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 09-01-2012, 04:12
Replies: 61
Views: 4,250
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: Ok.......nostalgia Time

I used to go dancing down the Ritz-met a boy who owned 9 suits! He came from Blackburn, though!
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 06-01-2012, 07:07
Replies: 62
Views: 2,702
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: How far did you or your parents walk to save money.

I once left my new baby daughter in her coach-built pram outside Woolworth's then forgetting I was a mum left from another door, forgetting baby in pram. Must have taken five minutes of my going...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 06-01-2012, 06:57
Replies: 62
Views: 2,702
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: How far did you or your parents walk to save money.

I used to walk almost everywhere-usually out of necessity to save money, except walking to Whalley, at Easter time, with a bottle of water and some jam butties. Called in Bluebell Wood on the way...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 04-01-2012, 07:59
Replies: 343
Views: 28,618
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: Years Gone By

Used to shop for vegies at Catlows and had a crush on the elder brother. Vegies were fresh and a good price. Put together with a leg of lamb from in the market hall with some oxo gravy-oh, boy!
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 04-01-2012, 07:53
Replies: 343
Views: 28,618
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: Years Gone By

Had to have a fag!
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 04-01-2012, 07:49
Replies: 343
Views: 28,618
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: Years Gone By

I remember Blower's. One of the cheapest shops in Accy. Used to shop there and then go on to redman's and get fish paste and oven bottom muffins. Had two brothers who worked at Bridges fireplaces....
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 29-12-2011, 01:08
Replies: 343
Views: 28,618
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: Years Gone By

I remember going from shop to shop looking for Woodbines for my dad. Could only get Pasha-does anyone remember Pasha and why did dad hate them so much?
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 29-12-2011, 01:03
Replies: 343
Views: 28,618
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: Years Gone By

Or was it Bull Brig?
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 29-12-2011, 01:02
Replies: 343
Views: 28,618
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: Years Gone By

Do you mean down King Street?
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 29-12-2011, 01:00
Replies: 343
Views: 28,618
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: Years Gone By

Me, too. Flash Gordon. We used to sing-'Is everybody happy, yes.
Do we ever worry, no.
To the odeon we have come.
...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 02-10-2011, 08:55
Replies: 50
Views: 6,334
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: St Oswald,s School Accrington 1959 to 1965

I must be the oldest contributor to Accy Web. Attended St. Oswald's and recognise the teacher's names but cannot find anyone who was there when I was. Maybe time to stop looking. 'Bye all you past...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 18-09-2011, 08:31
Replies: 328
Views: 48,982
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: holy family

I remember! He was geography teacher when i was there. Used to scare the daylights out of me-I was useless at geography and he was useless at teaching me. Happy days! Liked the rest of my...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 23-07-2011, 05:47
Replies: 22
Views: 3,218
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: Finn Family, Nelson St

If Colin Finn is the one living in Rishton and his father had a shop on Blackburn Road, which was army surplus and called 'Cumanavaluk' during the war and just after, then maybe we are related as...
Forum: Accy Photos 23-07-2011, 05:32
Replies: 26
Views: 1,987
Posted By Stephanie Wallace
Re: Sunny accrington!

Love the pics. Homesick as only an ex-pat can be. Well done! it's pictures like these that make me determined to come back yet again. Accy doesn't wear off. It's under my skin forever. What's up...
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