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Forum: Lost Friends / Family 30-03-2024, 14:09
Replies: 20
Views: 3,331
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: Family research

I know this thread is very old but I’ve only just seen it. My Great-uncle, John Addison, and his family used to live at Biggins Farm. Later, one of his sons, Henry, who was a first cousin to my Dad...
Forum: General Community Talk 27-04-2022, 10:20
Replies: 55
Views: 5,606
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: Pollution of the river Hyndburn

I believe it starts (or finishes) at Jacob’s Lodge, between Rough Hey and the Bedlam area of Green Haworth (top of Willows Lane) and is called Antley Syke. I’m trying to find the owner of Jacob’s...
Forum: Heritage and History 01-09-2019, 12:25
Replies: 13
Views: 14
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: Allsprings house aka The polish house

There are no Public Rights of Way (as shown on the Definitive Map) leading to it. The nearest roads are Allsprings Drive, Church Lane and Tan House Lane (Allsprings Plantation). “Allsprings” is a...
Forum: General Chat 10-05-2017, 01:01
Replies: 21
Views: 22
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: Judith Addison (Conservative)

Sorry, I don't often visit Accy Web now and have only just found that a thread was running about me in the run-up to the County Council Election held on 4th May. I stood in Accrington West &...
Forum: Accrington Jobs 29-01-2014, 00:11
Replies: 22
Views: 2,546
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: Burger king

The Food Court operator is CPL Foods, based in Ipswich
Forum: Questions and Answers 21-12-2013, 20:57
Replies: 129
Views: 4,376
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: is Christianity a force for good?

The remark is indeed taken out of context. The full verse reads, "The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God'." Psalm 14 verse 1.
Forum: Questions and Answers 21-12-2013, 20:40
Replies: 6
Views: 641
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: Mobility Scooter

There is a unit in Accrington Arndale Centre called Shopmobility (belongs to Hyndburn Homewise) where you can hire mobility scooters or buy second-hand ones.
Forum: Heritage and History 07-12-2013, 17:00
Replies: 31
Views: 881
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: Lancashire Day

The Hyndburn Mayor's Charity Committee organised a Lancashire Night at Accrington Town Hall on Friday 22nd November. Over 150 people attended, including the Chairman of Friends of Real Lancashire. ...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 07-12-2013, 16:52
Replies: 8
Views: 1,059
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: Terylene

My Mum worked in the office at Broad Oak before and after the war and always told me that Terylene was invented there.
Forum: General Chat 07-12-2013, 16:44
Replies: 4
Views: 473
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: Oswald House

Got planning permission for conversion to apartments a few years ago but never implemented. Certainly looks an eyesore!
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 07-12-2013, 16:42
Replies: 35
Views: 1,930
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: Tippler toilets

We had a tippler toilet in Ossy until about 1958 when the Urban District Council started giving Grants. We then had one of the two back bedrooms converted into a bathroom with flush toilet,...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 07-12-2013, 16:35
Replies: 45
Views: 4,228
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: Wake Weeks

Wakes Weeks still exist to some extent. Some small family businesses in Oswaldtwistle still observe them in July and September. My Dad worked in the cotton industry. He always told me Accrington...
Forum: General Chat 27-10-2013, 15:38
Replies: 47
Views: 1,399
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: Smoking in school

As far as I remember from when I worked at Hyndburn BC before my retirement, no smoking was allowed even on outdoor sites belonging to the Council. Also, no-one could smoke in a Council van, even if...
Forum: Heritage and History 21-10-2013, 22:31
Replies: 27
Views: 965
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: Horse Shoe inn

Think I'm wrong about name of landlady. I think my Mum said her name was Mrs. Clayton. This would be in the 1920s/early 1930s.
Forum: Heritage and History 21-10-2013, 22:28
Replies: 27
Views: 965
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: Horse Shoe inn

I think the Horse Shoe Inn was in Crawshaw Street, back of Union Street, where the new bus station is going to be built. My Mum, Helen Addison nee Haworth, born in 1920, died last year, spoke of it....
Forum: General Chat 21-10-2013, 22:15
Replies: 47
Views: 1,399
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: Smoking in school

The thing I can never get my head round, never having been a smoker, is seeing patients in wheelchairs, wearing their pyjamas or nighties and dressing gowns, still attached to their drip, sitting in...
Forum: General Chat 21-10-2013, 22:12
Replies: 47
Views: 1,399
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: Smoking in school

I would have thought a school classed as a public building and that no smoking would be allowed anywhere within the grounds. At Hyndburn Borough Council smoking was banned altogether several years...
Forum: Questions and Answers 02-10-2013, 22:06
Replies: 7
Views: 445
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: any info on high lea house please

Brainwave - I remembered I took notes in the Library in the back of last year's diary. So, from "Accrington Chronology and Men of Mark" by R. S. Crossley of "Accrington Observer", 1924:-

Page 73...
Forum: Questions and Answers 02-10-2013, 21:48
Replies: 7
Views: 445
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: any info on high lea house please

On second thoughts, I think the other book I looked in was in Accrington Reference Library Local History Section - something like "Captains of Industry". I should be able to search my Facebook post...
Forum: Questions and Answers 02-10-2013, 21:43
Replies: 7
Views: 445
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: any info on high lea house please

James Cunliffe was Mayor of Accrington from 1901-1902. In the book I've mentioned above he's included in the Group of Mayors 1878 to 1928, with a big bushy beard (page 62 of book). Page 89 about...
Forum: Questions and Answers 02-10-2013, 21:35
Replies: 7
Views: 445
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: any info on high lea house please

If you go to Lancashire County Council MARIO website (Maps And Related Information Online) and find 206 and 208 Whalley Road, Accrington (I think they were probably built in the 1970s), then...
Forum: General Community Talk 02-10-2013, 21:16
Replies: 16
Views: 1,698
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: Charity Shops

Sue Johnson, landlady of the Peel Park pub, is THE local fund-raiser for Macmillan - I think she's just reached £40,000. She could perhaps give you information about cancer shops.
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 02-10-2013, 21:12
Replies: 34
Views: 4,212
Posted By Judith Addison
re: MR ADRIAN SHURMER, author of "Shurmer's Official Guide of Hyndburn".

I used to find Adrian Shurmer's Guide extremely useful in my earlier years as Local Land Charges Officer at Hyndburn Borough Council - I did the job for 25 years up to my retirement. Hyndburn didn't...
Forum: Introduce Yourself 02-10-2013, 21:05
Replies: 7
Views: 383
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: Hi from East Lancs Concert Band

Some of your members have been around a long time, like Tom Young, trombone player. I'm sure he would have many memories!
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 06-09-2013, 21:12
Replies: 15
Views: 1,186
Posted By Judith Addison
Re: Prices long ago

Those were the days, Retlaw!
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