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Forum: General Chat 19-10-2010, 08:37

Replies: 95 Animating Accy Views: 3,365 Posted By John Flanagan Re: Animating Accy The Coppice and also Oakhill, Bullough and Haworth Parks all need a mention

Forum: General Chat 19-10-2010, 08:29

Replies: 95 Animating Accy Views: 3,365 Posted By John Flanagan Re: Animating Accy Here's what's pointed me to the Railway and I need to find out if this is the same as the Railway Hotel mentioned below but the stone over the doorway suggests not. Accrington Historic Town...

Forum: General Chat 19-10-2010, 06:57

Replies: 95 Animating Accy Views: 3,365 Posted By John Flanagan Mapping Accy Many thanks for all the information and feedback from Accrington Web that's helped me put together a new map for Accrington. Here's a preview of it so if there's anything missing or not quite right...

Forum: General Sport and Hobby Talk 02-09-2010, 17:58

Replies: 30 Alex Higgins Views: 3,158 Posted By John Flanagan Re: Alex Higgins Strange - I used to go to the Selly Oak British Legion with my dad at about that time. I lived in Northfield. Saw the programme last night - very sad

Forum: General Sport and Hobby Talk 02-09-2010, 17:49

Replies: 30 Alex Higgins Views: 3,158 Posted By John Flanagan Re: Alex Higgins Wadey. Strange - I used to go to the Selly Oak British Legion with my dad at about that time. I lived in Northfield. Saw the programme last night - very sad

Forum: Nightlife, Events, Days out 19-07-2010, 07:36

Replies: 18 Mapping Accy Views: 961 Posted By John Flanagan Re: Mapping Accy The event was a great success getting over 150 responses (and many thanks to Accrington Web for help and support). There's still more work to do in following up people's suggestions. There's all the...

Forum: Questions and Answers 10-07-2010, 06:30

Replies: 17 Adrian Shurmer book Views: 1,100 Posted By John Flanagan Re: Adrian Shurmer book Many thanks for all this info. Its fascinating that local knowledge is far better than post-codes, sat-nav or Google. For instance the Library is in the wrong place on Google and the Town Centre is a...

Forum: Nightlife, Events, Days out 09-07-2010, 18:47

Replies: 18 Mapping Accy Views: 961 Posted By John Flanagan Re: Mapping Accy I've been talking to the lady in the Tourist Info Centre and she has to spend a lot of her time amending the current map so an updated one will save "council" time and be better for everyone...

Forum: Nightlife, Events, Days out 08-07-2010, 22:30

Replies: 18 Mapping Accy Views: 961 Posted By John Flanagan Mapping Accy On Friday morning we're on Radio Lancs talking about this project so please listen in. Then on Saturday morning we're organising an event in the town centre to ask people for their experiences...

Forum: Questions and Answers 08-07-2010, 22:20

Replies: 17 Adrian Shurmer book Views: 1,100 Posted By John Flanagan Re: Adrian Shurmer book I was collecting some printing from Lancs Print and Steve asked me what I was doing over the weekend! I gave him one of the balloons. Remarkably he mentioned Shurmer and that many, many years ago...

Forum: Introduce Yourself 07-07-2010, 21:14

Replies: 18 Hello, I'm John F Views: 681 Posted By John Flanagan Re: About Mapping Accy It's about mapping the town centre form the viewpoint of those who use it. If you look at Accrington town centre in Google maps there's not a lot there. You can go to street view but all the shops...

Forum: Questions and Answers 07-07-2010, 14:55

Replies: 17 Adrian Shurmer book Views: 1,100 Posted By John Flanagan Re: Adrian Shurmer book Many thanks for the info on the book as I will be near the tourist office on Friday. He deliberately made mistakes that only locals would know - that's interesting - perhaps there should be a...

Forum: Questions and Answers 07-07-2010, 05:46

Replies: 17 Adrian Shurmer book Views: 1,100 Posted By John Flanagan Adrian Shurmer book In my project to draw a new map of Accy town centre I've come across Adrian Shurmer who produced some street guides. Does anyone know where I can buy a copy of his book?

Forum: Introduce Yourself 07-07-2010, 05:38

Replies: 18 Hello, I'm John F Views: 681 Posted By John Flanagan Re: Hello, I'm John F Many thanks - I'll post in Questions and Answers.

Forum: Introduce Yourself 06-07-2010, 22:29

Replies: 18 Hello, I'm John F Views: 681 Posted By John Flanagan Hello, I'm John F I've visited this site a number of times over the last few months in preparation for a project I'm involved in. It's to map Accrington town centre, not from the motorist's point of view but from the...

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