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Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 13-10-2013, 17:16
Replies: 230
Views: 24,756
Posted By essexshar
Re: Favorite Memories of Accrington

so what was wrong with my post?
Forum: General Chat 13-10-2013, 12:18
Replies: 255
Views: 11,192
Posted By essexshar
Re: Post Office Sell Off - Welcome To Tory Britain

forgot to add the only things with queens head on is royal mail and currency as the queen will not allow her image to be utilised for advertising purposes can her head remain on a privatised stamp
Forum: General Chat 13-10-2013, 11:37
Replies: 255
Views: 11,192
Posted By essexshar
Re: Post Office Sell Off - Welcome To Tory Britain

as the reason Mrs Thatcher refused to privatise the business sooner was the refusal to "privatise the queens head" and the likelihood of any foreign controlling interest to remove said head from...
Forum: General Chat 12-10-2013, 17:00
Replies: 255
Views: 11,192
Posted By essexshar
Re: Post Office Sell Off - Welcome To Tory Britain

if they sell up will the queens head still be on the stamps?
Forum: Questions and Answers 12-10-2013, 15:27
Replies: 33
Views: 1,975
Posted By essexshar
Re: Fleas on dogs

how old is she and do you walk her in grass
Forum: Questions and Answers 12-10-2013, 11:29
Replies: 43
Views: 1,554
Posted By essexshar
Re: Corned Beef Hash

Before they became available countrywide my Mum used to send a coolbag full of Hollands stuff back with me when I visited," JUST IN CASE"of what I never knew) On a different tack do you still get a...
Forum: Forum Games 11-10-2013, 13:52
Replies: 7,340
Views: 260,503
Posted By essexshar
Re: cities and towns game

Roxwell Essex
Forum: Questions and Answers 11-10-2013, 11:14
Replies: 43
Views: 1,554
Posted By essexshar
Re: Corned Beef Hash

have you tried the vegetable one? My southern hubby had never tried oxtail so I asked my butcher for fresh suet to make dumplings, apparently they cannot compete on price with the packet stuff so...
Forum: Questions and Answers 11-10-2013, 09:34
Replies: 43
Views: 1,554
Posted By essexshar
Re: Corned Beef Hash

If you are going to put a crust on has to be suet pastry
Forum: General Chat 07-10-2013, 05:11
Replies: 4
Views: 423
Posted By essexshar
Re: A good use of police resources

Had this happened in Essex they wouldn't have responded unless Sugar had been either;
A twittering whilst driving
B doing 41 in a 40 mph zone
unless it has wheels they are not interested
Forum: General Chat 07-10-2013, 05:02
Replies: 26
Views: 927
Posted By essexshar
Re: Tragic Human Failure

Unfortunately this is not a new thing, I remember going to Malta in the early 80s as the island is between their set-off point and destination many of them ended up in Malta on the way to Italy. The...
Forum: Introduce Yourself 06-10-2013, 06:17
Replies: 9
Views: 376
Posted By essexshar
sorry hello everybody

Born in haslingden, flew south in 80's lived in london across from lords cc near paul mccartneys place moved to essex in mid 90s and stayed. Live near thames have 2 dogs and hubby . Growing old...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 06-10-2013, 05:25
Replies: 47
Views: 2,806
Posted By essexshar
Re: Funny How Smells Take You Back

When we used to sneak out of paddock house for 5 single number 6 cigs at lunchtime and visit the wonderful little pie shop on the main road the smell from Stirling Pet Foods, an unpleasant aroma to...
Forum: Hints/Tips/Advice 05-10-2013, 16:53
Replies: 254
Views: 30,020
Posted By essexshar
Re: Nuisance telephone calls.

there is also a website called WHO CALLS ME where you enter the nuisance number if you have one and read cases of other people if enough people complain they take it up. We went through a phase of...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 04-10-2013, 13:50
Replies: 6
Views: 940
Posted By essexshar
Re: Anyone work at Brockhall hospital in late 1970s

What happened to the patients/residents it was a huge place and most of them were never going to be able to live independently
Forum: Nightlife, Events, Days out 04-10-2013, 06:15
Replies: 98
Views: 7,993
Posted By essexshar
Re: Pubs on Blackburn rd

I remember the dog and partridge when Maureen and Harold had it Jim Robertson had the bay horse and John and Sandra had the alma back in the 80s
Forum: Accrington Stanley 04-10-2013, 05:21
Replies: 43
Views: 1,150
Posted By essexshar
Re: V Dagenham And RedBridge Guess The Gate

Ill have a go with 1258 please
Forum: Questions and Answers 03-10-2013, 03:44
Replies: 11
Views: 901
Posted By essexshar
Re: Clive Wallwork's barber shop

Used to have my hair cut by Clive and that is definitely him recognise the scar on his chin
Forum: Questions and Answers 02-10-2013, 14:42
Replies: 17
Views: 867
Posted By essexshar
Re: Why does it always happen to me?

At Lakeside shopping centre Essex clampers deal with perfectly able bodied people who abuse disabled parking and even Tesco have a regular patrol for blue badges doesn't cure it completely but helps
Forum: General Chat 02-10-2013, 14:33
Replies: 4
Views: 426
Posted By essexshar
Re: Silly season

Unfortunately a older friend fell for one of these and only having just got the laptop paid £79 for someone to "check" her system she then must have been put on the mugs list as she started getting...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 27-09-2013, 13:47
Replies: 343
Views: 28,618
Posted By essexshar
Re: Years Gone By

Sunday afternoons in Queens landlord used to play COWARD OF THE COUNTY by KENNY RODGERS to clear the place at last orders then off to the pictures watching 1 film then sneaking into another and out...
Forum: Heritage and History 27-09-2013, 13:16
Replies: 25
Views: 2,713
Posted By essexshar
Re: Accrington Market Hall.

worked on Lens indoor market during 70s best paid Saturday job in Accy at the time also did the cold outdoor stall with his daughter during the school hols those were the days
Forum: General Chat 27-09-2013, 13:12
Replies: 24
Views: 2,244
Posted By essexshar
Re: Issac i.e. Jeff Heyes

back in the 70's Christina who was Isaacs girlfriend at the time was sent away to a convent to keep her away from him her parents were very religious and horrified when she ended up pregnant by him ...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 27-09-2013, 12:22
Replies: 6
Views: 940
Posted By essexshar
Re: Anyone work at Brockhall hospital in late 1970s

I volunteered 1973-77 used to get a ticket for something to eat in the canteen as a bonus. Minibus used to collect us from Paddock House grammar school in Ossie and drop us in Accy bus station. I...
Forum: Questions and Answers 14-09-2013, 06:16
Replies: 34
Views: 2,944
Posted By essexshar
Re: Does anyone remember Snowy?

CAPTAIN DOVE ,apparently he was super intelligent and had a major mental breakdown think he was called Goeffrey
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