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Showing results 1 to 25 of 87 Search took 0.01 seconds. Search: Posts Made By: Tony Ireland

Forum: General Chat 01-07-2013, 11:43

Replies: 220 MPs Pay Rise Views: 4,685 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: MPs Pay Rise Are we still all in this mess together??

Forum: Lost Friends / Family 04-05-2013, 09:19

Replies: 24 ANDERSONS Views: 2,044 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: ANDERSONS It's a small world Dave was due to go to the outward bound school at ullswater but he broke his arm (I think) and left me the honour of going I think Dave left at christmas because I was headboy...

Forum: Lost Friends / Family 03-05-2013, 13:23

Replies: 24 ANDERSONS Views: 2,044 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: ANDERSONS Jon's age seems to be confusing I am 68 and john and I where in the same class at St Christophers from when it opened till I left in 1960

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 21-02-2012, 13:17

Replies: 74 Shops in Peel Street Views: 6,639 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: Shops in Peel Street I can remember painfully Hughes Dentists I think it was over the bank

Forum: Lost Friends / Family 24-05-2011, 14:55

Replies: 117 St Christopher's Views: 14,923 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: St Christopher's I left in 1960 Derek Day was the maths Teacher

Forum: Lost Friends / Family 05-02-2011, 12:51

Replies: 43 St Oswald's School-1940-1950 Views: 7,314 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: St Oswald's School-1940-1950 Sorry about the confusion I created Stephanie I was refering to the infants I never went to the juniors I went to Saced heart juniors Tony

Forum: Lost Friends / Family 11-01-2011, 14:15

Replies: 43 St Oswald's School-1940-1950 Views: 7,314 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: St Oswald's School-1940-1950 I have looked at this topic before but did not recognize any names I think I started in the infants when I was 3 or 4 but that could be wrong so that would be 1948 ish. I remember a Mr Bruynseels...

Forum: Accy Photos 27-02-2010, 09:39

Replies: 121 OWL HALL and ACCRINGTON HOUSE Views: 27,609 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: OWL HALL and ACCRINGTON HOUSE Thank you all once again Tony

Forum: Accy Photos 23-02-2010, 14:48

Replies: 121 OWL HALL and ACCRINGTON HOUSE Views: 27,609 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: OWL HALL and ACCRINGTON HOUSE Can I ask a naive question is or was Accrington House at the top of sandy lane thanks Tony

Forum: Accy Photos 30-01-2010, 13:01

Replies: 75 were is this ? Views: 4,045 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: were is this ? I think it is broadway surely the river was covered in front of what was to become the odeon so that bit looks OK? I think that the waterwheels are gas/electric lights and I don't think it is...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 21-01-2010, 13:18

Replies: 49 1st. Barbers Views: 2,795 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: 1st. Barbers In the fifties my first visit to the barbers was the shop at the corner of albion st and king st I don't know if the shop had a name but the barber was Harry Clemmy

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 14-01-2010, 13:26

Replies: 604 1st pint, 1st local. Views: 42,936 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: 1st pint, 1st local. My first pint was in The Tramway in 1962 Joe Singleton was the Landlord His wife I think had been licensee for donkey's years the look on Joes face when he bought me a pint on my 18th in 1963.

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 14-07-2009, 14:15

Replies: 6 The Argyle Street Gym. Views: 1,404 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: The Argyle Street Gym. Bob spent a couple of years trying to get a couple of us boxing but it was always with a pint in our hands. I saw Bob in the asda at Lancaster last year just before he died he was great man,

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 05-07-2009, 05:16

Replies: 48 Winter of 1963 Views: 3,584 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: Winter of 1963 1963 I was an apprentice plumber and I spent 3 months repairing lead pipes in those outside loo's was that a miss spent youth

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 03-06-2009, 09:49

Replies: 217 Who Remembers....... Views: 18,302 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: Who Remembers....... I was weaned on Lions mild in 1962/63 at 1/3d a pint that's perhaps why I don't remember much of this

Forum: Springhill Spot 05-03-2009, 10:41

Replies: 33 Its Happened. Views: 5,218 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: Its Happened. If these people are travellers why do they get so upset when asked to move on

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 06-05-2008, 10:30

Replies: 143 Who remembers? Views: 11,349 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: Who remembers? Lionel Robinsons is that now denhams that also have what was palmer rileys tony

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 05-05-2008, 10:31

Replies: 143 Who remembers? Views: 11,349 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: Who remembers? Its the building behind the sub station before you come to the old power station building I don't know gas st tony

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 05-05-2008, 07:19

Replies: 143 Who remembers? Views: 11,349 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: Who remembers? I have got the location for Palmer Riley wrong it was on electricity st I think tony

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 29-04-2008, 12:43

Replies: 143 Who remembers? Views: 11,349 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: Who remembers? Was it not where there building the medical centre jct of paradise st it used to be a mill tony

Forum: Crash Computers Chat 01-04-2008, 13:17

Replies: 24 backing up files? Views: 1,705 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: backing up files? I have just bought a maxtor external hard drive and I back everything up on there and you can select the frequency at which it does it and trust me its easy tony

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 22-03-2008, 12:15

Replies: 143 Who remembers? Views: 11,349 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: Who remembers? Leslie Dean when headmaster at St Andrews used to walk us to the baths for our swimming lesson then on the way back at the bakers near the school we bought penny loafs they resembled a minature...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 19-03-2008, 10:04

Replies: 302 do you remember.....? Views: 17,708 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: do you remember.....? Thanks for that Margaret but was there nothing after Nightingales before Asda Tony

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 19-03-2008, 09:46

Replies: 302 do you remember.....? Views: 17,708 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: do you remember.....? Was it called the Queens after it was Nightingales I seemed to remember when the grocery store first opened people where still calling it the Queens or am I confused as usual thanks Tony

Forum: Heritage and History 13-03-2008, 10:50

Replies: 17 Accringtons Jubilee Souvenir 1878-1928 Views: 2,383 Posted By Tony Ireland Re: Accringtons Jubilee Souvenir 1878-1928 There used to be copies in Accrington Library and looking on the web ebay and others have copies Tony

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