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Forum: Lost Friends / Family 13-12-2010, 19:12
Replies: 43
Views: 7,314
Posted By keith
Re: St Oswald's School-1940-1950

springhill school garden was very nearly opposite the bottom of moorhouse avenue
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 12-12-2010, 19:01
Replies: 43
Views: 7,314
Posted By keith
Re: St Oswald's School-1940-1950

springhill council school did a similar thing but the whole class did the digging springhills garden was a patch taken off farmer nelsons farm field which after the war became richmond road
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 28-11-2010, 19:09
Replies: 123
Views: 5,354
Posted By keith
Re: what smells do you remember

In the late 19 fourties we lived top of devonshire street and along with westwood street we had to suffer a awful smell from the metcalfes fertilzer plant I am told they are now based in...
Forum: Questions and Answers 26-10-2010, 20:19
Replies: 122
Views: 21,175
Posted By keith
Re: Nori Brick

I wonder did I ever meet nori specials sorter, first my time working for the NCB over a ten year period I tipped coal at all the different brickyards including deerplay and then when that finished...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 24-10-2010, 18:41
Replies: 43
Views: 7,314
Posted By keith
Re: St Oswald's School-1940-1950

we lived on the ferngore during that period half the kids on the estate went to st oswalds a few names I remember john and jim prior and the finns who went on to be great crown green bowlers like...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 15-10-2010, 19:32
Replies: 36
Views: 3,493
Posted By keith
Re: ewbank sweepers

Electricity street took you to the old power station which became the headquarters for gilbraiths commerials for many years
Forum: Questions and Answers 05-10-2010, 19:17
Replies: 31
Views: 2,152
Posted By keith
Re: A question bout Accy Asda

Tesco customers biggest problem will be the traffic alright if you live up richmond road way but the other way towards the town I think there will be trouble more so at weekend
Forum: Nightlife, Events, Days out 30-06-2010, 19:34
Replies: 45
Views: 3,623
Posted By keith
Re: Happy Mount Park - Morcambe

I was born in accrington thirty five years in rishton after getting married the only place where we could get a house and then back to accrington back to my roots as they say but sorry it did not...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 10-06-2010, 20:25
Replies: 730
Views: 80,354
Posted By keith
Re: ACCY POP GROUPS 1960s

Seem to remember seeing kyte the group on three occasions twice in rishton first the now closed down legion club and then on another occasion the free gardeners on parker street also someones...
Forum: Questions and Answers 20-04-2010, 20:20
Replies: 72
Views: 2,650
Posted By keith
Re: Nouvelle cuisine in Rishton. Help?

I lived in rishton 1962/1996 34 years and nobody as mentioned the restaurant that opened in the late sixties early seventies were the indian restaurant now is the chef was top notch he was helped by...
Forum: Questions and Answers 15-04-2010, 20:14
Replies: 14
Views: 654
Posted By keith
Re: Accrington Palace Cabaret Club, Church

went one night to the tudor as it was called then and mike and bernie winters was top of the bill alas they went down like a ton of bricks they could not raise a smile never mind a laugh I also went...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 23-03-2010, 19:45
Replies: 196
Views: 27,416
Posted By keith
Re: Accy Characters

my memory of betty birtwistle was her walking up first blackburn road then abbey street every morning towards the palmer riley electric distributors shop where she worked for quite a while sure...
Forum: Heritage and History 15-03-2010, 19:52
Replies: 66
Views: 5,584
Posted By keith
Re: Accrington's 'Little Italy?'

There was a lad barry bacigalupo attended the art school within the accrington grammer school round about 1949/50 lived in baxenden think he went on to the barrow print works as did most of the art...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 22-02-2010, 19:50
Replies: 80
Views: 9,406
Posted By keith
Re: Crawshaw Street Accrington

Atkiman just picked up again on this thread reminds me the last time I saw you you were with bowkers veteran wagon at fleetwood tram day quite a few years ago at that time you were living up...
Forum: General Chat 05-02-2010, 20:08
Replies: 119
Views: 5,730
Posted By keith
Re: Two More Pubs Close

Jaysay A pub you did not mention on a previous page the Montague arms was the best of the lot okay it was just off the old kent road but only by 100 yards and from taylors old fish and chip...
Forum: Questions and Answers 15-01-2010, 20:28
Replies: 11
Views: 1,367
Posted By keith
Re: Church tar siding

Inthe period 1955/65 the national coal board transport based at altham garage next to the coke works had a 8wheeler tanker whose sole job was delivering tar made there at the coke works the main...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 14-01-2010, 19:26
Replies: 604
Views: 42,936
Posted By keith
Re: 1st pint, 1st local.

the castle pub may be grubby now but when john and marie whittam were there it certainly was not they ran the castle for 17years and the brewery during that time scale would not have allowed them...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 13-01-2010, 19:35
Replies: 65
Views: 4,142
Posted By keith
Re: Pie shops in Accy

A very good pie and also other things like sausage rolls pasties and a very good selection of cakes all made on the premises could be bought at the mr and mrs alan presho shop on parker street...
Forum: Heritage and History 11-01-2010, 19:55
Replies: 21
Views: 2,644
Posted By keith
Re: Whittaker Brothers, Pioneer Works

my older brother jim worked at pioneer foundry before doing his national service in the late forties he use to take me several nights aweek to there sports club and table tennis was the main sport I...
Forum: Heritage and History 28-12-2009, 21:05
Replies: 72
Views: 6,106
Posted By keith
Re: The area I grew up in. Woodnook

regarding the woodnook area maybe some onecan recall a family that lived on belfield road called jackson they are long lost relatives of mine lost touch with them years ago when my uncle herbert...
Forum: Heritage and History 24-12-2009, 13:30
Replies: 15
Views: 1,280
Posted By keith
Re: Old wooden cabin

madam harkers has she was known in the forties also ran a saturday night ballroom dancing session with herself in charge of the music I myself along with about fifty others were classed as regulars...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 06-12-2009, 20:31
Replies: 20
Views: 3,190
Posted By keith
Re: Blythe Chemicals Works

as a hgv driver in the seventies I remember driving into blythes yard to load a manchester liners container and told to report to the yard forman who turned out to be joe slattery ex accrington...
Forum: Questions and Answers 25-11-2009, 20:27
Replies: 60
Views: 2,664
Posted By keith
Re: Natural Spring (Water)- any nearby?

along with my brothers and we lived on the ferngore we often went walks up green howarth on the road between the red lion pub and the shoulder of mutton pub possibley about 100 yards from the...
Forum: General Chat 20-11-2009, 19:22
Replies: 13
Views: 509
Posted By keith
Re: Buster/ Paul o Grady

paul ogradys friday show is not live rest of the week is sometimes the daily mirror on a saturday run a advert for people to attend the live shows on certain days but they do not advertise for...
Forum: General Chat 10-11-2009, 19:52
Replies: 48
Views: 1,540
Posted By keith
Re: Brown's apology

behind all this lurks the sun newspaper and of course rubert murdoch all his papers both in this country and america are losing money the only things making any profit are his tv stations and david...
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