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Forum: Lost Friends / Family 27-08-2012, 11:41
Replies: 17
Views: 1,345
Posted By cooinda
Re: Bridge Street

Thanks Susie 123, that brought back a load of memories, I do remember the piano in the window.
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 27-08-2012, 11:40
Replies: 17
Views: 1,345
Posted By cooinda
Re: Bridge Street

Just to add to my last message, I was born in 1939, so it is possible Doreen was a bit older than me, what month do you have in 1938?
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 27-08-2012, 11:38
Replies: 17
Views: 1,345
Posted By cooinda
Re: Bridge Street

Hi Accybill, Doreen Dowling went to Hyndburn Park school as I did, its where we met. I think you are right with Luke Dowling, but not sure about her Mother, in Fact I don't remember seeing very much...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 27-08-2012, 10:51
Replies: 17
Views: 1,345
Posted By cooinda
Re: Bridge Street

Hi Cashman, Absolutely right, and under the bug hut was the snooker hall, across the road where Norths Cleaners and Swindon Insurance is, was Catlows one of the best fruit and veg markets in Accy at...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 27-08-2012, 10:17
Replies: 17
Views: 1,345
Posted By cooinda
Re: Bridge Street

Thanks Bob and Cashman, I clearly remember Doreens Dad, he was a nice guy, in fact he used to give Doreen a sixpence on Saturday's for an ice cream in the pictures, do you remember the Palace Cinema...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 26-08-2012, 16:37
Replies: 17
Views: 1,345
Posted By cooinda
Bridge Street

Does anyone remember Bridge Street, Church in the early to mid 50's it was mainly residential in those days, My very first girl friend lived there at number 7, she was called Doreen Dowling, we went...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 05-05-2012, 13:49
Replies: 80
Views: 9,406
Posted By cooinda
Re: Crawshaw Street Accrington

Yes, I remember the Gudgeon family well, our next door neighbours were called Feltel, (I think thats how it is spelt), then I think it was the Davidsons, then your family Gudgeons.

Latest news is...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 21-03-2010, 12:23
Replies: 80
Views: 9,406
Posted By cooinda
Re: Crawshaw Street Accrington

Hi Pete, I am back now, are you still in Accrington.

Terry.
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 22-02-2010, 15:44
Replies: 80
Views: 9,406
Posted By cooinda
Re: Crawshaw Street Accrington

Pete, I sure remember you, at present I am in South America, not always a good connection, I am back in UK around 15th March, will contact you then.
Good luck
Terry
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 13-12-2008, 13:59
Replies: 217
Views: 18,302
Posted By cooinda
Re: Who Remembers.......

Hi Cashman.
Your right it was just Cavendish originally, when the Woodhouse was added thats when my mother left, she often worked upstairs, no doubt you will have met her, her name was Alice quite...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 13-12-2008, 12:05
Replies: 217
Views: 18,302
Posted By cooinda
Re: Who Remembers.......

I remember him well, and yes he always wore a trilby, I was told he had been badly disfigured in a fire, something to do with the war. I also heard a story that he had been in the RAF and was shot...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 08-12-2008, 11:04
Replies: 80
Views: 9,406
Posted By cooinda
Re: Crawshaw Street Accrington

Thanks Cashman, at least we have one result.
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 08-12-2008, 11:01
Replies: 80
Views: 9,406
Posted By cooinda
Re: Crawshaw Street Accrington

Hi Bob.
Stephen's Court must have been the one I said was below the Nags and through an alley to come out behind Blackburn road.
I used to go to Joe Morts,it was upstairs in the first building on...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 08-12-2008, 10:42
Replies: 80
Views: 9,406
Posted By cooinda
Re: Crawshaw Street Accrington

Hi Keith.
We might have crossed each others path, because I delivered morning papers for Harry Parr from around 1951 to 1953, and also did the evening papers, I delivered the morning papers,Starting...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 08-12-2008, 10:22
Replies: 80
Views: 9,406
Posted By cooinda
Re: Crawshaw Street Accrington

I have a recollection of the girl you are talking about, was the families name Hindle? it came to mind as I read your comments.
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 08-12-2008, 10:18
Replies: 80
Views: 9,406
Posted By cooinda
Re: Crawshaw Street Accrington

Yes, you are right they were parallel streets, can you remember the year
Crawshaw Street was pulled down and was it done in one hit from end to end.:confused:
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 07-12-2008, 09:54
Replies: 80
Views: 9,406
Posted By cooinda
Re: Crawshaw Street Accrington

Hi Keith.

Thanks for that, it was Harry Cowell, it all floods back now.

Roy Hudson was a little younger than me, and I cannot recall what he did when he left school. As I said he lived behind...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 07-12-2008, 09:46
Replies: 80
Views: 9,406
Posted By cooinda
Re: Crawshaw Street Accrington

Hi davidf.
I lived in Crawshaw street from 1949 to 1956, as you know its a car park now and the Blockade has become a social services office of some sort.
When the Blockade did exist we always...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 07-12-2008, 09:27
Replies: 80
Views: 9,406
Posted By cooinda
Re: Crawshaw Street Accrington

:p

Hi ossykid.

;)I think you are right about the Blacksmiths name, you will also have passed Musgraves the Health food shop, was it Broughtons fireplace shop opposite, My father worked at...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 04-12-2008, 17:29
Replies: 217
Views: 18,302
Posted By cooinda
Re: Who Remembers.......

Hi Jaysay,

I was at St Marys from 1947 to 1949, from there I went to Hyndburn Park, I know St Mary's was RC which I am but for some reason when we moved to Accrington, I was sent to Hyndburn Park...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 04-12-2008, 11:21
Replies: 217
Views: 18,302
Posted By cooinda
Re: Who Remembers.......

Yes remember all that, I went to St Mary's primary on Moscow Mill street, lived on James street at the time, opposite railway street, all gone now, a shame.
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 04-12-2008, 11:12
Replies: 4
Views: 547
Posted By cooinda
Re: paper boy

Absolutely right, Parrs was the first shop from the Bull, was Cleggs the clog shop where we took our clogs for new irons, also further up was Musgroves Health Food shop.
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 04-12-2008, 10:56
Replies: 4
Views: 547
Posted By cooinda
Red face Re: paper boy

Yes I was a paper boy in the 50's for a newsagent called PARR the shop was where the entrance to the Arndale car park is now, the trips I went on were to New Brighton or Blackpool and boy did we...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 04-12-2008, 10:49
Replies: 80
Views: 9,406
Posted By cooinda
Re: Crawshaw Street Accrington

Yes, remember the Nags from those days, its completely modernised now.
School Street in those days had behind the Horseshoe was the Observer offices, then a big joinery company, the name escapes me,...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 04-12-2008, 09:42
Replies: 80
Views: 9,406
Posted By cooinda
Talking Crawshaw Street Accrington

:p Is there anyone who remembers Crawshaw Street before it became a car park, as a child I lived there, on the corner there was a blacksmiths shop, as kids we used to watch the horses being shoe'd...
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