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For the second General Election in a row Graham Jones has increased his majority . No doubt some on Accy Web will be dismayed , having intimated that the voters of Hyndburn would wipe him off the political landscape . The half a dozen or so of the political pundits who frequent this forum have...

Garth Dawson......May he rest in peace .

It's on Richmond Road , and used to be Spring Hill Methodist Church . It was advertised as a restaurant and function hall , but never got off the ground as a restaurant and has been used only as a function hall . A photo of it which I took when I lived up Spring Hill ......

There's a link here to a report in this weekend's Accrington Observer......Accrington Conservative Club arson investigation ends due to lack of evidence - Accrington Observer

Another photo of Harry Hynd......BBC - London - In Pictures - MPs getting a tan in Westminster

Harry Hynd was Chairman of Ways and Means , which meant he was Deputy Speaker . His photo crops up now and again in the Accrington Observer when they print old photos taken by Garth Dawson . Wikipedia has scant information about him ......https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Hynd

He must have kissed the Blarney Stone a few times.......Rest in peace , Terry .

My mother used to tell me of two evacuees my grandparents had in Spring Hill . They were two sisters , one being called Joyce McNally . They were both from Salford . From what my mother said , a bus with the evacuees stopped at the top of the street , and the evacuees were taken down the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEMCeymW1Ow

Nat King Cole ~ Unforgettable................ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXjdMV7SOfE

Thanks , Wyn . I thought I hadn't been dreaming it . It always caught my attention when one of those green buses turned up .......just the fact that they were different from the rest .

Thanks for link , Wyn . Do you have any information on the green single-decker Accrington Corporation buses ? I can remember at least two in the 1950s , and they were certainly on the Willows Lane/Moscow Mill bus routes .

Petula Clark ......lovely lass ....lovely singer..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx06XNfDvk0

Perhaps he meant this.....http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f66/chaigley-manor-trust-35597.html

Drink plenty of cherry juice . ;)