Recent content by keith

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 with the gibraith group helping to build two new power stations in south wales which took a lot of...

Electricity street took you to the old power station which became the headquarters for gilbraiths commerials for many years

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

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 work out thankfully we where offered a move two years ago to sunny morecambe it as been like...

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 his wife and as a matter of fact they moved into a rented house that I and my family had just...

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 a few times on a sunday dinner time for the strippers they were alright

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 students round about that

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 customer was the lancashire tar distillers who I think took metcalfs over the driver of the tar...

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 remember a chap called dennis ramsbottom had a big say in running the club they also had a very...

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 died he was a miner at huncoat pit his wife my auntie died not long after, my uncle was a very good...

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 when she at last got to old to run it as she wanted she retired we all then transfered to the...

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 shoulder on the nearside of the road was a well down two steps and all you could drink lovely cool clear...

1970/80 were the years the firm I worked for at that time began doing there shipping and warehousing of course it had been renamed platt saco lowell and there machinery was going all over the world the late harry brindle was the chief shipping clerk trailer loads down to jacks motors at turner...

junetta quotes a name freddie martin rings a bell that the one I knew was a long distance lorry driver working along with billy crossley dennis sandyford out of rishton paper mill for thomas gilmartins which was part of the gilbraith transport empire

raf regiment corps parish notice Former rafregt sgt cyril nicholas hehty-dodd <known professionallyas tv personality SIMON DEE died on 30th august o9aged 74 born in manchester joined the raf feb53 remustered june 53 to the raf regt april54 promotedto sacvarious postings till june56 then promoted...