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It was Accrington FC. The current Stanley club is the third league team for the town. Different from Accrington FC and the original Accrington Stanley.

I recall the Mystic Meg debate was that she had Russian ancestry, though more the truth they reckoned was that she lived in Russia Street.

Dominic Brunt was in the same year at Moorhead High School with the already mention Julie Hesmondhalgh and Mina Anwar. I was in some classes with his brother, Patrick. Jim Bowen was also a teacher there and also lived in my old street, Queen Elizabeth Crescent. Now, I would hardly class...

I live in Accrington for the first 21 years of my life. I guess JW is simply comparing her life there to Oxford or wherever else she has lived. I can't say I know how 60s Accrington was, but if you compare the sights of a small former mill town to the bright lights of the Metropolis, many may...

The Accrington Sign Did anyone see 'Granada Reports' tonight with the plans for the Hollywood-style sign that they are planning to be erect. What's anyone's views ?