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This must have been somewhere around the years I was at Woodnook Secondary Modern. Live in Australia now.

I have come across an old photo of my father and friend, can anybody identify the background? ... and identify the car? ... and some idea of the year it was taken? it must be prior 1940

Hi Atarah, Thank you for your reply re my 'photo, I have since found out that my great grandparents did live in other areas of Lancashire before they settled in Accrington. Probably due to the work with the proliferation of the cotton mills. I suggest the photo was taken in or near Manchester...

Hi Accypete, Many thanks accypete for your reply and inflormation. This is a great forum and through my post I was contacted by Marilyn J Wright who is a descendent of William and Elizabeth. It was wonderful to find relations who if it was not for this forum, I would never have know. I live...

I live in Millaa Millaa Queensland Australia and last August I visited Accrington, having left Accrington in 1962 at the age of 19 I was interested in meeting people and hopefully meeting and talking to people who frequent the Accy Web, however I did try to contact when I was in Accrington at...

Hi Trevis2 Thank you for you reply, I left Accrington in 1962, I have been back several times and will return this year. My father worked in H @ B but not too much is know, he is dead now and I do remember the area, I was put into the pre school? near Richmond Hill Street and often saw the H @B...

Religions over the centuries have caused great sorrow, division and untold suffering of human beings. There are few who have had the courage to point out this appalling truth. That all human beings are one is unimportant. Many years ago a man called John Lennon in the lyrics to the song Imagine...

My father worked there around this time, his name is Norman Haythorne.

Please send some of your cold weather to Queensland

I now live in Australia and have for many years, I want to attach a scan of what I think is the signatures of the Accrington Stanley Team of the 1950's. I found this only recently after many years. if there is anyone interested and can contact please do. I was a young boy at the time only 8...

My name is Stuart Haythorne and I would like to contact anybody who attended Woodnook Primary School in the years 1947-51, to reminiscence and contact.

When I lived in Accrington 1942-1962 it was wet, people have told me it is not the same, has the climate change? does Accrington get warmer days? more dry days? or perhaps more wet days? Would love to hear from people who remember....

Hi Retlaw, Thank you for the information and interest, I now understand that William and Betty Haythornwhite may have been born outside Accrington though they both died in Accrington. The surname is correct.

Hi Acrylic-bob, Thank you for the information, I now remember that my Grandfather said his Father had lived or born elsewhere than Accrington. I was very young at the time probably under the age of 9, and do not recall much. However it now seems that Betty may have resided at 115 Ormerod in 1930...

The photo of 115 Ormerod Street was much appreciated, it did bring back memories of Accrington, my Grandfather lived at 127 Ormerod and I often visited him. The light in the photo is nostalgic to me. I now live in the tropics and as you would know the light is strong. I loved to see the October...