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The centre of Foxhill Bank Brow was the demarcation line between Church and Oswaldtwistle. Does anyone have any information about the works (Nehesco?) which used to be at the bottom of the brow? Info requested by my father Owd Bert. Thanks.

My Honda 110i Motorbike was stolen in the early hours of this morning (1/9/2015) from my home in Church, Accy. Please can everyone look out for PN13BUO red and silver motorbike. It also holds my helmet, I.D and gloves inside my helmet box. I have already informed the local police so please...

Hi everyone. I am the new vicar for St James in the town centre and St Paul's on Plantation Street. I am here with my wife and youngest child. We have known and visited Accrington for a long time but only just moved here from (most recently) Warwick. We have been missionaries in East Africa...

dous any one remember the engine beds behind the tampits pub in church we lived in the chip shop in henry st

Can anyone give me as much information as they can on The Stag Inn pub located on Bank Street. Any information will be useful such as the history, haunted stories etc... When it was build and old pictures. Thanks in advance 👍

What's going on outside Church Commercial? All traffic diverted around it, barriers etc up. Is the building being demolished?

The Scottish village of Dull has been twinned with a Dorset (?) one called Boring. Where might Church go to continue this trend? What about other Lancashire townships such as Water, Weir and Barley? Any others?

Wallace Arnold's/Express Gift's Can anyone tell me anthing of the history of these companies and what was on the land before the factory? Has anyone got any stories of working there? When the new building was built in the 80s/90's everyone said 'what a monsterosity' and 'how did they get...

Hi, I'm currently looking to find out about Bridge House, Church for my grandad. He said that initially one of the managers that worked at F.Steiners used to live there/own it. His aunt and uncle, eddie whittaker, lived there for some time, and he remembers playing there as a child. We have...

We have a fighter:rolleyes::D;):); Accrington petrol pump attendant fights off robber with bottle of Rose (From Lancashire Telegraph)

I attended Church Kirk school until 1958 and was always intrigued and still am by the house that was attached to the school that always seemed occupied by one large family or another.Does anyone have any information abut this large house and what was its purpose?:hehetable

hi guys i am thinking about buying my first house in church, and need some serious advice about the area, would really appreciate your honest opinions : ) so i dont fall flat on my face

I bought my house in Church and loved it and still do and if I could I would still be living there :( I moved to Church from Higher Antley Street in 2001 well I moved to Norfolk Grove * cringes as people roll eyes* I know I was asking for it. I got and ex-three bed council house and it ws...

Church cricketers lead the field. They are in the world rankings. I am prompted to write this after reading a piece in today's Observer about Church having the whole of their Lancashire League fixture results from 1894 to the present, on their website. Quote " Church could be the first grass...

:confused:As the supposed redevelopment of Hargreaves Warehouse and the surrounding area seems to have seriously hit the rocks (mainly because of the current economic climate) it throws up to me an interesting anomally about the so called safety issues from the Blythes chemical site which...

Does anyone remember a couple of member there in the early '60s - Freddie Ireland and my father Joe Yates. They were regulars there.

I moved to church a couple of years back having no real knowledge of the place beforehand ( There are some things the estate agents dont tell you).The first clue all was not well was when we were moving in, a gang of hoodies congregated quite near to the van, when one of them suggested they move...

Can someone please help. When as a child we went on the Sunday run, I can remember on the way home to Accrington going round a bend and a set of traffic light where on the left was a large building with blue walls from the production of Dolly Blue, can anyone please tell me where exactly this...

Looks like they have made a good job of knocking down the old building at the lights, landscaped, knee high fence, and wow.........young trees complete with steel guards. (how long will they last) What a shame they did not do that on Blackburn road when they knocked down all those houses...

Don't know whether this is a coincidence, but I was talking to a guy who works at Mastabar (in a fairly senior position) on christmas eve, and he was saying that they were looking to relocate to smaller premises at whitebirk. Hence days later the factory goes up in flames in what appear to be...