introductions

Hi everyone, haven’t been on here for a few years...life just kinda got in the way. Looking forward to catching up with the chat/opinions/general conversations.

Hi thank you for letting me join. I was born and raised in Clayton le Moors but left in 1990 to work in the YHA in the Lake District and eventually as a baptist minister and RAF chaplain. I have travelled the world and lived in various places around the U.K but have lived in South Wales with my...

hi-just like to say thanks for your patience.I'm 79 yrs of age & live locally.my main interest is the local geology of ACCRINGTON & its surrounding towns during the last sub glacial periods 10.000 yrs ago.(Lake ACCRINGTON in particular. I'd love to here from anyone with similar interests.thanks...

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Afternoon all, My name is Josh, I have recently moved to Accrington from Bristol. I am a huge Accrington Stanley fan, and am enjoying the lie ins on a Saturday morning not having to be up so early to go to the match - rather than being on a motorway at 7 in the morning!! Hope everyone is...

Hi I am Joyce and I am researching history on shops and pubs/clubs in Baxenden since the 1800's any info welcome

Looking for any information about about the late Eric Harry St. George Smith and his connection to Pioneer Works. Also for any information about the late Ronald Smith, Managing Director of RGS Electro-pneumatics that used to have offices on Maudsley St and a factory at the top of Church St...

Hello ! I'm an ex Accringtonian of 40 years now living near Clitheroe. I'm writing a book on ghost and paranormal stories form Accrington, surrounding area and East Lancs in general. I'm trying to steer away from the usual 'White Lady of Salmesbury Hall' type stories and have already been...

Hi there my name is Victoria and I live in Milton Keynes but I’m on a mission to find family that lived around Lancashire and at one point Chester but I have no idea where to start

Hi my name is Roy Kirkham I used to live in Accrington till 1970 when I joined up, I now live in Yorkshire for my sins. I went to St Peters on Willow Ln then St Christopher till 1962, I am a member of The Royal British Legion Riders Branch which takes a lot of my time, well I think that's enough...

Hello! I once read that baseballs used to be manufactured in Accy -- and seem to recall the article stating that the balls were exported for use in the American Major Leagues. Is there any truth in that, please? If so, where the heck was the factory, and does anybody know anybody who worked...

Accy Family Mortimer’s Hi all, I’m Karen I have no idea how to use this site so please bare with me on this one. I googled my Great Uncles name Arthur Mortimer & this is where that search brought me.. My Gran was Maud Mortimer/Standing.. Anyone with any info please get in touch, I know the...

Hi All I am trying to find Paul Cavanagh for my aunt Joan, his cousin. Paul was the son of the late Jack and Kitty Cavanagh who lived on Park Road, Accrington for many years. Paul moved to Bristol many years ago but my aunty Joan said he returned to Accrington on a regular basis to visit his...

Hello, My name is Mike and I was born in Rawtenstall in 1948. During my childhood we lived in pre-fab in Woodside Road, Huncoat until they were demolitioned in the early 1950's. My mother used to work at the cotton mills, except for a period during the war when she worked at a factory...

Hi - I'm tracing 10 siblings of the COCK family including my Grandad. This is mainly around the Fylde Coast but one brother Henry Cock was a resident of Oswaldtwistle when he died in 1934. I've applied for a copy of his DC and see that he ran a Fish & Chip Restaurant at 5 Catlow Hall Street...

Hi my name is John Griffiths. I have joined the group in the hope that someone can help me. My mother and her twin sister were born in Oswaldtwistle in 1923, unfortunately I have very little information about their birth as they were illegitimate and were told a lot of tall stories about their...

I'm a Millers fan and I've not been on this site for over 11 years, how time flies! Just wanted to wish everyone associated with the club good luck for tomorrow against Exeter. It will be a great achievement if you win and get to League 1 for the first time in your history. You simply have to...

Hi I am new! New here that is. I am not new to the world or other places that I have visited. I am interested in local news (well sort of local) - my family (some of them) live up in Huncoat - so it is sort of Accrington (I guess). So that is my introduction to Accrington Web. I hope...

In the age of technology I have an avatar and I did it all without the help of James Cameron. Not only can you put a face to the name you can print it off and placing it above the fire renders a fire guard for child safety redundant. Also I would like to apologise for the loud shirt. The wife...

Hello to members of Accrington Web, I am new to your website. My colleague Roger Farnham and I are researching Karl Klic, the inventor of rotogravure in association with Storey Brothers, while he was living in Church Accrington in the late 1880s. He appears to have had an earlier connection in...