Althams ?

[cashman]

Well fancy that. What a divergence to make from tea to travel.

i thought that meself, have a lovely picture of the sign, unfortunatly cant put it on here

 

[WillowTheWhisp]

Why not? .....

 

[cashman]

Why not? .....

1 cos i aint got the equipment,2, cos if i had i am clueless with such things,3 it would probably infringe copyright or summat similar,cos its in a book. will that do? will happily show it to anyone that wishes to see it.

 

[ossy kid]

Garth Dawsons was a butchers. He was in fact my wifes gt.gt. Grandfather. Not Garth, the butcher!!!

 

[panther]

Panther was unlucky 4 hrs too late yerself gets the Karma.

story of my life....ha well maybe next time

 

[WillowTheWhisp]

1 cos i aint got the equipment,2, cos if i had i am clueless with such things,3 it would probably infringe copyright or summat similar,cos its in a book. will that do? will happily show it to anyone that wishes to see it.

Oh that's a shame. I wonder if there's a record of it anywhere online.

 

[lancsdave]

Here's a bit of history on Mr Altham, like all greats he was born in Burnley

The Briercliffe Society :: View topic - Travel Organiser - ABRAHAM ALTHAM 1841-1885

 

[entwisi]

Mmmm all greats are from Burnley eh?
Not sure how true it is but I heard a long time back that Todmorden has more Nobel prize winners than anywhere else. Anyone else heard owt similar?

 

[lancsdave]

Not sure how true it is but I heard a long time back that Todmorden has more Nobel prize winners than anywhere else. Anyone else heard owt similar?

Just looked it up and they do indeed have 2 of them. Not bad for a town that size.

 

[entwisi]

probably cause theres nowt else worth doing if you live there

Or that they are so close to Burnley that they'll do owt to escape

 

[cashman]

thanks for the link dave, he was a very enterprising dingle,