It has a music festival too
Ramsbottom Festival 2011
Ramsbottom Festival 2011
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I think it leaves Bury at 4.30 pm.....and it is about 20 minutes to Rammy(roughly).......but it perhaps would be worthwhile looking at the timetables.
Ramsbottom is a lovely place.
The main street has a number of thriving independent shops.
It is set in some beautiful countryside and has lots of interesting things happening.
They have the railway.....with the much loved steam trains puffing up and down the line.
They have 1940's weekends, A Music Festival(which MargaretR has mentioned)....Guy Garvey the lead singer in Elbow is originally from Stubbins.
The place feels vibrant and alive...which is something that Accrington could aim for.
The main street has a number of thriving independent shops.
It is set in some beautiful countryside and has lots of interesting things happening.
They have the railway.....with the much loved steam trains puffing up and down the line.
They have 1940's weekends, A Music Festival(which MargaretR has mentioned)....Guy Garvey the lead singer in Elbow is originally from Stubbins.
The place feels vibrant and alive...which is something that Accrington could aim for.
and this is where they played their very first "gig" was "The Railway" then "The Corner Pin" had a walk past yesterday
Didn't Agyness Deyn work in the chippy ?
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Yes she did wadey...but she went by a different name then...which I have quite forgotten now...it will come back to me in the night.
My sister lived in Ramsbottom before emigrating to Oz...she tells me that she heard Guy Garvey sing in one of the pubs a lot of years ago(she has been in Oz 9 years)......didn't much care for him then, but strangely, likes him now.
My sister lived in Ramsbottom before emigrating to Oz...she tells me that she heard Guy Garvey sing in one of the pubs a lot of years ago(she has been in Oz 9 years)......didn't much care for him then, but strangely, likes him now.
Thanks Wadey....the question has been buzzing round my brain all night........I couldn't get a handle on it......my sisters girl is just a couple of years younger that her and always wanted to be her.
The Railway in Stubbins was changed to the Corner Pin (not to be confused with the Railway in Ramsbottom), Jimmy Cunliffe (the landlord who changed it) changed the name because all the locals called it 'the corner pin', something to do with it being situated on the corner of Pin Meadow, Jimmy Cunliffe even became know as Jimmy Pin, he also started the World Black Pudding throwing championships which has featured on sky sports and is now held every September at the Royal Oak on Bridge Street, Ramsbottom.
The Village Chippy in Stubbins used to be a small brick building about the size of a decent garage, a lady called Mary had it for many years, then a builder bought it, built the building you see now around the original, and demolished the original.
The Village Chippy in Stubbins used to be a small brick building about the size of a decent garage, a lady called Mary had it for many years, then a builder bought it, built the building you see now around the original, and demolished the original.
The landlord of the Masons in Walsden took over the Railway at Subbins many years ago but got bashed about a bit one night by the local hooligans. He moved out and took a pub in Bury.
Ramsbotton is a busy place nowadays with the East Lancs railway drawing the crowds in, as you can see by the photo.
I had my dinner today in the chippy and as usual enjoyed it.
Ramsbotton is a busy place nowadays with the East Lancs railway drawing the crowds in, as you can see by the photo.
I had my dinner today in the chippy and as usual enjoyed it.
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whats all this elbow stuff all of a sudden? Now everyone has heard of Guy Garvey !! ..ive met him twice.ive Followed elbow for a decade..now they too big for me thanks .Elbows 'cast of thousands' album has the names on the album titles of people who saw them at glastonbury 2007.. my names on that cover ' TWICE ' only name on it twice as well...Ive told guy or 'sloopy chin' garvey this.He's names only on it once !! ,as singer. mines on it twice !!
Old 'Sloopy chin' is a top top bloke though and also produces bands like 'i am kloot' etc from elbows owned blueprint studio
i thank you ha
Old 'Sloopy chin' is a top top bloke though and also produces bands like 'i am kloot' etc from elbows owned blueprint studio
i thank you ha
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whats all this elbow stuff all of a sudden? Now everyone has heard of Guy Garvey !! ..ive met him twice.ive Followed elbow for a decade..now they too big for me thanks .Elbows 'cast of thousands' album has the names on the album titles of people who saw them at glastonbury 2007.. my names on that cover ' TWICE ' only name on it twice as well...Ive told guy or 'sloopy chin' garvey this.He's names only on it once !! ,as singer. mines on it twice !!
Old 'Sloopy chin' is a top top bloke though and also produces bands like 'i am kloot' etc from elbows owned blueprint studio
i thank you ha
I had never heard of Elbow until earlier this year.......I happened on them by accident.
So while they might have been known to you for a decade, there are others like me who have only just discovered them.
My sister and her husband were going to pubs where they played over a decade ago...they(my sis and her old man) lived in Rammy then........Now they are in Oz...I happened to mention Guy Garvey and was shocked to hear that she knew of them all that time ago....didn't rave about them, just liked some of the pubs they played in.
Consider yourself lucky!
