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Church is a very small but tight knit community, or at least it was when i lived there( my mum and step dad, and brother and sisters still do). Mainly known for the large church at the church kirk end, and the awful smell from the 'bone factory' 
I remember when Church had shops.
Does anyone remember that strange "cough" couple who had a sweet shop and if they were not serving in the shop they were blowing bubbles..I was a kid back then and I used to think freeky..hope they dont turn out to be anyones relatives on this board appologies if they are but they sure were strange folks..Linda..the snotty nosed kid who hung round church 60's & 70s
That wasn't the blind chap who ran the news agents opposite where the chippy is now is it?
Doug I was brought up in Leyland street but did most of my hanging round in church with my brother Jimmy who I sadly lost to cancer aged 38 in 1999 ..I can think of a few names..John Bramwell {mum & dad had a wallpaper shop} Roy Chatwood he once ran away from home and lived in the kilns and all the kids from miles around pinched food from their house to feed him .Jed Heath..hard as nails..LOL..Kim and Ian Potter ,Elaine Warden and her brother..lot of irish peeps..paddy my ex boyf..Fragie ,Pedro ,Cambels..and lots of others I cant just remember..Mick Mcmannus ,Pete flarety mum and dad had a chippy...lad we called nigger I think he was called Nigel..and lets not forget the Capsticks Malcom and Micheal lived near church trafic lights..in the 70s I was one of those pesky skinheads who hung round the triangle..so sorry if I bothered any of you I have grown up now LOL..Tealeaf I was sad to hear about the sad demise of the strange couple they are a big part of my church memories as was the building of Joseph Arnolds building..seeing lady Di open it..the swing bridge near the canal..the grave stones opening at church kirk and all us kids taking a look then running like mad to get away..nipping over the wall at the cross keys to nick their emptys then taking them back to get the money on the bottles..then last but least getting caught by the Armstrong clan for being on their territory and getting a good beating..then on to fond memories of me dad Bert Banks a well know Church character who could be seen up to his death sitting on the bench at the side of the Commercial with who he called the lads..all in their 80s and sadly all dead now..RIP owd fellas who were all Dunkirk veterans..Linda
Remember the capsticks. They had the shop there then, they went to St Andrews school when I did. Dick passed away recently, didn't he. Also remember Elaine Warden, and her twin brother Anthony. He went on holiday with us once. They lived on Bradshaw St a few doors up from us. The oldest brother was Alan I think, he was a butcher and used to bring us cheap meat. Think he still has a shop in Harwood, near the cop shop. Still see Elaine occasionally, usually in the Stag.
A few more names:
Lynne Cornwall, Susan Shaw from the off licence, the Croasdales - who used to live on the corner of wesley St till the house collapsed.
Anyone remember the little old lady on China St, Cassie, who everyone thought was dotty? I used to run errands for her.Or the lady in the big house at the back of the old Sacred Heart School, was that Mrs Aspin.
Who used to play on top of the garages on China St when they were there?
A few more names:
Lynne Cornwall, Susan Shaw from the off licence, the Croasdales - who used to live on the corner of wesley St till the house collapsed.
Anyone remember the little old lady on China St, Cassie, who everyone thought was dotty? I used to run errands for her.Or the lady in the big house at the back of the old Sacred Heart School, was that Mrs Aspin.
Who used to play on top of the garages on China St when they were there?
Cazzer I remember all these people and places you mentioned..the old lady with the willow tree behind the school was a very freindly kind old soul and I used to visit her often..I used to hang round with John Cornwall I think Lynn was his older sister and the Emblys..yep I used to play on those garages too I remember the paint splashes and I have remembered a few more names on China street was the bonnys and kath and John Hazelwood their dad had some sort of garage on China street..also I went to st Andrews from 1963-1969.
Doug I dont know any of those names sorry.
Doug I dont know any of those names sorry.
Re: Church
Lovely postcard Atarah...
The part showing "Foxhill Bank Drive" is actually Coach Road, as it goes under the railway bridge. I've never heard of it being called Foxhill Bank Drive though.
To Pheonix and a couple of others. I lived On Oswald St, then Henry St, before moving to India St. I remember Elaine Warden who lived down the "Croft" and her brother Alan.
Does anybody remember Peter Jordan, who lived right at the top of Church Kirk Lane and ran a Poultry Business on the path down to the "Dunk". Maybe I'm a bit older and going back to the 50's, I also went to St. Andrews, but left in 1956.
Atarah said:
Lovely postcard Atarah...
The part showing "Foxhill Bank Drive" is actually Coach Road, as it goes under the railway bridge. I've never heard of it being called Foxhill Bank Drive though.
To Pheonix and a couple of others. I lived On Oswald St, then Henry St, before moving to India St. I remember Elaine Warden who lived down the "Croft" and her brother Alan.
Does anybody remember Peter Jordan, who lived right at the top of Church Kirk Lane and ran a Poultry Business on the path down to the "Dunk". Maybe I'm a bit older and going back to the 50's, I also went to St. Andrews, but left in 1956.