When I was a kid, my own street and heaps of surrounding streets were all cobbled.Some recent pictures I have seen have my own street all tarmac....I wonder when this change took place and whether there are still any cobbled streets around?
Cobbled streets
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Thats correct cobbles are stone washed stones from river for example.
I used to go down that steep bit past the Old Band Club on a sledge after it snowed (bloody dangerous with Victoria St at the bottom there) Council used to spoil our fun higher up Carter St by shovelling cinders everywhere
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It was great fun as a kid getting yer magnifying glass out & melting the tar between the stones, well it was until I got home & got shouted at off ma & pa for being filthy ! Thats probably why they got rid of the cobbled streets too many kids getting smacked & shouted at for going home dirty after spending hours melting tar !!
the good thing about cobled streets is that boy racers have to go slow in their lowered corsas etc or their front spoliers get torn off or their oversized rear end exhausts
You forgot the word noisy, it would slow them down that would be good
If you have cobbles(or setts) keep an eye on them, yes they're worth a fortune. So are real 'flags', try buying second hand flags. There have been cases of setts and flags dug up and disappeared, even from back yards.
Who said the streets of Accrington weren't paved with gold!
And on top of that, a good cobbled street enhances the intrinsic value of any house on which it stands. It both looks good and it feels good.
It's just a shame that that fact has not got through to the idiots in HBC.
Just out of interest, Talented, I notice that ANZAC day this year falls on Easter Monday. Will you get an extra day off in lieu? I expect that you will, which will mean only two days at work before you're on another holiday for the wedding of your future King & Queen. Knowing you lot, you'll probably take a months holiday - lovely! Still, I expect you'll need it for all the clearing up you will have to do after the poor weather you've had.
It's just a shame that that fact has not got through to the idiots in HBC.
Just out of interest, Talented, I notice that ANZAC day this year falls on Easter Monday. Will you get an extra day off in lieu? I expect that you will, which will mean only two days at work before you're on another holiday for the wedding of your future King & Queen. Knowing you lot, you'll probably take a months holiday - lovely! Still, I expect you'll need it for all the clearing up you will have to do after the poor weather you've had.
I,m always on holidays now that I,m retired.....but yep....the workers get 4 or 5 days.......
They tarmaced Union Road in Ossy over 50 years ago, side streets a bit longer, remember when I was a lad sitting on the kerb edge pulling up the tar they used to fix the stone sets when it was warm it seeped into the gutters, the old lady must have used pounds of butter getting the stuff of my clothes and me