do you remember.....?

[cashman]

I think it was that!
but wouldnt know about the infamous meeting place of the 60's.....lol, i wasnt born yet:

no but ya could have started there.

 

[panther]

doubt it, i was born in the 70's

 

[Lilly]

are they still in the same place or have they been moved, wow the council have splashed out on real loo paper, one of them must have had the experience of using the tracing paper

Lol, I remember that tracing paper loo roll. It was horrible, shiny and not fit for purpose. It didn't absorb at all....ugh.

 

[jackyalex]

Lol, I remember that tracing paper loo roll. It was horrible, shiny and not fit for purpose. It didn't absorb at all....ugh.

funny thing was you couldnt line the toilet seat with it either because the wind blew it off

 

[Lilly]

funny thing was you couldnt line the toilet seat with it either because the wind blew it off

You mean wind from outside.....not your wind I hope lol.

 

[jackyalex]

You mean wind from outside.....not your wind I hope lol.

lol no , i meant the wind from outside , you learn how to squat when on them loo's

 

[katex]

that would be the "Copper Kettle" panther, next to Accys most infamous meeting place of the 60s The No1 Stall.

The Copper Kettle is in Warner Street is it not ?

 

[Wynonie Harris]

The Copper Kettle is in Warner Street is it not ?

Quite right, Kate, but back in the day, there was a Copper Kettle cafe on the bus station...notorious haunt of local idlers and ne'er-do-wells!

 

[katex]

Quite right, Kate, but back in the day, there was a Copper Kettle cafe on the bus station...notorious haunt of local idlers and ne'er-do-wells!

Thanks Wynonie .. remember that cafe, just not the name.

That's why Cashy remembers it so well then .. (you set me up to say that didn't you ! )

 

[flashy]

Quite right, Kate, but back in the day, there was a Copper Kettle cafe on the bus station...notorious haunt of local idlers and ne'er-do-wells!

thats exactly why i wasnt allowed in it, i was a good girl in those days

 

[MargaretR]

I remember it - It had a large window frontage where you could see people on high stools facing out, eating off a window shelf - many looked a little like itinerants - so I never went in.

 

[cashman]

Thanks Wynonie .. remember that cafe, just not the name.

That's why Cashy remembers it so well then .. (you set me up to say that didn't you ! )

ya could say that,though the No1 stall was my main haunt, nevertheless have a great "Copper Kettle" story which i will tell you when our paths cross. about someone my late mate iantow knew about.

 

[mrskitty]

Before McDonalds was invented - Woolworths was opposite the Market Hall,
It looked like this inside
Interactive 1950s store - Fancy Goods

A member of my family (who lives down the road from me now) worked at Woolworths when it was there.....forever telling me things from the years she worked there.

And apparently she went to the first MacDonalds in London with her children when it opened and had fish(!) which she says was horrible.

 

[yerself]

Talking of cafes, who remembers the Melbo?

 

[cashman]

Talking of cafes, who remembers the Melbo?

yep great jukebox, great milkshakes, across from the Ribble Bus Station. came out of their n "pinched" a whalley bus once. but the driver didnt know till he got to whalley. just kept ringing the bell to stop/go the old dears thought it was a hoot.

 

[jackyalex]

I remember it - It had a large window frontage where you could see people on high stools facing out, eating off a window shelf - many looked a little like itinerants - so I never went in.

i used to go in onmy way to school if it was cold, i only saw the market traders in there

 

[cashman]

i used to go in onmy way to school if it was cold, i only saw the market traders in there

so margaret obviously thought we were itenerants jacky.

 

[jackyalex]

hmm yes and i was only 11 lol

 

[MargaretR]

so margaret obviously thought we were itenerants jacky.

My mum taught me to avoid old men when out and about alone
(they did look a bit 'unwashed')

 

[beechy]

Talking of cafes, who remembers the Melbo?

i think this must have been one of the first cafes in accrington
great place to meet and like cashy says at the time
great juke box