i remember when.....

My 4yr old Grandaughter got an halloween mask.
I looked at her and pretended to be frightend. All i got was dont be silly Grandma its only a mask.  ::)
 
I used to go to the Saturday morning Mickey Mouse club at the Odeon in Burnley starting around 1936 -- Milky way and Mars bars -- Buck Jones (my favorite) -- Ken Maynard -- Tim McCoy -- Charlie Chan -- Jungle Jim (Johnny Weissmuller).

Playing Cowboys & Indians afterward with cap guns -- the little kids had to to be the Indians.

Some Saturday mornings went to the Coliseum in Rosegrove where my cousin lived -- fare was essentially the same.

James Pickering
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I remember living in richmond street, which is where autocol is now! One winter a load of us got together and went up the big hill by the side of the old richmond pub (now a doctors surgery) and made what was possibly the biggest snowball ever and rolled it down the hill. I was only about 4 or 5 at the time so the size may be exaggerated.
I remember the shop that was on the corner of brown st and willows lane, they did some sweets called space dust, a mouthful of that and a swig of coke and your mouth foamed like a rabid fox!!!!!!! :blush8:
 
:rose8: Summer holidays playing footie on holy farmers playing fields, starting at 3 a side and by the time it was dark at least 18 a side, arguing if the ball went over the jackets ( posts ) no ref, or at least the oldest one or biggest one made the decsion.
 
That spare land where the Hyndburn Sports Centre is now we called “The Wreck” and it had air raid shelters where boy met girl and found out the difference.;)

Going dancing at Knowlmere St to learn how to dance. Had to learn ‘cos that’s where the girls were.:cool:

My first pint at 16 in the Australian Inn just off Bull Bridge in ’53.:drink:

Watching the blacksmith shoe shire horses also next to Bull Bridge.:confused:

Swimming at Accy baths just down from the pit and diving off the top board of the diving board into just 6 feet 6 inches of water. Then down a side street just across the road and through a ginnel to buy 1d or 2d packets of crisps. All broken of course but very full bags.:D

Working down Scaitcliffe pit as a pit pony.:rolleyes:
 
jambutty said:
That spare land where the Hyndburn Sports Centre is now we called “The Wreck” and it had air raid shelters where boy met girl and found out the difference.;)

Going dancing at Knowlmere St to learn how to dance. Had to learn ‘cos that’s where the girls were.:cool:

My first pint at 16 in the Australian Inn just off Bull Bridge in ’53.:drink:

Watching the blacksmith shoe shire horses also next to Bull Bridge.:confused:

Swimming at Accy baths just down from the pit and diving off the top board of the diving board into just 6 feet 6 inches of water. Then down a side street just across the road and through a ginnel to buy 1d or 2d packets of crisps. All broken of course but very full bags.:D

Working down Scaitcliffe pit as a pit pony.:rolleyes:
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I think you're a bit off with your directions Jambutty.

Where the Sports Centre is was called Nelson Square, and the "Wreck" was behind Hydburn Park School in the direction of Accy. But the memories remain the same.

You were 16 when you got your first pint at the Australian Inn??....why did you wait so long??...they use to serve 'em in short pants. I know...I got my first Half of Mild...at the serving window (stand outside and be served from the bar), when I was just 14. Never looked back since :drink: :drink: :drink:

Remember Mr. Smith (Supervisor) the guy who use to make the young kinds get out of the warm shower. He was OK really and helped a lot of kids to learn to swim. Did you ever dive off the Balcony?? (no! I didn't have the nerve to do it, but watched a cople of "big" lads do it!!)
 
The interesting thing is why Nelson Square was/is called Nelson Square...anybody know why ? (I think I do)
 
well, if you look at the very old maps.....there is one about 1848 which shows it...you will see that there were a number of houses built on the site, at a position between what is now the reception area of the Sports Centre and the bridge over the river (the river was further north-east then). the house were built in the typical Georgian style of the time...a square (with one open end). Naturally, the square was named after the hero of the time..Nelson. When the houses were demolised - in the early part of the 20th century, the name still remained...Nelson Square.
 
Do ye know...that's what I was told when I was a young whippersnapper. But what about the factory that was on "Nelson Square"? What was it called?
 
I'm lost on that one....I think there was a small factory built on the site of the Georgian Square..but I don't know how long it lasted. I do remember the water works on the left hand side as you came off Henry Street by the Bridge Pub..and I also remember that where the river banked from it's natural course into the straight channel there was an awful lot of old iron lying just under the ground surface...
 
I don't know the answer either as it was before my time!

My dad told me that there was a mill there when he was young. Circa 1914 or so.

I'll have a look on the old map!
 
I can just about remember the blacksmiths at the end of Union Street. A fabulous, dark and filthy place. A sort of wooden building with an oddly sloping roof. The inside was crammed full of lengths of rusting metal. it was a regular stop-off point on the way home from the Odeon on a Saturday morning. Another good stop off was the Slaughter House, where the new cinema is now. They used to store the offal outside in great piles, endless hours of amusement poking at it with sharp sticks --- What? It's a 'boy' thing.
I also remember the Herbalist's on King Street. You could get Liquorish (sp?) sticks there that were thick, black and shiny and as brittle as coal.

Does anyone remember the cafe/chippy under the Kendal Hotel at the top of King Street?
What about playing inside the derelict Hippodrome? There was a brilliant rope swing on the stage.
 
Fish and chips on Friday night. Sherbert dips and my paper round at Christmas (all those tips!!!! I thought I was rich) Midnight mass and black ice (neither of which I have done or seen for over 30yrs).
 
I remember the blacksmiths at the end of Union St, I cant remember the name of the guy but we took a horse there to be shod (have new shoes) it would have been about 82/83. It was great to watch, its not the same now, there's certainly not the same amount of skill involved ( no offence to farriers).
 
Cazzer i remember that one too.Mum and dad buying the coal in alittle blue bag and yours truly was responsible for carrying it in.They could have done smaller bags i am sure.Also remember throwing sugar on the coal to get it started faster
 
Anybody remember having to take fag coupons and trade then in at the local shop for some spuds.Not to mention the Co op stamp books.LOL!
 
I remember counting all the ciggie coupons my Dad collected and then looking in the Embassy catalogue to see what we could send off for.
 
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