River Stink

River stink brings back loads of memories for me. I remember when I was a kid, we used to play down there and on the big car park where the arndale is now! Does anybody remember. it stretched from behind Whalley Road. I think the Barbers was on whalley road (where the vets is) What was the name of that barber shop!!! right to where boots is now. The cinema was there as well
 
Yes I remember the big car park and the loos from outer space, and the cinema on Broadway where those shops now are.
 


My word this thread bringing back memories. I was born in No 28 Croft St across from the Conveyer works main entrance. With regards to Mr G Bentley he died in late 2005 and had been unwell for sometime.

Does anyone remember the OLD BOMBED building (as a kid I used to think it had been bombed in the war but it hadn't) that was on the open land behind Castle St and Milton St but it lead to the Carpark where the Oden was?

Recalling what Keith posted about paper rounds I used to do mine from the newsagent on Whalley Rd and went over much of the same patch as Keith (am 49 now) and I also went along York St York Place Lupin Rd Lancaster Av Glouster Av (before the estate that stands there was built) and Westwood St Devonshire St Atkin St etc
 
It is bringing back memories, Had a few hair cuts from George Bentleys when I was younger, thanks for providing the name eric.

with regards to the bombed building was it near Burnley Road and at the end of Derby st? I remember an old factory there with smashed windows.
 
was Geogre Bently not on Abbey Street near Abbey street chip shop a bit higher up than plantation street and Terry I caught Sticklebacks in the Stink 45years ago WE PROBABLY MET ?
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The barber on Abbey Street was called George Taylor, I knew them both, Mr Taylor was a friend of my Fathers
 
Re: Hyndburn Road again

Atarah said:
And here is another view for you

Atarah
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is this taken from the fairground? (tenament) if so it looks like the gates to the gasworks. thanks for the photo
 
when we were kids we used to walk up the river stink from the back of the graveyard/gasworks and we would come out at the bull pub.it did stink and there were all kinds of things including rats around....if you were realy brave you could go the other way and that would have brought you out at milnshaw park just before the lodge but i was never that brave.. i remember that thae used to fill the graveyard with sheep/lambs and by the time i had got home from school they had gone.... to the slaughter house across the road my bedroom window overlooked the graveyard it was always such a nice sight to see them.. ive been a vegie now for 35 years i wonder if it had anything to do with it. ive never realy thought about it before.
 
Can anyone tell me if Sharn Hall was an actual hall, a building or a district. A relative was said to have lived at Sharn Hall.
 
Something rings a bell that its a property just off Hyndburn Rd (towards Church) - just past where the new Fire Station has been built. Maybe Retlaw, as an ex fireman, can help you on this?
 
Atarah said:
Something rings a bell that its a property just off Hyndburn Rd (towards Church) - just past where the new Fire Station has been built. Maybe Retlaw, as an ex fireman, can help you on this?
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Look at Shurmer's.
He tells you where it is.
Whether its still there after the building of the
new Fire Station and Lidl's etc, you will have to go and look.
Retlaw
 
Esther said:
Can anyone tell me if Sharn Hall was an actual hall, a building or a district. A relative was said to have lived at Sharn Hall.
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Are you a civil servant?You asked the same question in another thread:rolleyes::D

I can say this only once:D:D
 
This thread has been running since 2004 and I have only just seen it. Fascinating stuff. There does seem to have been some confusion over Croft Street. There was one in Accrington ( close by Bull Bridge) and one in Church. It was close by Nelson Square and looked across to India Street, so both were close to the Stink.
Someone mentioned Nelson Sq being overlooked by Lina Street. This is in fact Emma Street. I took papers there.
I spent a lot of time on Nelson Square. I lived in Persia St. There was a sewage pipe close to the bridge at Henry Street which we used to watch at certain times, knowing that effluent ( we didn't call it that) would be discharged from it. We liked to see the rubber goods bobbing along. Not only did Nelson Square
provide access to the Stink, it was a football and cricket field, a 'dirt track' circuit , a cowboys and Indians area, a courting spot and a place where underground shelters could be explored.
Where the road crossed the Stink at Bull Bridge ( the bridge by the Black Bull pub) was the very centre of Accrington in the very early ( at least medieval) days.
Seeing Atarah's photos of Electricity Street gave me a real thrill.
 
Bob Dobson said:
This thread has been running since 2004 and I have only just seen it. Fascinating stuff. There does seem to have been some confusion over Croft Street. There was one in Accrington ( close by Bull Bridge) and one in Church. It was close by Nelson Square and looked across to India Street, so both were close to the Stink.
Someone mentioned Nelson Sq being overlooked by Lina Street. This is in fact Emma Street. I took papers there.
I spent a lot of time on Nelson Square. I lived in Persia St. There was a sewage pipe close to the bridge at Henry Street which we used to watch at certain times, knowing that effluent ( we didn't call it that) would be discharged from it. We liked to see the rubber goods bobbing along. Not only did Nelson Square
provide access to the Stink, it was a football and cricket field, a 'dirt track' circuit , a cowboys and Indians area, a courting spot and a place where underground shelters could be explored.
Where the road crossed the Stink at Bull Bridge ( the bridge by the Black Bull pub) was the very centre of Accrington in the very early ( at least medieval) days.
Seeing Atarah's photos of Electricity Street gave me a real thrill.
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I spent a lot of time on Nelson square too great place.How old are you.
 
Where the road crossed the Stink at Bull Bridge ( the bridge by the Black Bull pub) was the very centre of Accrington in the very early ( at least medieval) days.

Old Accrington.
New Accrington had its own center

They didn't become Accrington until 1878.

Retlaw.
 
I have just remembered that the piece of spare land between Croft St, Church, Bradshaw Street and Wesley Street, looking across to India Street was called The Croft by locals. It was in a hollow alongside Sacred Heart RC School. It may have had allottments or hen pens. 'Croft' means field or piece of land.
 
carolef said:
when we were kids we used to walk up the river stink from the back of the graveyard/gasworks and we would come out at the bull pub.it did stink and there were all kinds of things including rats around....if you were realy brave you could go the other way and that would have brought you out at milnshaw park just before the lodge but i was never that brave.. i remember that thae used to fill the graveyard with sheep/lambs and by the time i had got home from school they had gone.... to the slaughter house across the road my bedroom window overlooked the graveyard it was always such a nice sight to see them.. ive been a vegie now for 35 years i wonder if it had anything to do with it. ive never realy thought about it before.
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We used to go down to the far end of the car park near the Viaduct and go down to the river and walk along, it came out of a dark concrete tunnel we never went up and the other end where it flowed there always used to be rats, that was towards the cemetery end. I suppose this is the area you are talking about.

At the other end behind the bridge pub, even though it smelt there were trout in there in teh 70's that came down from further up at Warmden Reservoirs which are now drained!

I just keep getting the idea to go into the tunnel end behind the bridge and walk right through to the Arndale Centre side and film it and see what it was like? See if there are any secret doorways into buildings beneath Accrington!
 
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