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Bob Dobson · 25-06-2008, 08:06

I'm not aware of a school on School Street, though in willow St the Cannon St Baptists ran a Sunday School from early times, so that may have been named as it it led up to it.
I always thought it comical that School St was opposite Birch St

The Horseshoe - don't know about this. Don't even know if it was originally a Thwaites house or one they bought off another small brewery - though it wasn't a Bentley's (Milnshaw) house. There was a fashion to name pubs after racehorses. Fitzpatrick's wasn't the only farrier's shop in the area - Myerscough's were in King St, so it may be that there was one in School St and the pub was built on it. I am working on a new book of Acc photos, and have traced one of the Horseshoe. so will probably include it.

Back to Arago St, I feel it is linked to Arnold St & Addison st, its parrallel neighbours.
The most famous Arago ( there were 4 brothers) was Francois, a mathematician, physicist, astonomer & French Prime Minister. So all 3 were academ,ics whom Peel may have admired. Another brother, Etienne Vincent, was a celebrated writer, so he too could linked to Addison & Arnold.

25-06-2008, 08:06	#48
Bob Dobson Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Staining, Blackpool Posts: 3,096 Liked: 407 times Rep Power: 158676	Re: Street Names I'm not aware of a school on School Street, though in willow St the Cannon St Baptists ran a Sunday School from early times, so that may have been named as it it led up to it. I always thought it comical that School St was opposite Birch St The Horseshoe - don't know about this. Don't even know if it was originally a Thwaites house or one they bought off another small brewery - though it wasn't a Bentley's (Milnshaw) house. There was a fashion to name pubs after racehorses. Fitzpatrick's wasn't the only farrier's shop in the area - Myerscough's were in King St, so it may be that there was one in School St and the pub was built on it. I am working on a new book of Acc photos, and have traced one of the Horseshoe. so will probably include it. Back to Arago St, I feel it is linked to Arnold St & Addison st, its parrallel neighbours. The most famous Arago ( there were 4 brothers) was Francois, a mathematician, physicist, astonomer & French Prime Minister. So all 3 were academ,ics whom Peel may have admired. Another brother, Etienne Vincent, was a celebrated writer, so he too could linked to Addison & Arnold.