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Originally Posted by Atarah
Bit of history for you.
Forgot to mention this when I started this thread ....... it is written in a 1935 newspaper article - for those who fell victims of the plague, which is not recorded, but there was an ominous drop in the population of Accrington during the later part of the 17th century which cannot be accounted for otherwise than by an epidemic".
Wonder if its true?
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Sure was some sort of epidemic Atarah, however, how many ? Couldn't have been huge in the 17th century .. not many people around here. Good stuff though.
Don't you go out digging madam, unless you have had all vaccinations .. the virus still lurks...
