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Originally Posted by MargaretR
Thwaites St and Lancaster St Ossy, are in a triangle bounded by Vine Mill and New Lane.
My dad was raised on nearby Stanley St and always referred to the area on that other side of New Lane as 'back o' John Harroths', and inferred that a 'rough lot' lived there.
Someone named John Haworth must have had connections there.
Most colloquial names fade into folk memory and are lost.
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Well thats twice ive heard of that this week...my neighbour who's 89 now was brought up in Ossy and she was just mentioning that phrase...i'd never heard it before!!
Best Regards - Taggy