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01-01-2009, 18:34
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'All Eyes on Ossie' DVD.
We had a real treat to watch today, after a enoying a big family New Year's Day lunch.
Someone had loaned my brother a DVD of a film made by Accrington Cine Club in 1976. It was of a trip organised by Oswaldtwistle Civic Society, mainly the two stalwarts of the club Winnie Hogan, and her sister Benita Moore, and filmed by Benita's husband Gordon. They took an Accy double decker bus to various places in and around Ossy. There is the Plantation before it became the Foxhill Nature Reserve. The Straits looks like a WW II bomb site, before most of it has now been restored. You can even get to see Gayle's house. The coke ovens/fairy caves, Stanhill Post Office, Stanhill Hall, Knuzden Hall, Rough Hey, Peel Fold, are all visited and featured. Tom Proctor's prize winning garden is shown, next to his old farm at Hoyle Bottom. They have lunch at the Stop and Rest, when Jim and Barbara Lucas was mine hosts. 1976 was the scorching hot summer, and it shows hundreds of children cooling off in the paddling pool in Rhyddings Park, and even more people bathing up Town Bent, which was known locally as Little Blackpool. There are interviews with some old characters, most of whom are now long dead, about why people should visit Oswaldtwistle. Sadly there's very little of the town or Union Road featured. Whilst the bus goes up the road, the people on the bus are filmed eating ice creams, and trying to fan themselves in the heat. It's amazing how only thirty odd years ago there was so little traffic on the road, compared with today. Anyone interested in Oswaldtwistle or local history should keep an eye open for this film. It's only 20 minutes long, but is very entertaining.
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01-01-2009, 18:48
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Re: 'All Eyes on Ossie' DVD.
I had one of those DVD's but ended up letting someone buy it from me. I should have got two at the time.
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01-01-2009, 18:49
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Re: 'All Eyes on Ossie' DVD.
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01-01-2009, 19:46
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Re: 'All Eyes on Ossie' DVD.
I got mine at an Ossy Area Council meeting, I should borrow it from the person I got it for.
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01-01-2009, 20:18
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Re: 'All Eyes on Ossie' DVD.
i'd be interested in a copy of that if anyone knows where i can get one, i moved to Ossy in August 1976 when i was only 6 months old
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01-01-2009, 21:30
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Re: 'All Eyes on Ossie' DVD.
I wasn't born in 1976 but have lived in Ossy all my life apart from 3 years between the ages of 16 to 19.
I would be interested to see this dvd.
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01-01-2009, 21:36
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Re: 'All Eyes on Ossie' DVD.
Title of the thread?
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01-01-2009, 21:37
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Re: 'All Eyes on Ossie' DVD.
ok i know now....... All Eyes on Oswaldtwistle...lol, derrr
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Re: 'All Eyes on Ossie' DVD.
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Yes, it's called 'All Eyes on Ossie'.
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01-01-2009, 23:44
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Re: 'All Eyes on Ossie' DVD.
would love to snaffle one of those, though i aint a "Gobbin" i loved ossy when i lived there.
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02-01-2009, 10:33
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Re: 'All Eyes on Ossie' DVD.
I'd sure like to see it as well, was a regular in the Stop in those days, and of course I knew Winnie and Benita very well.
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02-01-2009, 10:42
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Re: 'All Eyes on Ossie' DVD.
Well if anyone has a copy of this i will make some backups i have loads of blank DVD's so if you lend me the disc i can back it up just in case .
But its upto Garinda as he has the DVD no charge Last edited by Mick; 02-01-2009 at 12:14. |
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