poor memory,

[janloot]

that would have been the old noahs ark nicknamed maggies farm, billy and maggie mitchell had it then, barrie spooks worked on it blind arther, (spelt wrong) tarzan,do those names ring any bells, 1966 jeff jeffries married dorothy mitchel and bought a brand new speedway, came to burnley in 1966 remember it well, i didnt work on the old one,

[south aussie]

Originally Posted by janloot

when i was very young a thousand years ago,i can vagely remember a very large house, in its own grounds,it would have been some where around the very bottom end of the swanee area, with whiteash as the top end, it would be about halfway on, on the road that now runs from the tinker pub onto west end,have i been dreaming, or did this exist,

Long before the road was built,there was a big old barn by the footpath.
The barn was near the childrens playground,just before the entrance to the council rubbish tip.
Many happy hours spent on that playground!

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by south aussie

Long before the road was built,there was a big old barn by the footpath.
The barn was near the childrens playground,just before the entrance to the council rubbish tip.
Many happy hours spent on that playground!

Phew thought you meant you had many happy hours in the Barn south aussie

[south aussie]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Phew thought you meant you had many happy hours in the Barn south aussie

Quite a number of people i have met over the years would have been very much at home in a barn!

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by south aussie

Quite a number of people i have met over the years would have been very much at home in a barn!

Quite a number of people I met back in those days were very much at home in THAT barn

[Lancashire Lassie]

Originally Posted by garinda

Sounds like Foxhill Bank Hall.

Which as far as I can make out, was demolished in the very late fifties.

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I'm sat here, looking out through my window, at where it once stood.

My Mum remembers peeping over the wall as a child, and seeing the house filled with beautiful statues.

The house next door, Foxhill Bank House, still large, but not as ornate, is still standing.

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I would love to buy the property that is still there. I often dream as I walk past it walking the dog. It has the biggest, flatest, neatest kept lawn I've ever seen. The owners obviously take pride.