Rules???

[mez]

eee yea i remember her, oo blast from the past, not that i was interested in archery//

[Atarah]

Hi, I am led to believe she was from Clayton and in 1972 retained her title of Ladies Champion at the European Field Archery Championships. Wonder where she is now and if she still plays?

[Tealeaf]

Sherwood Forrest?

[Acrylic-bob]

Did she teach at Accrington and Rossendale College?

[Tealeaf]

She got the Silver medal in the '76 world championship games and still lives in Clayton and gives Archery lessons.

[Bagpuss]

Testing 1 2 3

[pendy]

Okay, late entry again - but I agree with Tealeaf. There are many people, well-known in some fields, who came from Accrington. There's Tealeaf and me, for a start!

I do think, however, that it should be restricted to people who are WELL-known - at least well enough known to come up in a general knowledge question. Some cricketers will qualify, not many footballers (and my grandfather was associated with Accy Stanley from its inception, so no prejudice there), but we have enough Accrington alumni who are illustrious (that's me eddication showing through) not to have to fall back on people who are just known locally.

Accrington can be proud of its record in producing people who have become known all over the world - Accrington has the best collection of Tiffany outside the US, and probably the second best in the world. The name of the Accrington Pals will never die, although thousands of them did, for almost nothing.

John Tomlinson, Harry Birtwistle - names known and revered all over the world.

Robert Peel - came from Oswaldtwistle, and Peel Hall is still there - we wouldn't have our police force without him (whatever we say about it).

Robert Arkwright -

We have a heritage to be proud of.

[Mik Dickinson]

Tiffany glass and Accrington Stanley are the only ones that have been mentioned to me abroad.When i mentioned the Spinning Jenny most people are amazed and do nt believe it

[Gobsmacked]

What don't they believe about it?