Puzzle for kaytex
 

Katy
What is the name of this back.

Retlaw.

Re: Puzzle for kaytex
 

You assume Kate would know the back alleys !!! :lol: very good....

Bottom of warner street.... ;)

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I think it is off Spencer St behind HSBC bank

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The question was what is it called.

Retlaw.

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It isn't named on current maps.
If it once contained a dwelling it will have a name, but the only way to find that out would be to trace the route of an old census collector.
Am I on the right lines with the location?

Re: Puzzle for kaytex
 

Sorry Margaret. Its not off Stanley St.

It did have a cellar dwelling, but the the name is not in the 1851 census.
The river Hyndburn runs under it, about three years ago they had part of that back up to strengthen the culvert roof lining. They also carried out work in Grange lane at the same time.
Retlaw.

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I didn't say Stanley St - maybe I have got the street name wrong

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I have the location for sure just no idea what it was called ????

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Retlaw is an expert on searching old census docs (in the library and on the web) I have no doubt that is how he decided on this puzzle, so that is the route to finding out.

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You have the location right, It was Back ????????? St.
The street itself is under the Arcade.

Sorry Margaret re Stanley and Spencer, short term memory problem, have to keep going back to read whats gone before, desk is littered with little notes, keep forgetting what they are for, result of a brain injury.
But my other memory is working ok.
Retlaw.

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Ah yes - I recognise it now - but I don't know what its called either:(
Logical that it would be in the oldest part of town :)

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Now Margaret, thats stretching it a bit, just record facts thats all.
Heres one which I don't think the brewery testers who gather in the Railway at the corner of Blackburn Rd & Edgar St, know what it was called before the Railways were built in Accrington in 1847.

Retlaw.

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Less's Ale House ?

Thought the best people to try was the people at The Railway Pub .. but the lady who answered the 'phone didn't know !! Think I may have woken her up ... probably exhausted after our little group had departed .. :D

Actually, that ally was not one I had ever romanced down, so may have struggled.

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So what were the other alleys called. :theband:

Retlaw.

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Was it Duke St. or Back Duke St.