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Was only thinking the other day about local building firms which were going when I was young. When I left school I started serving my time With R. P. Townley Manner St, which I'm sure is long gone, the there was Spencers Builders on Sydney Street, Franklands at the Top of Church Street, later moving to John Street Ossy (remember cashy) both long gone, in Ossy the was Jacob Wards Joiners, T & E Harrison's on the Straits which are now houses, Walshes joiners on John Street, anybody remember more of these old firms

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I remember (Roland) Whatmores, because I was at junior school with his daughter Carol.
They lived on Mount Pleasant St then, and 'moved up in the world' later

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I forgot one of the biggest employers in Hyndburn as also gone, Shopfitters In Ossy, and I worked for them for a few years:)

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Finch, Watson in Greengates.....Vincent Power, Whalley Rd/Maudsley St....Ramsbottom & Sons, Whalley Rd.... ( Ramsbottom St named after the founder)....Coulson, Hyndburn Rd near Gatty Park....Rigg, lived Blackburn Rd near St Andrew's ( he drove a big Yankee car)

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Just dipped in to this thread and thought to have a look in Barrett's 1935 Directory of Blackburn and District to see if there were other builders. Under 'Joiners and Builders', there are 35 names listed! presumably, some would be woodworkers only.
Incidentally, under 'Fried Fish Dealers' are 66 establishments and these just within the Accrington boundaries! How could Accy support 66 chippies??

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when there was all the industry n before mass immigration, quite easily i would think.:)

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Yesterdays Fish and Chips is todays Curry and Rice:D

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My husband served his apprenticeship at R P Townley. Tom Townley lived next door. Bob Bale was foreman and Len Davies shop foreman. He also worked at Spencers when they moved from Sydney St to Pioneer Mill

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I started at Townley's in July 62, Tom, Bob and Len were there then, what was your husbands name Irene, I might have known him

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John Mooney. He finished his apprenticeship in 1953 did national service, went back 55 left late 56. He is 81 this year.

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That was before my time Irene

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He wants to know, that when you were the youngest apprentice, did you have to go next door to Tom's every morning for the tea and milk. Also did Tom buy a new Humber Hawk every year?. When little Dick, from Whites garage brought it back after service, Tom gave him sixpence tip, which never went up.

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Going for the tea and sugar was my first job:D I remember the Humber Hawk too, think Bob Bale had one two when I was there, although he walked to work nearly every day, and the tip um seems about right:)

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Did he live in Bradford St then?.

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Ya lived a few doors away from another apprentice working there at the time Roger Keely