Accy Old Photo's - John Kelly's Album - Page 2

walker · 16-10-2010, 18:30

Great seeing the old photos many thanks.

Retlaw · 16-10-2010, 20:03

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Originally Posted by Busman747

I hope that I'm not stepping on toes re: copyright Retlaw, I asked John but due to age and illness, he was a little woolly regarding ownership of originals. I am aware that Owd Bert has contributed to his album and I have his permission. and he tells me that John took many of the photo's that you are about to see in this thread

John and I served at Accrington Fire station, from 1957 until we both retired, I used to carry a camera in the inside pocket of my fire tunic. I gave many copies of photo's to John, just as he gave many to me, I still have all the negatives of the ones I took, still in the dark room in the attic.
Saw John in the library on Friday, asked him out of curiosity if he knew where Bond Court was, he could'nt remember, yet when he was a lad he lived not far from it.
Retlaw.

Vicbfc · 16-10-2010, 23:48

Brilliant thread, many thanks for sharing

Atarah · 17-10-2010, 08:29

I am sure the article on The British Restaurant was written by one of the lasses from the Local History Department of Accrington Library.

jaysay · 17-10-2010, 08:45

Like the photo of the Bridge, but tey are all good

Busman747 · 17-10-2010, 13:45

I'm sure that the next couple of photo's will be of interest to the Accrington Stanley forum. Here is a comment from Everton.....

Quoted from a forum on the history of Everton FC

"They then welcomed a team from Accrington called Bells Temperance to Anfield, on arrival the visitors found they faced a weakened Everton side, only three first team regulars were in the side, and ran out 3-2 winners before a crowd of 1,500. "

Just as a little piece of history..............Temperance was a mass movement in the nineteenth century against excessive drinking. In1832 Joseph Livesey started the Temperance Movement in Preston, Lancashire requiring followers to sign a pledge of total abstinence. Livesey opened the first temperance hotel in 1833 and in 1835 The British Temperance Association was founded. An offshoot was the Band of Hope founded in 1847 in Leeds, Yorkshire to save children from the perils of drink, again members had to pledge to abstain from all intoxicating liquor. Various churches promoted the cause and in 1884 the National Temperance Federation supported by the Liberal Party was founded.
Maine Road, Manchester (the former home of City) was re-named, from Dog Kennel Lane, by members of the Temperance Movement in honour of the state of Maine, U.S.A. that had passed a law in 1853 prohibiting alcohol sales. Within two years another twelve states had gone “dry”.
The Temperance Movement bought many public houses just to let their alcohol licence lapse and renamed them Temperance Hotels. Fitzpatrick’s in Rawtenstall, Lancashire is the last remaining temperance bar in the U.K. and still provides non alcoholic refreshments with the labels of their bottles bearing one of the last temperance pledges to be signed in the area.

Here is Accrington Stanley in 1890

katex · 17-10-2010, 14:15

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Like the photo of the Bridge, but tey are all good

Think that is a drawing Jaysay ... but brilliant nevertheless.

Where was the Slater's Arms then ?

Tealeaf · 17-10-2010, 15:58

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Originally Posted by Busman747

Here is Accrington Stanley in 1890

Errr.....Just Accrington FC then.

What is interesting is the players from the 'Bells' team who pop up in the Accy team...Pemberton, Entwistle and Tattersall who is secretary for both teams.

I wonder if it was any one of those pictured in the Accy team who was responsible for the first ever penalty awarded in football - anywhere, ever - the following year in a game against Wolves?

Tealeaf · 17-10-2010, 17:05

...Oh, I forgot to add. Look at the shinpads on the lads in the Accy FC piccy. They're more like cricket pads. Of course, in those days they played with a proper football and did proper tackling wearing real boots, unlike our modern day players who wear ballet slippers, kick a beach ball about and practice their thespian talents at falling over whenever any oppostion player comes within ten feet of them.

jaysay · 17-10-2010, 17:31

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

...Oh, I forgot to add. Look at the shinpads on the lads in the Accy FC piccy. They're more like cricket pads. Of course, in those days they played with a proper football and did proper tackling wearing real boots, unlike our modern day players who wear ballet slippers, kick a beach ball about and practice their thespian talents at falling over whenever any oppostion player comes within ten feet of them.

I'd luv to see Wayne Rooney in a Tutu Tealeaf

Gordon Booth · 17-10-2010, 17:59

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Originally Posted by jaysay

I'd luv to see Wayne Rooney in a Tutu Tealeaf

You're sick, Jaysay!

Busman747 · 17-10-2010, 20:10

There are just two photo's in Johns album which are directly war related, the first one is the staff of the Barrage Balloon Command who had headquarters at Oak Street School.................

.........and the anti-aircraft gun from 1940 according to the hand-written date on the side, I have no idea whereabouts in Accy it was situated.

Busman747 · 17-10-2010, 20:24

Everybody that comes to Accrington cannot help but notice the magnificent viaduct that spans the town centre. Here are 6 photos that show the houses and road network as they used to be around the viaduct......

Milnshaw Rd.

Eastgate

Aeriel view

The centre of viaduct

View of viaduct

From Blackburn Rd.

Busman747 · 17-10-2010, 20:36

And finally (for today) this is probably my favourite photo in the album, party because of the clothes worn and also the products sold. FISH, FRUIT and RABBITS

This is 16A Washington Street..........

K.S.H · 17-10-2010, 20:44

Cracking photo's, keep em coming.
Do you have a date for the Eastgate photo?
Can you imagine the uproar if they sold meat like that today :-)