Accy Old Photo's - John Kelly's Album - Page 7

K.S.H · 24-10-2010, 18:25

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Originally Posted by katex

Was the stand in the first picture of your new entry not built for George V's visit on July 9th, 1913 ?

Nah, its scaffolding for installing the clock

katex · 24-10-2010, 19:17

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Originally Posted by K.S.H

Nah, its scaffolding for installing the clock

Daft sod..

Bob Dobson · 24-10-2010, 19:22

I haven't been on the site for a few weeks. The last hour or so is the best I've had for ages. (I've been down so long it feels like up to me.) There are several that I would like to comment on but haven't time to look again. I do remember that I wanted to tell that 'The Rec' was at the bottom of Lister Street and Park Rd, behind Hyndburn Park School. It was used as a football & cricket pitch by lads from the Grammar School. It's name was short for 'recreation'.

katex · 24-10-2010, 19:32

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Originally Posted by Bob Dobson

I haven't been on the site for a few weeks. The last hour or so is the best I've had for ages. (I've been down so long it feels like up to me.) There are several that I would like to comment on but haven't time to look again. I do remember that I wanted to tell that 'The Rec' was at the bottom of Lister Street and Park Rd, behind Hyndburn Park School. It was used as a football & cricket pitch by lads from the Grammar School. It's name was short for 'recreation'.

Hahaha ... always thought it was spelt 'wreck'.

Gremlin · 24-10-2010, 19:37

As a bit of an outsider (only been in lancashire since 1967) can you tell me where the Slaters Arms were. Ok I mean the pub before any wag says "hanging from his shoulders".

Tealeaf · 24-10-2010, 19:41

One interesting point in looking at these old piccys of the late Victorian/Edwardian era is to see the number of men who are wearing the 'boater' hat. As a fashion statement for young men, this was the equivalent of today's ubiquitous baseball cap.So I wonder just how many of those we see in those old pictures are the great and great,great grandfathers of the silly capped scumbags we see on a daily basis so disfiguring the town today?

katex · 24-10-2010, 20:01

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Originally Posted by Gremlin

As a bit of an outsider (only been in lancashire since 1967) can you tell me where the Slaters Arms were. Ok I mean the pub before any wag says "hanging from his shoulders".

I asked this question a few pages back, Gremlin, with no response. Our historians on here will know the answer. Ironic though, that the name does not reflect the name of the pub ...see the roof .. lots of slates missing there ...

JCB · 24-10-2010, 20:16

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Originally Posted by Gremlin

As a bit of an outsider (only been in lancashire since 1967) can you tell me where the Slaters Arms were. Ok I mean the pub before any wag says "hanging from his shoulders".

25 Plantation St.

Retlaw · 24-10-2010, 20:30

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Originally Posted by katex

I asked this question a few pages back, Gremlin, with no response. Our historians on here will know the answer. Ironic though, that the name does not reflect the name of the pub ...see the roof .. lots of slates missing there ...

Slaters Arms was on Bank St.
From the look of it, it was boarded up, windows missing and slates being removed.

Retlaw.

cashman · 24-10-2010, 20:33

Bank Street as far as i know. some great pics cheers very much Busman.

JCB · 24-10-2010, 20:59

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Originally Posted by cashman

Bank Street as far as i know. some great pics cheers very much Busman.

I put Slaters Arms Accrington on Google , and it came up with a page called Untitled Document, which gives an address in Plantation St .

katex · 24-10-2010, 21:06

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Originally Posted by Retlaw

Slaters Arms was on Bank St.
From the look of it, it was boarded up, windows missing and slates being removed.

Retlaw.

Ah .. he has awoken. Soo, is that now Porters ?

K.S.H · 24-10-2010, 21:15

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Originally Posted by JCB

I put Slaters Arms Accrington on Google , and it came up with a page called Untitled Document, which gives an address in Plantation St .

This one?

12/02/1916 Hy Livesey
Half A Century Of Licensing Administration In Accrington, New Accrington
Slaters Arms,
25 Plantation Street
Accrington

Atarah · 24-10-2010, 21:47

and do you know, without checking, I always thought the Slaters Arms was where a murder was committed, at the corner of Whalley Rd and Broadway, now no longer there.

cashman · 24-10-2010, 21:51

now we got a real mystery, atarah thinks one place, retlaw n me think another,Jcb n Ksh think someplace else, along wi google, where the hell was it?