Bollards! - Page 2

Darby · 03-09-2004, 05:47

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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

I'm sorry, but you are going to have to cast your net a lot wider for this isolated little gem. And yet it was part of what was, for a long time, the only one of it's kind in the area. I'll chuck in a name or two to see if that will help you. Adela and Henry de Petre.

I think your statement about me being on the track of it has thrown the others A-Bob. I think my first sentence is the one you refer to. Your second clue is the mention of Riston & Gt Harwood. So that may put the thing somewhere around Clayton (methinks).

The mention of de Petre drags me to the Dunkenhalgh, or somewhere around Altham West or even Clayton. Or am I completely wrong?

WillowTheWhisp · 03-09-2004, 06:56

Would that give it a Dunkenhalgh connection?

WillowTheWhisp · 03-09-2004, 07:02

oops, missed your post when I said that Darby. lol

Is it the site of catholic church/graveyard Burnley Road Altham?

Acrylic-bob · 03-09-2004, 08:08

Hurrah! Darby was getting warmer, but Willow wins the coconut.

Yes, the bollards line the path between the burial ground and what was the front of the RC Chapel of St. Mary's. Built in 1819 to replace the chapel at Dunkenhalgh and demolished in 1959. Funded by the families of Trappes-Lomax and Petre. Adela and Henry were buried there, and probably still are.

Darby · 03-09-2004, 10:30

A-Bob....Please don't start on Rishton or Gt Harwood. I know absolutely nowt about both of them, apart from the Dog&Otter (only the inside). Both of them could have been in China when I woz a lad....I never got anywhere near them, never even went to the roller skating ring in 'arood. Sheltered life....... that's what it was....

Enjoyed this one though...never really had a clue!!!

Acrylic-bob · 03-09-2004, 16:37

>>A-Bob....Please don't start on Rishton or Gt Harwood. I know absolutely nowt about both of them,<<

Well...we'll see. But I think it's only fair that other parts of the borough get a shake of the stick. They have some jolly interesting stories to tell too. My Assistant, the lovely Rubella, can get quite misty eyed whenever Rishton is mentioned. Well, we think that's what causes it, but at her age you can never be certain.