I know where that is, it's......? - Page 2

Darby · 07-09-2004, 07:47

Foxhill Bank Brow (Bank)? Paladium? Bank opposite Town Hall? or T'howed Fire Station (Hippins Vale)?

Only guesses...Don't reall know!!

Tealeaf · 07-09-2004, 08:13

You've got it Darby...it's the old bank building as you enter Ossy going up Union Road.

WillowTheWhisp · 07-09-2004, 08:23

The old Nat West?????????? Brilliant Darby! I'd totally forgotten that building.

Acrylic-bob · 07-09-2004, 14:11

Since that was a joint effort - - - - you can all have a coconut each. Well done!

carole · 13-10-2004, 14:53

Civic theatre, Ossy is my guess

WillowTheWhisp · 13-10-2004, 16:21

It's already been guessed Carole. It was the old Nat West bank in Union Rd.

Darby · 14-10-2004, 05:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

It's already been guessed Carole. It was the old Nat West bank in Union Rd.

Sorry Willow...it wasn't that one. As Bob said "as you enter Ossy". It is in fact the old bank (what was) at the top of foxhill bank, on union road just lower down than the old Technical School. I think it was either a Provincial Bank or Midland Bank in its last days.

Acrylic-bob · 14-10-2004, 06:48

Perhaps I should have been more precise. It is the Old Bank Opposite the former Town Hall in Union Road. Does that clear it up?

WillowTheWhisp · 14-10-2004, 06:52

OOoh and there was me thinking it was the Nasty West.

Darby · 14-10-2004, 10:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

Perhaps I should have been more precise. It is the Old Bank Opposite the former Town Hall in Union Road. Does that clear it up?

Yeah...I woz wrong! I thought I wrote Foxhill bank or Bank opposite town hall. Trouble is I wrote several answers to hedge my bets. That's what comes of trying to be clever. (But I was only about ½mile away

It was formerly the National Westminster Bank opposite the Civic Centre. Is that correct A-Bob?

Acrylic-bob · 14-10-2004, 12:26

Now you've got me confused, err ...ummm ...ahhhh.... weeeelllll....................

Yes! Nat West, opposite the Civic Theatre, that used to be Ossy Town Hall before HBC got their grubby mits on it, on Union Road, Oswaldtwistle.

Darby, Tealeaf and Willow are the joint winners and they each get a coconut.

Does that help?

Tealeaf · 14-10-2004, 12:33

You're definatly confused, A-B.....there were (amongst others) two banks on the right hand side going up Union Road...the first one was the old Midland Bank, which was the red brick building which is now in residential use. That is the one built in 1913, and that is the one in your picture. it's on the corner of Foxhill Brow. The second one, opposited the old Ossy town hall/civic theatre and on the corner of Straits, was the earlier, stone faced, National Provincial/Nat West bank and that is now currently used as a private gym. That is not the one in your picture.......

WillowTheWhisp · 14-10-2004, 13:50

My brain hurts!

I thought A-b's photo was (and it is) the bank as was at the corner of Foxhill Bank but where I got myself confused was in thinking that was the old Nat West when it wasn't! So in a way I was right and wrong both at the same time. I knew it wasn't the one that is now a gym but I didn't think that one was the Nat West and that's where I got confused. I think. lol

Darby · 14-10-2004, 14:03

well at least we can all bank on it!!

Acrylic-bob · 14-10-2004, 14:44

Right! Look at the map. The Bank I took the Photo of is the one opposite the Town Hall.
It is not now, nor ever has been, the one at the corner of Foxhill Bank Brow. That is older than the one I took the photo of. And I think I am an authority on this, since I was behind the camera at the time and my memory isn't that defective yet, despite what Mrs.Acrylic Bob might claim to the contrary.