Local History question - Page 3

katex · 14-10-2009, 16:55

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Originally Posted by Retlaw

Took you long enough. Looks like they had the old steps replaced & gone upmarket by calling it a Mews, Back Jacob St, was its proper name, and had been for 180 years.

Retlaw.
Do you want another picture to search for.

Well, as long as not down any alleys again ... risked life and limb there. Chap swinging a walking stick saw me in Jacob Street walking up and down and asked if he could be of help. Thought I may have been a property developer from Marble Arch (isn't that where Ladies of the Night hang out ?) or Saville Row .. Uh ?

Showed him your 'photo and said "Follow me" (down this quiet alley)... gulp .. had to go through the process of explanation first. Came across lady painting at the house down the Mews. Asked me who was asking ... explanation again. Turned the corner ...it's there ! She shouted of the resident saying "He won't let you take a 'photo if he doesn't want you too" Gulp again. Resident emerges ... explanation again. "All reet then .. s'long as I'm not on it". Darts back into house. Grovelling thanks before scurrying off... but they were all OK really.

Did enjoy it though ... felt like I had stepped back in time.

Retlaw · 15-10-2009, 19:07

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Originally Posted by katex

Must have been awful living in a cellar ! Did they have fireplaces in these, and what sort of outlet for the smoke would they have ?

Still searching for those blooming steps ... will solve am determined.

Katex.
Found some pictures I took in a cellar dwelling that had been sealed off for umpty decades.

Retlaw

Atarah · 16-10-2009, 03:34

Have just seen one of those old black fireplaces, in premises on Bank Street, only last week. Many of them were made by Bridges of Accrington

Atarah · 18-10-2009, 17:40

Old toll bar on Manchester Road. - This old toll bar was built around the 1830's and is a Grade II listed. The Special Constables mustered here to meet the rioters during the Plug Loom Riots of 1842. So much history for this old, forgotten, building. After it stopped "having a purpose", it was occupied for several years as a private residence by a Mr William Hindle. His father James and a brother John were foremen printers at Broad Oak Printworks.

Before this, the old Toll Bar lower down the road had been used (as previously mentioned). In those days it was known as Grange Bar.

Corker01 · 12-02-2013, 14:24

Rycroft .... did you ever get a resolution to the question you asked regarding Laneside farm? according to the 1900/1910 maps we have, Laneside farm was off Moss Hall Road Accrington, there is also a Moss lane mentioned on the map as well.