Vanished buildings in our area

Atarah · 09-02-2010, 22:11

Have just been thinking of what we have lost in Accrington over the past few years. In some cases, some excellent buildings.

ACCRINGTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL

THE OLD MILL AT THE TOP OF CHURCH STREET

SACRED HEART CHURCH

THE HOUSING ALONG BLACKBURN ROAD

WOODNOOK MILL.

Even the old Skill Centre (although not that old)

Can you think of any more?

Retlaw · 09-02-2010, 22:49

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Originally Posted by Atarah

Have just been thinking of what we have lost in Accrington over the past few years. In some cases, some excellent buildings.

ACCRINGTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL

THE OLD MILL AT THE TOP OF CHURCH STREET

SACRED HEART CHURCH

THE HOUSING ALONG BLACKBURN ROAD

WOODNOOK MILL.

Even the old Skill Centre (although not that old)

Can you think of any more?

There's load of stuff been knocked down round Accy over the last 50 years Lincoln St, Nuttall St, Hargreaves St, Chapel St, New Jerusalem, Oak St, Wellington St. More recently Hill Top, and last week I noticed the nursing home on Bamford Crescent was being demolished.

Retlaw.

MargaretR · 09-02-2010, 23:13

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Originally Posted by Retlaw

and last week I noticed the nursing home on Bamford Crescent was being demolished.

Retlaw.

That was reasonably new property wasn't it

I remember visiting there for the SS - was like 2 semis knocked into one.
I soon learnt that to visit in a morning was inadvisable because of the stench of soiled bedding was not gotten rid of until afternoon.

Retlaw · 09-02-2010, 23:50

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

That was reasonably new property wasn't it

I remember visiting there for the SS - was like 2 semis knocked into one.
I soon learnt that to visit in a morning was inadvisable because of the stench of soiled bedding was not gotten rid of until afternoon.

I think it was built as a nursing home, Dr Ghupta had some interest in it, face aches mother was in there for a time.
Probably only 30 or so years old.
Retlaw.

MargaretR · 10-02-2010, 05:52

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Originally Posted by Retlaw

face aches mother was in there for a time.

Retlaw.

That is not a fate I would wish on anyone - not even a mother in law

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The nursing homes that provided dignity were rare, and that definitately was not one of them.
So demolition is a good idea

jaysay · 10-02-2010, 11:12

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

That is not a fate I would wish on anyone - not even a mother in law

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The nursing homes that provided dignity were rare, and that definitately was not one of them.
So demolition is a good idea

You ain't had my mother in laws Margaret

Alan Gilmartin · 11-02-2010, 07:30

Mother in laws jaysay, ????

Alan Gilmartin · 11-02-2010, 07:31

Dont forget the Baths & Odeon,

jaysay · 12-02-2010, 11:00

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Originally Posted by Alan Gilmartin

Mother in laws jaysay, ????

Yes unfortunately I've had two

jaysay · 12-02-2010, 11:02

The old Fire Station in Ossy, not the one they've just disposed of, the old stone built one

Tealeaf · 13-02-2010, 23:13

How far back do you want to go? If you're going back that far, then why not chuck in the old H & B and Ewbank factories in Accy? Or even the old police station in Church, built with something resembling a minaret which these days could easily be construed as a mosque. A Victorian folly perhaps, but possibly at one time it did have a functional purpose, although I can't think what.