Baxenden Post office

Karateman · 21-10-2011, 19:49

Hi Guys,
Answer a question for me...Was baxenden post office ever rebuilt frollowing the Black Panther incident. I'm sure I read somewhere it was, but my work colleagues say it is still as it was in 1975 when the murder took place.

Phil

Retlaw · 21-10-2011, 20:23

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Originally Posted by Karateman

Hi Guys,
Answer a question for me...Was baxenden post office ever rebuilt frollowing the Black Panther incident. I'm sure I read somewhere it was, but my work colleagues say it is still as it was in 1975 when the murder took place.

Phil

That building which is the present Post Office was not the one involved in th Black Panther Incident.
Being a former firearm owner, I was amongst those questioned by the police at the time, at that time I was living in Ormerod Court, which was at the other end of the Red Brick Row.
Retlaw.

wadey · 21-10-2011, 20:28

I think it is the same building

Higher Baxenden Post Office, 523 Manchester Road, Accrington, BB5 2QJ | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

wadey · 21-10-2011, 20:30

Photo taken day after the killing and a news article here

Evil Black Panther to die in jail | Accrington Observer - menmedia.co.uk

cashman · 21-10-2011, 22:14

I also think its the same building.

asrocks · 22-10-2011, 07:41

We had the PO at Rising Bridge when Derek was murdered.
There but for the grace of God go I
I don't remember the building ever being changed,but I will ask my mother and
if it was I will post later in the week.

asrocks · 22-10-2011, 08:35

The wise one has replied. there were more cottages around the site called Kempts Court, years ago, but no the PO building is as it was on that terrible day.

jaysay · 22-10-2011, 09:25

I thought it was the same building, I worked not far from there on the day it happened

groove · 22-10-2011, 11:37

Groove's uncle saw a man carrying a guitar case along Manchester.rd on the night of the robbery. It now transpires that Grooves uncle saw the Black Panther. Grooves uncle was going to Manchester to pick up the newspapers off the London train.

MITZY · 22-10-2011, 12:00

I think the exterior of the building is the same but think the interior has been altered.

accyman · 22-10-2011, 13:36

the building hasnt changed although the intrior layout has

Karateman · 23-11-2011, 23:48

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Originally Posted by cashman

i also think its the same building.

definatley looks like the same building in the photo in the observer at the time

so guess i was wrong thinking it had changed...

Phil

ajkey76 · 19-02-2012, 19:26

What's the black panther incident??

maxthecollie · 19-02-2012, 20:25

Read post no 4

susie123 · 19-02-2012, 20:45

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Originally Posted by maxthecollie

Read post no 4

Beat me to it, Max.

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Originally Posted by Retlaw

Being a former firearm owner, I was amongst those questioned by the police at the time, at that time I was living in Ormerod Court, which was at the other end of the Red Brick Row.
Retlaw.

As a gun owner my brother was also questioned. He also happened to look a bit like Neilson.