14-09-2010, 17:36
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Mission impossible ?
Whilst walking the dog this afternoon , I was talking to a man about the Baxenden area of Manchester Rd.
He mentioned that when travellling on the Manchester bus he had heard passengers refer to one stop as "mission" . I said that I had never heard of it .
When I got home I checked Shurmer's official Guide of Hyndburn and found :
MISSION , Accrington - local place name for an area on Manchester Rd. (East side) between junctions with Halliwell St. and Rock St.
Does anyone know the reason for , what at least to me , is an odd name or is it Mission Impossible ?
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