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I would say it's something to do with post number 5. Seems like the thread was moved and Mack did not like it so voiced his opinion and someone then gave him red k. Just my thoughts.

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I thought the same, but nowt nasty was said, so its like i said, a sad get.:rolleyes:

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Quite agree Cashy, happened to me more than once.

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I agree, but it did start out as a general enquiry about Clayton and then did turn later to 'ancestors'. Sure Mack didn't mind it being moved at this stage.

Got the image, Sue :

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The building you looking at was indeed two shops the end one 1950 would have been Greens Ice Cream and sweet shop,later turned into an off licence,the small wall attached was a building about 8ft high with a sloping slate roof no doors on the road side,the doors were in the Albion yard. May have been stables.
I can't remember what the shop next to Greens was always seamed to be empty possibly someone living at the back of the shop.

Just an add on Mr Green used to push a icecream cart around Clayton at the weekend or warm days,very good home made icecream.

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Well done Kate, you can see the pair of shops quite clearly on that with a long building sticking out on the RHS and then a gap before the Albion.

And Enfield Mill is right behind, on the same side of the canal, even closer than the Victoria Mill.

BTW where do you get these map images from?

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From Mario maps ... it will tell you how to save images, once you have cracked their navigation.

MARIO Maps and Related Information Online

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Thought so... I try to steer clear of that site - never yet been able to find my way around it! You're obviously more practised than me!

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Kate how old is that map,there are tram lines shown down the middle of the road.

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It's 1890, Roy.

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My Dad used to say how he came from Accrington on the tram courting my Mother on Mercer St Clayton which is below the canal. The trams stopped at the con club.

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Yes, you can clearly see that on the map.

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Accrington Library have a photo of a tram at the terminus. The town boundary ran close by this point. One of their photos shows the bounday line drawn in. It was probably taken in 1928 when Accrington was seeking to annexe Clayton into the borough.

The flour mill referred to was owned by Appleby. I think it was caled The Canal Mills Company

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Think you're looking at the wrong block, Sue, the Albion wasn't there then, and the P.H. is The Volunteers.

Have marked:

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Bob,did you find out the names of the other occpants of the shops between Well St and Henry St.