Crawshaw Street Accrington

[joaner3]

Did Crawshaw Street run parallel to Union St?
If so, I remember them pulling the houses down.

[cooinda]

Originally Posted by joaner3

Did Crawshaw Street run parallel to Union St?
If so, I remember them pulling the houses down.

Yes, you are right they were parallel streets, can you remember the year
Crawshaw Street was pulled down and was it done in one hit from end to end.

[cooinda]

Originally Posted by joaner3

I remember School Street, a girl called Margaret lived on there with her brothers, next to the alley way. We also got saw dust from the Joiners down there for our rabbit.
I think Margaret was crowned Miss Accrington one year in the Parade they used to have.
Can't remember her last name

I have a recollection of the girl you are talking about, was the families name Hindle? it came to mind as I read your comments.

[cooinda]

Hi Keith.
We might have crossed each others path, because I delivered morning papers for Harry Parr from around 1951 to 1953, and also did the evening papers, I delivered the morning papers,Starting with the Bull then all round Westwood/Devonshire/Dowry/Maudsley Milnshaw before going to School, at the time I seem to remember you had to be 13 to be a paper boy/girl, I seem to remember if I delivered the papers during the week I was not allowed to do Sundays.

I was also in the Boys Brigade,we met in a Hall in Union Street every Sunday morning the same hall was used for Sunday School in the afternoon.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by joaner3

I remember School Street, a girl called Margaret lived on there with her brothers, next to the alley way. We also got saw dust from the Joiners down there for our rabbit.
I think Margaret was crowned Miss Accrington one year in the Parade they used to have.
Can't remember her last name

Originally Posted by cooinda

I have a recollection of the girl you are talking about, was the families name Hindle? it came to mind as I read your comments.

knew the family yer both on about margaret won Miss Accrington one year, i mated with her eldest brother, name was "Askew" though cooinda not hindle.

[cooinda]

Originally Posted by Bob Dobson

Ive just checked - Stephen's Court was definitely off (i.e.in) School Street Crawshaw was probably named after a wealthy Accy chap who buiilt the building on Blackburn rd just next to the Crown. It became, or part of it perhaps, Joe Mort's dance hall.

Hi Bob.
Stephen's Court must have been the one I said was below the Nags and through an alley to come out behind Blackburn road.
I used to go to Joe Morts,it was upstairs in the first building on the right after the Railway Bridge on Blackburn Road,was that the Crown I simply cannot remember,at 71 the mind is not as sharp as it was particularly as I only returned to Accrington (where I was born) 1n 2003 after being away for 5o odd years and hardly recognised the town.

[cooinda]

Thanks Cashman, at least we have one result.

[davidf]

Hi Cooinda, Thanks to you and everyone else for your responses. For what it's worth my old family bible records, "Alice Franklin born Jan 2nd 1884 at 8 Stephen's Court off School Street." By June 1888 the family had moved to Portland Street (the house there still stands). So thanks again, folks, you've given me a better idea than I had before.
davidf

[tosh]

some mates of mine from my younger days lived in crawshaw st jimmy smith, David Gideon and his brothers,

[cashman]

Originally Posted by tosh

some mates of mine from my younger days lived in crawshaw st jimmy smith, David Gideon and his brothers,

was the Gudgeons tosh.

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by tosh

some mates of mine from my younger days lived in crawshaw st jimmy smith, David Gideon and his brothers,

I remember young David Gudgeon, spent more time at my Aunts in Crawshaw St than he did at home.

Retlaw.

[joaner3]

Originally Posted by cashman

knew the family yer both on about margaret won Miss Accrington one year, i mated with her eldest brother, name was "Askew" though cooinda not hindle.

Thats right Cashman, I remember the Askew's now. What was the brothers name? There were two.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by joaner3

Thats right Cashman, I remember the Askew's now. What was the brothers name? There were two.

was Gordan, eldest n Raymond.

[US Angel]

We lived there for a little while before we moved to Rimmington Ave. We had Just moved down from Scotland must have been around mid 60s

[patmur64]

Any of you remember me Patrick Murphy ay 21 Crawshaw St.