Accrington Pal's

[WillowTheWhisp]

So does that mean we have Peter Britcliffe as council leader on the strength of one park in Ossy? What about the state of other parks in the borough? (Or don't they matter as he doesn't live near them.)

[magpie]

[quote=cashman;434747]wasn,t aware that vicars called around,,,,,

Well maybe they should that way they would know who lived in their Parish... and maybe just maybe get more people in the church... the only thing that cuhrch yard was used was drunks and yobs that sat there until all hours in the morning....thus keeping me awake:

[WillowTheWhisp]

We keep getting leaflets and things from 'our' vicar as we are geographically in his parish. The only problem with that is we are not C of E and I have never set foot in his church in my life. I think the girls may have been there once on a school trip.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

So does that mean we have Peter Britcliffe as council leader on the strength of one park in Ossy?

I don't think my one vote is that powerful. We each vote for someone based on our own reasons, that was partly my reason. I have stated the other several times on here already.

[WillowTheWhisp]

But yours could have been the deciding vote!!!

[Eric]

I do believe that only 7% of the pop. in UK attend church. It seems a little ironic that people today are all gung ho for "support the troops," (And I don't see anything wrong with this. Kingston is a garrison town, always has been and there is great support for the Canadian battle group in Afghanistan.) and yet they forget what their fathers, grandfathers and great grandfathers did. So what about supporting the memory of the Pals? What they did should not be consigned to the dustbin of history because all the vets are dead.

Saw a bumper sticker the other day: "If you are not prepared to stand behind the troops, feel free to stand in front of them." How many of us alive to day would have been brave enough to stand not in front of the Pals, but with them, 91 years ago on July 1?

Maybe they could build a separate memorial. There is a nice one at Serre where the Pals attacked in 1916. Made out of NORIs.

[WillowTheWhisp]

There's a memorial stone outside St. James' church in the town centre but the chapel is somewhere people should be able to sit quietly and contemplate which you can't exactly do in the open air next to a taxi rank and across from a chip shop.

[steeljack]

now I'm confused , which is St. Johns Church ? I allways thought the memorial was in the Church near to the library (St James ? ) tried google earth and it gives me St Johns on St Huberts st, in Gt. Harwood


thx

[WillowTheWhisp]

Have a look at this website.

[WillowTheWhisp]

St John's in Accrington is believed to be suffering problems with its electrical system, which is expected to cost more than £20,000 to fix

£20,000? Where have I heard that figure before recently?

[steeljack]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Have a look at this website.

thanks for the link Willow , I have the "Pals" book , the one by William Turner ( got it at Wardleworths on Little Blackburn rd years ago ). just confused about the actual location in Accrington of St Johns Church .

[WillowTheWhisp]

It's in the Dowry Street area, Burnley Rd.

[steeljack]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

It's in the Dowry Street area, Burnley Rd.

ok , got it now, up near where Emerson and Renwicks used to be and the Blockade pub
thx

[garinda]

Originally Posted by Eric

I do believe that only 7% of the pop. in UK attend church.

I suspect most of that seven percent are either Catholic or happy clappy, and that only a small percentage are C of E.

[cashman]

steeljack, st johns church has Dowry st, one side, Maudsley st, the other, Addison street runs along the bottom wall, forget the street at the top which ran past the infants school, which adjoined the church.its a fair way from the blockade mate,nearest pub is the Great Eastern, hope that helps.