Accrington Web
   

Home Gallery Arcade Blogs Members List Today's Posts
Go Back   Accrington Web > AccyWeb > General Chat
Donate! Join Today

General Chat General chat - common sense in here please. Decent serious discussions to be enjoyed by everyone!


Welcome to Accrington Web!

We are a discussion forum dedicated to the towns of Accrington, Oswaldtwistle and the surrounding areas, sometimes referred to as Hyndburn! We are a friendly bunch please feel free to browse or read on for more info.
You are currently viewing our site as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, photos, play in the community arcade and use our blog section. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free, so please, join our community today!



Like Tree2Likes
  • 2 Post By Helen Barrett
Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 03-03-2014, 22:20   #1
I am Banned
 

Accrington Pals

Just been looking at various sites that mention the Accrington Pals.
There are some corkers, had a right chuckle.

If all the claims about their Grandad or Great Uncle serving in the Accrington Pals were true, they alone could fought germany to a standstill.
Of the 4255 men who enlisted or served in the 11th East Lancs from Sept 14th 1914 to October 1919, only 1686 were original Accrington Pals, and over 600 of those never went with them to Egypt and France, but had been discharged for one reason or another.
Whats up with these people who suddenly want all their relatives to have been a Pal, sirry iriots.
I wish I had a quid for every one of those false Pals.
Retlaw is offline   Reply With Quote
Accrington Web
Old 04-03-2014, 20:37   #2
Junior Member
 

Re: Accrington Pals

You're so right, Retlaw. When I worked in Accrington Library we had so many enquiries from people claiming to have Pals' relations. I imagine there are even more now with Hyndburn Council's commemorations.
Helen B.
Atarah and cashman like this.
Helen Barrett is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply




Other sites of interest.. More town sites..




All times are GMT. The time now is 11:45.


© 2003-2013 AccringtonWeb.com



Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.6.1