Hyndburn to be axed.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

The new coat of arms could perhaps be a Faberge egg rampant. Can you have a rampant egg?

Never ming the Faberge egg logo idea, I've just found the borough's new bin wagons!

I've put £20,000 aside towards the cost.

[WillowTheWhisp]

Can we have lots of little versions for all our recycling requirements?

[katex]

Have to keep bumping this thread up somehow:-

Inane letter in Obsever replying to Keith Ellel's excellent letter disapproving of the proposed name change in last week's edition. An Ian R White of 'Langho' comments that he was disappointed to read Keith's content stating that some of us were fortunate to have received a secondary education at 'Accrington' Grammar school, including Keith (1949-56).

What has this got to do with a bunch of soldiers ?!!

Don't know where Keith lived then; lives Rishton now, but makes it sound like the people of Accrington provided an education for the lower 'Districts' and we should all be grateful ...

[claytonender]

Originally Posted by katex

Have to keep bumping this thread up somehow:-

Inane letter in Obsever replying to Keith Ellel's excellent letter disapproving of the proposed name change in last week's edition. An Ian R White of 'Langho' comments that he was disappointed to read Keith's content stating that some of us were fortunate to have received a secondary education at 'Accrington' Grammar school, including Keith (1949-56).

What has this got to do with a bunch of soldiers ?!!

Don't know where Keith lived then; lives Rishton now, but makes it sound like the people of Accrington provided an education for the lower 'Districts' and we should all be grateful ...

A very good post Katex, I read the letter and found it very condescending. Also I can't really see what the relevance of having been educated at Accrington Grammar schol has to do witht he name change. Surely it was called Accrington Grammar School because it was located in Accrington. If it had been located in Church (or any other of the old UDC's) it would have been called 'Church Grammar School' and still have provided its pupils with an excellent education. Although maybe Ian R White's education was a little lacking, if he thinks it was the town, where the school was located, rather than the school which gave him a secondary education. All the Grammar Schools (and the secondary modern schools) were run by Lancashire Education Commitee, so maybe he would be better saying it was Lancashire that gave him an excellent education.

[WillowTheWhisp]

So by his logic we should rename the borough "Lancashire and District" ?

[garinda]

Moorhead, the replacement for Accrington Grammar School and Accrington Girl's High School, is still in Accrington, and will remain so, whatever they call the borough. That point is totally barmy.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by claytonender

A very good post Katex, I read the letter and found it very condescending. Also I can't really see what the relevance of having been educated at Accrington Grammar schol has to do witht he name change. Surely it was called Accrington Grammar School because it was located in Accrington. If it had been located in Church (or any other of the old UDC's) it would have been called 'Church Grammar School' and still have provided its pupils with an excellent education. Although maybe Ian R White's education was a little lacking, if he thinks it was the town, where the school was located, rather than the school which gave him a secondary education. All the Grammar Schools (and the secondary modern schools) were run by Lancashire Education Commitee, so maybe he would be better saying it was Lancashire that gave him an excellent education.

sorry claytonender that WAS not the case, i went to the school across from the old palladium on union road oswaldtwistle yet that was called Accrington Secondary Technical School. not church tech right or wrong, thats what it was.

[claytonender]

Originally Posted by cashman

sorry claytonender that WAS not the case, i went to the school across from the old palladium on union road oswaldtwistle yet that was called Accrington Secondary Technical School. not church tech right or wrong, thats what it was.

Sorry Cashman, it was late when I posted to the thread and I completely forget about the 'Tech'.

[garinda]

Question on tonight's University Challenge-


What town in the borough of Hyndburn, houses an impressive Tiffany glass collection in the Haworth Ary Gallery?


They didn't know.

[WillowTheWhisp]

If they had asked " What town in the county of Lancashire, houses an impressive Tiffany glass collection in the Haworth Art Gallery?" would they have known?

[steeljack]

Originally Posted by garinda

Question on tonight's University Challenge-


What town in the borough of Hyndburn, houses an impressive Tiffany glass collection in the Haworth Ary Gallery?


They didn't know.

More proof of declining educational standards under Tony Blair Nu-Labour

[garinda]

...still I don't think it's worth spending a penny of our money on changing the name of the borough, just so some southern numpties may have got the question right.

I still don't think they'd have known if Jerermy Paxman said the answer strated with an A, ended with ton, and had a ring in the middle!

[Ianto.W.]

Originally Posted by garinda

Question on tonight's University Challenge-


What town in the borough of Hyndburn, houses an impressive Tiffany glass collection in the Haworth Ary Gallery?


They didn't know.

One of the 'experts' said Preston.

[harwood red]

Originally Posted by garinda

Question on tonight's University Challenge-


What town in the borough of Hyndburn, houses an impressive Tiffany glass collection in the Haworth Ary Gallery?


They didn't know.

ahhh but if we were called accrington and district we would have never been a question on University Challenge

[katex]

Originally Posted by harwood red

ahhh but if we were called accrington and district we would have never been a question on University Challenge

Like that .. yes, very good HR x