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11-06-2008, 16:22
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Re: the accrington acorn
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11-06-2008, 16:43
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11-06-2008, 17:54
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Re: the accrington acorn
THIS WAS IN THE ACORN CLASSIFEDS
1 CHAIR and four matching tables,mail order catalogue errow 2 pie and chips unfinished meal, full now,£1.25 3 for sale mans black jacket,as new, would suit me.hence no longer for sale,no offers.£115 4 wasted youth hardly used £22. 5 over twelve hundred farts in scrwtop jar,some labelled 1976-86, some vegetarian. £2 or offers for full collection. 6 phone us first if you wish to sprak to my wife and i befor anyone else 7good qualty armchair with scatterbrain cushions and a great big boring husband.£60. better than the the mag it self . LOLLast edited by pam1; 11-06-2008 at 17:57. |
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12-06-2008, 12:16
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Re: the accrington acorn
A bit of a wander but I can't believe people don't known the meaning of the town's name, Accrington, because this means they don't know the relevance of all the little acorns on the signs in accy too?!
I'm always telling people up here what Oswaldtwistle means, because they think it sounds funny  |
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12-06-2008, 14:52
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Re: the accrington acorn
to be fair to the paper
the most read newspaper is a freebie paper the metro which is supported by advertisements. i guess its just trying to achieve that.
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12-06-2008, 15:19
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Re: the accrington acorn
Yep we got one, adverts galore...............
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17-06-2008, 16:22
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Re: the accrington acorn
Acorns are Acorns in my book wether they grow in accy or in london whats the difrence?
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17-06-2008, 16:53
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18-06-2008, 09:24
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18-06-2008, 09:40
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18-06-2008, 21:29
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Re: the accrington acorn
I've not got one of these papers.
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18-06-2008, 21:38
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20-06-2008, 23:02
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Re: the accrington acorn
i got the acorn other day, better than most pap out there
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20-06-2008, 23:26
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A little something about Accrington itself. Accrington derives its name from Acre-Tun , meaning a settlement surrounded by an oak forest . It is of Saxon origin and in 1800 it was little more than a village. By the 1850's it had become an important stop on the coach road between Manchester and Clitheroe. As with all Lancashire towns, the Industrial Revolution changed its status and the availability of water power and coal quickly established a thriving cotton industry in the late 18 th century. Steeped in history, there is a memorial to the famous Accrington Pals Regiment , which was all but decimated during the trench conflicts of the First World War. The market hall is an architectural gem, built in 1869, selling traditional Lancashire fare and on the exterior you can find stone carvings of poultry and farm animals. The Town Hall was built in 1858 in the Italianate style as a memorial to Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), the statesman who founded the police force. The Hargreaves family have been synonymous with the cotton industry in the town and one member, Reginald Gervis Hargreaves, was the husband of Alice Liddell – the inspiration for Alice in Wonderland . Accrington is also famous for its red “Nori” bricks, which came about when the mould was spelt wrongly as it should have read “Iron” due to the strength of these industrial building blocks. Who hasn't heard of Accrington Stanley ? One of the founder members of the Football League, and who re-found fame in the TV advert for milk with the little Scouser who remarked “Accrington Stanley, who are they”? What does HBC say |
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20-06-2008, 23:33
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Is some of that info wrong 
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