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03-08-2003, 08:43
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Owd Bert will send me some of his old pictures from Accrington for everybody to see if they can identify the location.
 Q. Name of Street and closed Pub (white frontage). And how about the make and model of car. |
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03-08-2003, 13:08
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Re: Photo Number 1
gee looking at that it could be any street!!!! but I think it's round the bold street/ water street area????? Is that a garage at the top?
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03-08-2003, 17:37
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I can name the Pub as The Colliers Arms, I think the street is Lee Street, and a guess at the car it could be a Morris Oxford.
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03-08-2003, 19:52
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Elephant St?
Wolsley car?
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05-08-2003, 09:18
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Hi, I am almost sure it is Elephant Street, around the Birtwistle Street area of town.
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05-08-2003, 09:26
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Looks like Willows Lane area. Reminds me of a street that often appeared in "Oranges are not the Only Fruit".
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05-08-2003, 09:31
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[quote author=atarah link=board=bertsphotos;num=1059900193;start=0#5 date=08/05/03 at 10:18:19]Hi, I am almost sure it is Elephant Street, around the Birtwistle Street area of town.
What a smashing new section this could prove to be! Atarah[/quote] I agree! Note how many views the section's had! Well Done Owd_Bert!
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05-08-2003, 11:31
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I am now sure it is the 'Welcome Inn', 7 Elephant Street and this in fact was where George Formby's wife (Beryl) grew up. Her parents moved from Alliance Street. Baxenden to this pub.
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05-08-2003, 12:00
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I was wrong with the name of the pub, I remember there were two Lion houses, The Welcome was on Elephant Street and the Colliers which was on Birtwistle Street, I should have known because we lived in Chapel Street round the corner. well done Atarah on the info about George Formby's wife, quite interesting.
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05-08-2003, 19:23
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just found the Welcome Inn listed on a map
I always thought Beryl was brought up in Accy myself, but not according to this sitehttp://www.btinternet.com/~dajaca/bingham.htm Younger people might be interested to know Elephant St was so called because a circus elephant had died in the close by in 1845.
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05-08-2003, 19:30
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The question wasn't about Beryl Formby, Mick, it was about the picture!!!!
Already new about the elephant, local knowledge.
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05-08-2003, 19:33
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I should think so too!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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