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Old 18-03-2008, 22:52   #226
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dont know if anyones mentioned it but do you remember what was Glynwebbs being asda ?
My mum used to say it was really small and packed and seemingly cheap at the time
I worked there after school and Saturdays.
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Old 18-03-2008, 22:55   #227
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wow! well you made my mum a happy bunny - she always says she enjoyed shopping there
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Old 18-03-2008, 23:11   #228
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i sort of remember when it was asda, you had to go up a slope to get into the actual shopping bit....i think
ya sure did, was great crack hurtling down with a full trolley, didn't half make the old dears move.
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Old 18-03-2008, 23:12   #229
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I worked there after school and Saturdays.
where Glynwebb or adsa?
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Old 18-03-2008, 23:15   #230
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where Glynwebb or adsa?
Asda silly
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Old 19-03-2008, 08:34   #231
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The burnt down Glynn Webbs was once Asda (opened 1961) but before that it was Nightingales car showroom - hence the ramp for getting the car to the display area.
See the Cinema thread for more details about the original use of the buildings in that area
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...s-31961-5.html
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Old 19-03-2008, 10:46   #232
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Was it called the Queens after it was Nightingales I seemed to remember when the grocery store first opened people where still calling it the Queens or am I confused as usual
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Old 19-03-2008, 10:53   #233
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Was it called the Queens after it was Nightingales I seemed to remember when the grocery store first opened people where still calling it the Queens or am I confused as usual
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You are confused - the Queens is the bingo hall on the other corner at the top of Oxford St -- which used to be the coop --alll will be clear if you read that 'Cinema' thread
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Old 19-03-2008, 11:04   #234
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Thanks for that Margaret but was there nothing after Nightingales before Asda
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Old 19-03-2008, 11:21   #235
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You are confused - the Queens is the bingo hall on the other corner at the top of Oxford St -- which used to be the coop --alll will be clear if you read that 'Cinema' thread
That bingo hall was also owned by Fred Skinner, who also had bingo places in Great Harwood, Clayton, Padiham, and Bury
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Old 21-03-2008, 19:53   #236
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remember this?atari 2600..1977
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Old 21-03-2008, 21:27   #237
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I've still got one of those in a box in my wardrobes. There are about a dozen games too.
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Old 21-03-2008, 21:51   #238
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I've still got one of those in a box in my wardrobes. There are about a dozen games too.
you little hoarder.
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Old 21-03-2008, 22:18   #239
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One day, when I pluck up the courage to empty the bottom of those wardrobes, I may well come up with much more than the Atari. I have a feeling Lord Lucan may have been in there at some time.
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Old 31-03-2008, 19:31   #240
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Does anyone used to remember them fur thingys ya used to have on a piece of string and you used to put the string up ya arm and pull so it looked like ya had a furry pet?

you understand what I mean dont ya?....lol
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