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I don't know if this as already been posted but I found a nice site on the lancs county council website, its called mario viewer and you can look at new and old maps, aeriel photos including 1940's photos of all lancashire, I have just been looking at 1940 photos of Oswaldtwistle, my house was a field then, I have placed the link below, this is ten times better than google earth as it only concentrates on Lancs, again apologies if you are already aware of this site.

http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/
 
Yep, I've been there once - not sure it's still going though. Although it's not far from me I just never seem to go round there since not having a dog.
 
The paths near the balling greens in Rhyddings Park are marked as 'Lovers Walk'.

Never heard that before.
 
Garinda, it looks like lovers walk is the overgrown path at the top of dene bank road that runs behind the tennis courts, from what i can make out on the 1940's photo's, I know we used to use it as kids but its now to overgrown for access.
 
garinda said:
the balling greens in Rhyddings Park
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Is this somewhere that men of a certain persuasion frequent? The last shouts of 'feet' and 'good wood' I heard, came from the bowling green.
 
I've just spent half an hour looking at West End in the 1940s and the later pictures. Our house, 361 Blackburn Rd., is clearly marked. Our garden seems to have disappeared (all those bulbs my dad planted and his greenhouse full of tomato plants and lettuces) into a path into the back field and the other fields where I played, around the school, are all built on.

Quite a nostalgia trip! :)
 
yerself said:
Is this somewhere that men of a certain persuasion frequent? The last shouts of 'feet' and 'good wood' I heard, came from the bowling green.
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Lol, I was in two minds if it was bowls or balls, but my porridge was sticking and I couldn't be bothered to check.:o
 
I do wish they hadn't marked present day buildings on the 1940's ariel photographs. On the site of Hippings Primary School there was a big air raid complex, which I can just about remember playing in in the late sixties. Because the present school is outlined, you can't make anything of interest out.
 
I do wish they hadn't marked present day buildings on the 1940's ariel photographs. On the site of Hippings Primary School there was a big air raid complex, which I can just about remember playing in in the late sixties. Because the present school is outlined, you can't make anything of interest out.
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I also found this annoying, but if you look in the top left side you see were it says 'background maps' on and off, check the box off and it should solve the problem.
 
firefighter753 said:
I also found this annoying, but if you look in the top left side you see were it says 'background maps' on and off, check the box off and it should solve the problem.
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Thanks for that.:)

Something else new to me is that on the the ordnance survey type map, the area that is now houses on Paddock Houses old playing fields, and going down to Ossy Mills, is called Dunnyshop, which I've never heard of.:confused:
 
thanks always interested in discovering local history, i have an old framed map somewhere of church/accrington with the old spelling when i come across it again i will photograph it and post on site for any one else who is interested :Banane57: aromalady
 
garinda said:
Thanks for that.:)

Something else new to me is that on the the ordnance survey type map, the area that is now houses on Paddock Houses old playing fields, and going down to Ossy Mills, is called Dunnyshop, which I've never heard of.:confused:
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I am nearly sure that the farm land Fern Gore was built on and the area you mentioned garinda, was called Dunnyshop Farm.
 
accymel said:
Could be as there is a street called Dunnyshop on there:)
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Can't see one.:confused:

Because you can't cut 'n' paste the maps, if you put my postcode BB5 3NF into the search, you will see the area marked by that name on the map.

(Please don't send me postcards from your hols, now you have my postcode.):D
 
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