04-Jan-2010, 06:23 PM
Well, well, who would have thought that my short 'homily; on Forshaws field would have touched such a 'wellspring' of memories.
However, the plethora of 'names' again shows, The Harry Parr, in the house on the corners of Southlands drive, (was NOT paved, and still isn't as I understand,) was a 'very-old' grey-haired man, (notable for us 'little-boys was the fact, that while his large-house blank-wall, was ideal for playing 'kick & return' with a 'casey', HE did not appreciate having his house bonging like a giant drum, and told us to 'clear-awf') His willow fringed 'duck-pond', favourite for small boys to splash stones into its 'ginny-grinteeth' covered surface, was according to 'local-lore' (of small-boys) 'bottomless;, of course this was disproved when they built a large detached house on the pond.
This Harry Parr, had a daughter named Marie, who was married at St James Church, to her childhood sweetheart, Brian Birket, whose mum lived next-door to my mum. And was a 'wheel' in the Leyland Motors foundry,(actually West Yorkshire foundries) long ago.
The Harry Parr spoken about from Cocker Lane, was I believe 'a driving school instructor' and is of a 'younger generation'
Brian's memories of Tattersall's can also be uprated, his daughter is Jean, a really,kind,friendly girl, a bit older than me, but always had a kind word for us 'little-boys', lives in what was Mr Entwistles detached, Accrington-Brick house just up from the river Lostock on Slater Lane, (does anyone know of any photographs of the pre-new-road, Lostock bridge when the river ran longside the road, before curving up-stream towards Dunkirk Lane,) where he had lots of 'free-range' hen-cabins, she is still a kind and friendly old-lady. Mr Norman ''Tattersalls Farm'', a slight mis-nomer for us who are 'really-old', as his FIRST farm after the war, from where he delivered milk by the ONE-PINT ladel, from 'kits' carried in his 'two-wheeled' horse drawn cart to Mr Alan Fords house, (he joined-on next-door neighbor to my mums) after the war, the horse, so accustomed to the route, would 'walk-on' to the next customer as Mr Tattersall hopped-off and took the milk to the door.
His THEN farm-drive off 'Fox Lane', almost across from the 'traffic-circle', the older detached bungalows now fill what was the 'drive-gap', led to his farm, which encompassed what is virtually the entire now notable WADE-HALL council estate. This long curving drive, could be seen from the 'top-deck' of a bus going past.
best wishes to all on the Forum
However, the plethora of 'names' again shows, The Harry Parr, in the house on the corners of Southlands drive, (was NOT paved, and still isn't as I understand,) was a 'very-old' grey-haired man, (notable for us 'little-boys was the fact, that while his large-house blank-wall, was ideal for playing 'kick & return' with a 'casey', HE did not appreciate having his house bonging like a giant drum, and told us to 'clear-awf') His willow fringed 'duck-pond', favourite for small boys to splash stones into its 'ginny-grinteeth' covered surface, was according to 'local-lore' (of small-boys) 'bottomless;, of course this was disproved when they built a large detached house on the pond.
This Harry Parr, had a daughter named Marie, who was married at St James Church, to her childhood sweetheart, Brian Birket, whose mum lived next-door to my mum. And was a 'wheel' in the Leyland Motors foundry,(actually West Yorkshire foundries) long ago.
The Harry Parr spoken about from Cocker Lane, was I believe 'a driving school instructor' and is of a 'younger generation'
Brian's memories of Tattersall's can also be uprated, his daughter is Jean, a really,kind,friendly girl, a bit older than me, but always had a kind word for us 'little-boys', lives in what was Mr Entwistles detached, Accrington-Brick house just up from the river Lostock on Slater Lane, (does anyone know of any photographs of the pre-new-road, Lostock bridge when the river ran longside the road, before curving up-stream towards Dunkirk Lane,) where he had lots of 'free-range' hen-cabins, she is still a kind and friendly old-lady. Mr Norman ''Tattersalls Farm'', a slight mis-nomer for us who are 'really-old', as his FIRST farm after the war, from where he delivered milk by the ONE-PINT ladel, from 'kits' carried in his 'two-wheeled' horse drawn cart to Mr Alan Fords house, (he joined-on next-door neighbor to my mums) after the war, the horse, so accustomed to the route, would 'walk-on' to the next customer as Mr Tattersall hopped-off and took the milk to the door.
His THEN farm-drive off 'Fox Lane', almost across from the 'traffic-circle', the older detached bungalows now fill what was the 'drive-gap', led to his farm, which encompassed what is virtually the entire now notable WADE-HALL council estate. This long curving drive, could be seen from the 'top-deck' of a bus going past.
best wishes to all on the Forum