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[townendermichael]

I think that Central Lancs New Town was intended to be centred on new developments in Clayton Brook and to a lesser extent in Moss Side Leyland at the bottom of Seven stars way.I don't think it actully took off on the scale intended because of a shortage of funds.

On a dufferent not how good to hear from someone who remembers th Motors parties.Can we remember the Motors sports days which were held on the football ground and the cricket pitch.My best memory of that was the greasy pole when men and sometimes robust women slid along the pole carring pillows or the like and tried to knock each other off into a vat of water underneath.Not much different to Friday night in the Gables as it used to be!

[noel]

I remember the greasy pole fighting, great fun.

[Gonzo66]

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Originally posted by noel

Leyland is a town within South Ribble, as is Chorley. I don't see they've lost their identity, I'm puzzled by that Frank though it irks me to see how Lancashire has been chopped up by the politicians. As did the people of Somerset when I lived down there, never would accept Bath as being part of Avon. I guess there's some good purpose in it, but like the EU I can't see it.

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Chorley isn't in South Ribble, Chorley is in Chorley District Council area. Chorley and Leyland are far different from each other. They are a load of weirdos in Chorley. I was working on Pall Mall today and an old lady wearing bright orange 'croc' shoes and sporting a beehive hairdo came up to me and pretended to try and steal my computer. Then said 'Joking' and wandered off. I have also never been approached in Leyland at 8am by a drunk welsh bloke carrying a bag of raw sausages who started telling me his life story involving sexual escapades with South Africans, a stolen Mercedes, and a fight with his brother before moving on to tell me that the guy I was working with was 'a good looking boy'. Chorley is a world away from Leyland. That is why I try to finish my work in the town centre before the population of the Liptrot estate wake up and start their meanderings.

[noel]

See how complex it is, you cross the bridge over the M6 in Farington, then are told you have entered Chorley, even though you know you are actually in Farington still. Chorley even had designs on Leyland Golf Club! as if. Still that magnificent Mormon Temple on the outskirts of Chorley and several miles south of the M6 Chorley sign, is called Preston Temple. There are plenty of weirdos in Leyland imo.

[Neilwa715]

Hi

I Left Wellfield in 1975, My Sister Glynis Ward left in1971, maybe you remember her?

[pammy1944]

I remember in the 40s when all the villages were seperate ....leyand, farington , tardy gate, lostock hall and bamber bridge . They all had their own identity and characters . Now it all seems to mush into one large place .

[anacortesdamp]

Do you remember the all-schools country dancing at LMSAC. Attednace was mandatory. I hated it and it instilled in me a lifelong hatred of dancing. I think its the most idiotic thing ever devised by humankind. It makes you look stupid and has no redeeming social valus, IMO.

I refuse to even buy products which use dancers in their TV commercials.


Frank

[townendermichael]

Neil,

yes I do remember Glynis and I think yourself as well.How are you both- thanks for making contact.

Best wishes

[townendermichael]

Frank,

yes I do remember the dancing and yes it was awful-only marginally less so than dancing which also took place on Avenham Park!

best wishes

[Dave H]

I remember moving to Moss side and not having a passport as a Mosssider, I was called a Leylander I felt a different breed.