Dec66
A gentlemanly pootler, these days
- Location
- West Wickham
Death's waiting room.
What does your home town/location mean to you ?
- Thread starter Flick of the Elbow
- Start date
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Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
I kind of lived in Nelson on and off in the early to late 1980's. When i say lived my girlfriend at the time bought a flat in the town and although she didn't live there we spent time together there. I wish i could remember the name of the road where the flat was.🤔 You went up Railway Street,past the Trafalgar pub(i spent quite a few good nights in there) then turned right.
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
About 5 minutes walk from where i live now.👍
Waidshouse Rd? I lived on the other side of the small valley. Didn’t often go in the Traf, I went in a club called Jimmy’s for my formative years but some of my mates went in the Traf.
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
That sounds familiar,but it's not the address of her flat. If i remember i'll post it.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
I left my hometown nearly 51 years ago , just after finishing my military service in 1970. When I go there now, it has changed a lot, even the train station of my time is gone, to be replaced with a very modern looking one. The town centre has not changed much as it was all rebuilt after WW2 but the town has expanded much, absorbing all the local villages with no green areas in between.
The house where I grew up till 1962 is still there as it was in the old part of the town. Then we moved in a high rise flat ( 10th floor) not far from the station and I was happy there until I moved to the UK.
What is the town you may ask? Some of you may know already: Orleans, on the river Loire. All four of my brothers still live within 25 miles of the town.
The house where I grew up till 1962 is still there as it was in the old part of the town. Then we moved in a high rise flat ( 10th floor) not far from the station and I was happy there until I moved to the UK.
What is the town you may ask? Some of you may know already: Orleans, on the river Loire. All four of my brothers still live within 25 miles of the town.
night rider
Guru
- Location
- Glasgow
it means nothing to me. Oh Vienna.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Peterborough (or at least near) is where Scots have their head chopped off and are buried 
There aren’t any other right turns as far as I recall unless you go up Waidshouse for a bit and turn off
Just remembered something less fun, my nose was broken for the first time on Railway St At St Bedes church. I caught up with the last of the guys responsible about 4 years (and 4 stone and a black belt) later in the Lord Nelson (aka the Zoo)
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- Location
- London
One of my grandads had a pub there. Well on a road out of it, but it was always known as being in great harwood.
Which pub?
- Location
- London
Game cock.
I think Dad mentioned it, he walked a lot around East Lancs/West York’s. I’ve never been in it though. The pub he went on about the most was The Merrie England but I think that’s shut now
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Heck,it's 30 odd years since i was there,so i might not be right about this. As you pass the Trafalgar going up Railway Street,go about 70 yards,turn right,then turn first left after about 30 yards. The cul de sac estate is there. My girlfriend's (well lady friend really as she was 14 years older than me
) flat was at the top of the small estate. It was built in 1983,so what was there before i don't know.I wasn’t being picky, I had to check. Her flat was at the top of the old landfill 😊Heck,it's 30 odd years since i was there,so i might not be right about this. As you pass the Trafalgar going up Railway Street,go about 70 yards,turn right,then turn first left after about 30 yards. The cul de sac estate is there. My girlfriend's (well lady friend really as she was 14 years older than me
It’s 30 years since I left
