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chinatown
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Just some of things I remember - trying to recall even more of.
Annual Barlick Gala, not that long gone but used to be the best anywhere around, I remember processing in it a few times with the Band, then there used to be three of four bands in the parade so we could get a break whilst another played We used to stand as a family at the bottom of Gisburn street on Gisburn Road.
Roll Royce Gala, again another annual event with the cars and engines on display, loads of rides for the kids, and a rocket train powered by a motorcyle engine, as a first year apprentice at Rolls we had to maintain the engine for the next year, the favoured few got to drive it on the day as well.
Rolls Royce kids Christmas parties
Rolls Royce swimming club going to Colne baths on tuesday night, a guy called Ben(?) taking and looking after us all - and then annually a trip to Blackpool Pleasure Beach
St Josephs Cubs and Scouts prior to them being amalgamated into 1st West Craven
Bonfire night on Victory park - a huge bonfire next to Park Rovers ground, and then fireworks on the Park Rovers, I remember seemingly hundreds of people walking across the park to get to it.
Wednesday afternoons (?) (and occasionally Saturday Mornings) watching the steam coming out of the test beds at Rolls Royce and the scream of the engines being tested.
The steam Engine coming into barlick with the grammer school kids getting a choice of going to school at Skipton on the train or bus - 3 buses to Skipton and 1 bus to Colne to Fishermore
10:0-clock Saturday morning the fire station siren going off, my dad being a fireman also had a bell at home to raise the alarm, my mum standing on a buffet with a cushion to quiten it so not to wake up the baby!
The queues going into harry towns office on railway street to pay for the coal - something to do with harry town so I believe!
Saturday afternoon, barlick as dead as a church mouse.
Wakes weeks, barlick dead as a church mouse.
Watching wrestling matches in the Palace
Saturday afternoon maternies at the Majestic
Getting clouted when I got home because I had done something - strange bad news seemed to travel even faster then without technology.
Watching the Panto's at the old Ship
Practising with Barlick Band in a club behind the houses on Church Street, (now demolished and a car park is there)
The world being circled around Gisburn Street, St Josephs school and Church, Father Monigham. Father Moriaty, Mr and Mrs Worthington at School (Was there life outside Barlick)
Being told all Colners lived toer brush! Going to secondary school at Colne and being told all barlickers lived toer brush!
More I think the more that comes back - maybe I should think about writing more of it down!
Chinatown
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gus
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Posted - 27/05/2011 : 19:01
Ian I have not heard about the Laundromat episode, though it would not surprise me one bit. I can well remember the customers reaction in the supermarket to picking their own goods from the shelves, it was very novel in those days, certainly in Barlick. I was in charge of the wharehouse, and my brother George drove a Volkeswagon van, delivering orders, and that was in the early sixties, possibly one of the first supermarket delivery services in the country, long before Asda and the like were thought of, a Barmy Mick Innovation.We used to get a massive delivery every Tuesday afternoon from a firm called Paygo, a cash and carry outfit from Blackburn, the policy was "stack em high sell em cheap" The stage area was the fruit and veg stall, the balcony was the cafe, which was closed to the public after there was a few incidents with youths throwing things on the shoppers below, it then became the staff canteen. The manager was called David Sharples, a lovely bloke who worked his socks off to make the business a success, it was a great place to work with never a dull moment, always plenty of incidents, shopliffting etc unfortunately all to come to a premature end when Mick and his wife came to the parting of the ways, and he closed the Barlick outlet putting us on the dole .....
Edited by - gus on 27/05/2011 7:03:15 PM
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Posted - 27/05/2011 : 23:54
Thanks Gus, you and the others have been so kind and helpful. Yet that should come as no surprise, it's how I remember all Barlick folks to be!!
Much appreciated,
Sandy.
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Stanley
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Posted - 28/05/2011 : 05:15
I was at Colne library one day 40 years ago and noticed some old OS maps mouted on linen in the rubbish skip. They told me I could have them. Fopur of them are single sheet 1" maps 1892 edition reprinted 1899. I could never understand why they were being thrown out. Their loss, my gain. It was getting them that prompted me to order the 25" map from the British Library in 1978. A large heavy cardboard tube and the postage was 66p. Good investment!
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Posted - 28/05/2011 : 08:04
I have just acquired some large scale local maps of this area in a similar fashion Stanley. They are good quality paper copies, but the library no longer has space for any duplicates so Christine was talking about throwing them out! I rescued them for the Earby History Society, but I am tempted to keep them. Can't bear to think of them locked away in a cupboard!
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Stanley
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Posted - 29/05/2011 : 05:58
Good for you Wendy. I think you ought to keep them on behalf of the Hist Soc. I suspect you'll look after them better. One of the maps I rescued was about 8ftx6ft , all the sheets for Colne and district mounted on linen. I had to cut it up to make it usable but no damage, it's still all there. Looked to me as though it had been on the wall somewhere. Council offices?
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Stanley
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Posted - 29/05/2011 : 07:16
PS. Just had a look at the 1899 single sheet maps. They were sold be J T Ramsden, Stationers and booksellers, 'Nile House' Albert Road Colne. Where have shops like that gone?
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chinatown
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Posted - 01/06/2011 : 11:02
Anyone remember the Liberal Club on station road, the 'Inmates' live pop group used to perform there during the sixties on Saurday nights (?) always used to be a packed house!
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Posted - 05/06/2011 : 09:25
I remember it very well Mick, now the Civic Hall. The inmates at that time were all local lads, I think there were the two Marcombe brothers Bruian and David, and one of the Glendennings was the singer, and i`m sure his father managed them ,.almost too long to remember ....I just cant remember who played drums, any Ideas ?
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Another
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Posted - 05/06/2011 : 10:08
It comes to mind that Neil Prenton was the first drummer with the Inmates I think. Then Mick Burrows from Earby joined. Neil Garnett played bass I think and Norman Perry was the lead guitar. Most of the band went to Ermysteds. Nolic
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Posted - 05/06/2011 : 16:52
Looks like I have got my bands mixed up then . !!
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Posted - 05/06/2011 : 17:14
It was Keith Prenton on drums - have a look at this link http://www.milesvanp.u-net.com/Inmates.html Nolic
Amended after I read the information correctly
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Posted - 05/06/2011 : 18:49
What a good link Nolic, a good read and "our kid" gets a mention on a couple of pages as well. Must make a note to mention the link next time I speak to big brother in France.
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Posted - 06/06/2011 : 02:14
The good old Lib club,many a good night spent there, thanks to some great and unselfish work, by John Cockerill and Ian Ross. my memory of the Inmates is Robert Glendenning, vocals aka Rag, Ned Garnett on bass, Len Goulding on Guitar, Neil Prenton on Drums. Then i think later on Roy Lund played Drums. and Richard Preston played Guitar. Robert,s dad Dirk was Van driver manager general factotum, followed them all over and if you helped load the van after a gig you got a lift home in the back, fighting off cymbals drums amps at every turn in the road, great times.
Barlick Rog
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Stanley
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Posted - 06/06/2011 : 05:58
Is that Roy my editor at BET?
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Posted - 06/06/2011 : 07:33
Comrade, I do think that it was. Barlickrog, the details of all the band members are on the site that I linked above. Nolic
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