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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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panbiker
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Posted - 11/02/2008 : 13:46
The club you remember behind Church Street would be the Ivory Hall. Bop Club in the ballroom at Majestic while the flicks were on in the picture house. Sneaking in to the pictures (with help from mates) through the exit to Ellis Street. Getting caught by "Torchy". The "courting boxes" at the back of the cinema at the side of the projection room. The sound of the town, constant drone of looms until knocking off time. Collecting car number plates, (not many about). Don't get me going China I could ramble for hours. Have a look round the local history threads, Barlick memories have been covered in a number of topics, always good to have another perspective though.
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Posted - 11/02/2008 : 15:07
Just come back to me for some reason. Thursday afternoon "open" market in the Majestic Ballroom. Nolic
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moh
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Posted - 11/02/2008 : 15:25
I remember going dancing at what I think was called the Co-op Hall across the level crossings, before my mum thought I was old enough to go up the Majestic.
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Posted - 12/02/2008 : 00:20
Remember most of the things you listed above. I would usually go to the Majestic 2 nights a week with my Uncle Heb, he in a wheel chair, so we got in early and always had good seats. Funny how we all probably fought for the front seats as kids and then wanted the back seats as we got wiser. Our bonfire was on the vacant lot beside the Ivory Hall, just below King St.
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Stanley
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Posted - 12/02/2008 : 05:59
Brook Street Moh, there was a market there as well at one time. Co-op hall finished up as the Mayfair School of dancing. All being converted to flats now.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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djfbug
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Posted - 12/02/2008 : 07:38
"Rolls Royce swimming club going to Colne baths on tuesday night, a guy called Ben(?) taking and looking after us all" quote - Benny Baron, his wife taught me to swim.
Edited by - djfbug on 12/02/2008 7:04:59 PM
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Lancashire Hot Pot
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Posted - 21/06/2009 : 20:11
quote:
Herb wrote:
Remember most of the things you listed above. I would usually go to the Majestic 2 nights a week with my Uncle Heb, he in a wheel chair, so we got in early and always had good seats. Funny how we all probably fought for the front seats as kids and then wanted the back seats as we got wiser. Our bonfire was on the vacant lot beside the Ivory Hall, just below King St.
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Posted - 22/06/2009 : 11:23
I remember ...
lots of long country walks in all weathers
a bonfire night
letcliffe park
rainhall road school
panto's on colne road
a pie shop
climbing stone walls
standing on a bridge looking over the canal
blackberry picking
snow and icicles
fountain street and back colne road
the post office
the bus trip to bradford
some giant's steps (not forty steps)
malt on a winters morning 
All thru the fields and meadows gay .... Enjoy
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Stanley
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Posted - 22/06/2009 : 17:36
Nice Cathy... I suspect all my kids would like that.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Posted - 30/06/2009 : 22:51
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panbiker wrote:
The club you remember behind Church Street would be the Ivory Hall. Bop Club in the ballroom at Majestic while the flicks were on in the picture house. Sneaking in to the pictures (with help from mates) through the exit to Ellis Street. Getting caught by "Torchy". The "courting boxes" at the back of the cinema at the side of the projection room. The sound of the town, constant drone of looms until knocking off time. Collecting car number plates, (not many about). Don't get me going China I could ramble for hours. Have a look round the local history threads, Barlick memories have been covered in a number of topics, always good to have another perspective though.
Summer of 1957 was the last time I went to see a movie at the Majestic. The noon matinee cost 6 pence at that period in time when I was only 10 years old. I saw the Tommy Steel Story a movie about the British equivalent of Elvis Presley. After the flicks, on my way home, I bought an order of fish and chips and bottle of Ginger beer on Church St. I forget the name of the place. Back in those days there wasn't really all that much to do in Barlick. I rode my bike a lot .
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Posted - 01/07/2009 : 04:16
I was convinced that Zeke was out with his dates for The Tommy Steele Story until I checked and found it correct. I'd have put it a couple of years later. Apologies Zeke.
In checking Tommy's bio on Wiki, it brought to mind the songs of that era played on the radio by Uncle Mac on a Saturday morning. Have a look at the link and I'll bet some of the songs and artists listed bring back memories. How did I ever forget such classics as "Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzellen Bogen by the Sea" by Max Bygraves, "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" by the Chipmunks and "The Whistling Gypsy Rover" by Elton Hayes. They don't write them like that any more ... thankfully!! Nolic
http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/childrensfav.htm
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Posted - 01/07/2009 : 06:03
Comrade, you've reminded me of Danny Kaye with the Gilly Gilly. I don't know why but I hated him. Turned out later of course that my instincts were correct.
Have bowed to pressure from Martha and started on me memoirs. I'm really enjoying editing them, I'd forgotten how interesting those days were! There is real value in ordinary people writing their life stories, historians in the future would have a much easier time working out what life was like for them. Too much about Kings, Queens and wars!
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Posted - 18/05/2011 : 02:21
This is an old thread I know, but with being a 'newbie' and after reading so many topics on this brilliant site, all I can say is that you lovely lot on OGFB have opened the 'floodgates' for me. After living in Skipton for 37 yrs and now in Scarborough for the past 10 yrs, I now feel as though I never left Barlick at all, and that my heart is still there. My earliest memories are of 2 Federation St.,both my brothers (Keith & Kevin) were born there. I went to Gisburn Rd Infants school. An elderly widowed gentleman lived next door and Mum used to share our dinners with him ( I remember her passing them over the wall to him). On the other side of us were the Tinnions who had a daughter, Anne who became my best friend. Then we moved to my maternal grandparents near Barnsley for a short while before returning to Barlick and taking up residence at 6 North St., so I then went to the Church school. There was a boy I befriended Peter (Wright) who lived at no. 10 and I had a distant relative who lived close by also called Peter (Thompson) who's parents were Jack and Elsie, I think they were some relation of my paternal grandmother. I also remember going to the Bethesda Baptist Sunday School and 'treading the boards' in the amateur 'At Homes' variety show productions that George Golding used to produce in those days. After the coronation we moved yet again down Gisburn Rd to Parker St. Our neighbours there were Stanley and Olive Wright and their daughter Wendy ( another best friend), on the other side were Frank and Netta Preston with their kids Shelagh and Richard. Further up were the Baileys with kids Eric and Elaine. Across on Federation St., (Those I can remember) Benny and Ruth Baron, Mr & Mrs Standrell ( he used to deal in footwear) Miss Barnaby, Mr & Mrs J Pickles. During that time we spent happy days at Cloggers Beck, the Springs, Monkroyd, the 'Humpty Dumptys' ( anyone remember what they were?) and climbing up Weets.
Growing up into my teens,I remember the'Bop club' where I saw Billy Fury, Johnny Kid & the Pirates etc, and local groups like the Dolphins and the Dingos. I was at Barlick Secondary Modern by then and Yes, I really did like it there!
My job before I married and moved to Skipton, was at Barratt's laundry and Dry Cleaners. I was in the dry cleaning dept and remember Frank and David Barrett as being very good employers,I was with them for about 4 yrs and they kindly organised a collection to buy wedding gifts for me when I left.
Throughout my life in Barlick, I could mention a lot more names:- school mates, teachers etc., but that would take even more space up, so unless anyone asks, I'll leave it as it is. Just like to say though, Barlick is very dear to my heart, always has been, always will be!! 
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Stanley
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Posted - 18/05/2011 : 06:40
Nice to see someone reading the topic. That's what it was meant to do, trigger people into writing down their own information. It's all indexed by the bots and becomes accessible to all if they know how to look for it.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Sandy46
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Posted - 18/05/2011 : 15:01
Thanks Stanley, I hope I get many responses from those to whom I've triggered memories too. ''It's great to share!''
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