Great News! Paul Worthington, Eric Walter and Robert Yates have all been located. Paul was the only actual resident of Allsprings - No.1. He is a technical...
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Andrew C. Rowe
roweandrew@...
Jan 4, 2001 2:26 am
This is to wish all the members of this site a very Happy New Year, and all the best in 2001. Lots of health, wealth, and happiness for 2001 . From one of the...
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c k
kydds@...
Jan 5, 2001 12:04 pm
Happy New Year Everyone.! I thought you might like this little pressie Love to all from Cris X Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at...
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John Duckworth
bbsix@...
Jan 6, 2001 12:12 am
New Year Greetings to all!!! Hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year. Thanks for all the seasons greeting to the group, particularly to Chris - I've...
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John Duckworth
bbsix@...
Jan 6, 2001 1:43 am
Its Competition time again folks !!!!!!!!! First, please send entries to greatharwood-owner@egroups.com only. This way the clever clogs who know the answer...
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Brian Shepherd
bshep@...
Jan 6, 2001 4:22 am
Hi, The attached is posted for information and maybe humour. Can anyone confirm the existence of the three cottages, and that the cottages were built from the...
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Brian Shepherd
bshep@...
Jan 8, 2001 1:50 am
Hello, Ths message gives notice that a picture of a class at Ash St. School has been posted in File F4 with a number the same as the number of this message. ...
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m.keir@...
Jan 9, 2001 12:30 am
Does anyone know of a wooden theatre that stood where the ice skating ring/skinners used to be...
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greatharwood@egroups....
Jan 9, 2001 1:34 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the greatharwood group. File : /6 Members...
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Francis (Frank) Cottier
francis.cottier@...
Jan 9, 2001 1:41 am
Just spent the weekend in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and took a day trip to New York City. I uploaded a picture of my wife in Times Square into folder 6 taken...
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John Duckworth
bbsix@...
Jan 10, 2001 1:12 pm
Hi All, Thank you for the entries so far. I won't say yet whether anyone has got the right answer. If you want to amend your entry, that is quite alright. A...
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John Duckworth
bbsix@...
Jan 10, 2001 1:13 pm
Hello Quiz Night Anoraks! A good number of entries with answers spanning 15 years. I won't say if any are correct - try and keep the mystery going a bit. ...
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Brian Shepherd
bshep@...
Jan 10, 2001 10:34 pm
Hi, Didn't the Palace Cinema used to be an ice skating rink?, that is why it is/was flat and level and not sloping like a normal cinema usually is, or even...
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Martin Theaker
martintheaker@...
Jan 11, 2001 12:04 am
Skinners was the nickname given to the Towngate social club durning the seventies. The reason being the licencee was one Fred Skinner. He now own the Bingo...
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Ian Fairclough
ifinwig@...
Jan 11, 2001 12:37 am
The Palace was built as a roller-skating rink although I don't even remember it being a cinema. If I'm right in thinking the roller rink/Skinners was above the...
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Francis (Frank) Cottier
francis.cottier@...
Jan 11, 2001 1:46 am
The roller skating rink at the Palace was before my time too but I do remember the following especially after reading Derek's fine poem which brought back a...
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Francis (Frank) Cottier
francis.cottier@...
Jan 11, 2001 1:50 am
Just to trigger some memories from the group I put together the following summary of my Great Harwood background which might trigger some reminiscences for...
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DJMB84@...
Jan 11, 2001 5:41 am
Dear Francis, By any chance do any relative with Sharples name come to mind around the 1900. My g.grandma Nancy Jane Sharples had a daughter Jane no middle...
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Brian Shepherd
bshep@...
Jan 12, 2001 12:20 am
"At the back of where I lived were two disused lodges for the water supply to the Britannia Mill where I used to play as a kid catching tadpoles." Thanks...
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Graham Calvert
oscarg@...
Jan 12, 2001 8:51 am
Hello there, greetings from Adelaide, South Australia. I have been reading the messages from number one and have been intrgued by the latest talks on the...
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Graham Calvert
oscarg@...
Jan 12, 2001 9:18 am
It's me again, still catching up on the previous messages that were sent before I knew this excellent site existed. Chris in ref. to your question about a fish...
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John Morton
john@...
Jan 12, 2001 6:35 pm
Good evening The knocker up used a long pole to bang on the bedroom window. I worked at B& F in Delph Road. One chap was late for work ,and when questioned...
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greatharwood@egroups....
Jan 13, 2001 4:05 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the greatharwood group. File : /2 Great...
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DJMB84@...
Jan 13, 2001 7:09 pm
Hello Martin, Thank you for posting the picture of Dean Clough Reservoir. I really have enjoyed all the pic's from GH members past and present. Thank's Again,...
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greatharwood owner
bbsix@...
Jan 13, 2001 8:57 pm
Has someone got a digital camera for Christmas? ... From: DJMB84@... To: greatharwood@egroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 7:09 PM Subject: Re:...
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Francis (Frank) Cottier
francis.cottier@...
Jan 14, 2001 1:02 am
Hello Jane, Sorry I can't help you regarding the Sharples family FRank Cottier ... around the 1900. ... name, she ... with ... happed then ... through a...
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Francis (Frank) Cottier
francis.cottier@...
Jan 14, 2001 1:18 am
Hello Brian, Your recollection of the "mill ponds" on Brittania Street triggered more memories of the area since as kids we used to roam the whole territory....
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Martin Theaker
martintheaker@...
Jan 14, 2001 3:32 pm
Previously written >>> ... gets ... So winning get boring does it. Ask the playing staff, management or any of the sixty odd thousand at Old Trafford every...
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Ian Fairclough
ifinwig@...
Jan 14, 2001 8:57 pm
Winning does get boring hence the "prawn sandwhich" comments from Keane. And as a Rugby League fan who watched Wigan home and away for years including their...
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Brian Shepherd
bshep@...
Jan 14, 2001 11:26 pm
Re Frank Cottiers Memories Hello Frank, Your follow up response was a good one. Here is another of mine. The following is an extract from your first...
