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  • Category: England
  • Founded: Aug 23, 1999
  • Language: English
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18764 michellefenning@...
michellefenn... Offline Send Email
May 1, 2011
8:47 am
I thought it looked liked Greaves street too. I used to live there when I were little. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device ... From: "JoanB"...
18765 JoanB
grandmadragon8 Offline Send Email
May 1, 2011
5:02 pm
I've been studying the photo and I think it is definitly Greaves Street. i could be wrong! I think the building in the centre of the picture, (the end of the...
18766 Allan
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May 2, 2011
1:09 am
I would agree as the arches mean brick construction not stone and don’t believe Lowry would use that much artistic license. From:...
18767 Allan
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May 2, 2011
1:43 am
Both myself and son arrived back in Australia, My wife and I from a Pacific Cruise with no newspapers, no news Progs unless you go out of your way which we...
18768 John Duckworth
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May 2, 2011
10:07 am
This collection of emails confirms that Lowry did visit Great Harwood, and he did a pencil sketch of a street in Great Harwood. However, the round fanlights in...
18769 Paul Wilkinson
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May 2, 2011
12:25 pm
Well done John on pulling all that info out and collating it... Best regrads, Description: Small%20Reduced%201%20PaulMr. Paul Wilkinson AIoR, IoF, MELWAS. ...
18770 JoanB
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May 2, 2011
12:44 pm
John, the pub on Lomax Square has been the Royal since I was very young,** years ago. I remember my grandad going in there, and he died in 1948. David, did we...
18771 Chris Lynch
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May 2, 2011
2:32 pm
Interested to read that this topic has got people's attention again as I contacted a friend of Lowry's a couple of weeks ago. I asked Harold if he knew Ethel...
18772 neville1943 Offline Send Email May 2, 2011
8:06 pm
After checking Google maps and street view, my vote goes to Gladstone Street. This street would have pointed directly at the Britannia Mill chimney (at least...
18773 JoanB
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May 3, 2011
12:34 pm
Britannia Mill used to be on Queen Street, on the land where the library and Morrisons now stand. Do you mean Saw Mill or even Thomsons, which was on the land...
18774 JoanB
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May 3, 2011
12:35 pm
What is happening with Tesco? It's been very quiet for days now. Joan...
18775 John Duckworth
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May 3, 2011
1:12 pm
Are you there Gareth? Have I got your mobile number wrong. Been trying you over the weekend but no reply. Are you on a religious retreat somewhere? Barnfield...
18776 Steven Owen
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May 3, 2011
4:35 pm
I've not seen the Lowry picture but i remember reading a few years ago that Lowry based his picture on a rough sketch of St. Lawrence Street...
18777 Nick Burks
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May 3, 2011
10:52 pm
Just to add to the debate i attach a picture of Gladstone Street from a couple of years ago when it was being resurfaced. similar but looking downwards. ...
18778 JoanB
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May 4, 2011
7:31 am
I think that's the nearest yet.You could be right, Nick.I'll settle for that. Thanks for the photo. Joan...
18779 Martin Talbot
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May 4, 2011
10:36 am
It is a possibility that he made some initial sketches in Gt. Harwood and then completed the painting later. The arched doorways could have appeared in the...
18780 John Morton
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May 4, 2011
1:28 pm
Good afternoon AOC have just been giving a tour of their findings to an Industrial Archaeologist hoping he can help with the results of the investigations. ...
18781 John Duckworth
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May 4, 2011
1:32 pm
Keep moving John, you don't want to be counted in with the ruins.. Via iPad...
18782 Robert
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May 4, 2011
9:17 pm
My mother took 4 bin bags of alluminium cans to the local scrap yard and was paid £14. Just think how much Hyndburn council collects every week. We are paying...
18783 Bridget Fielding
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May 4, 2011
9:34 pm
I had no idea you could get money for recycled items such as aluminium cans. Does a scheme like that operate everywhere - including Wigan? Best wishes, Bridget...
18784 john smith
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May 4, 2011
9:38 pm
just a tip, from the guy who used to run my shot blast booth , put a spoonfull of sand in each can before you crush it , then weigh for more £s   John S  ...
18785 John Duckworth
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May 4, 2011
10:38 pm
I suggest you should pick your scrap yard with care if you are going to operate this scam. The odd scrap yard has been known to have quite a wild west attitude...
18786 John Morton
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May 5, 2011
4:22 am
Don't forget your Gold teeth  JD. Plus your Cobalt steel hip joint. Best regards John Morton ... From: John Duckworth <greatharwood@...> Subject: RE:...
18787 Frank Cottier
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May 5, 2011
11:49 am
Who owns Clayton Street Chippy now ? Frank Cottier Napanee, Ontario...
18788 Robert
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May 5, 2011
7:51 pm
Its not a scam it's perfectly legal and operates throughout the country....
18789 Robert
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May 5, 2011
7:54 pm
Do you also know that they will pay you for food cans, though you might need quite a few to get good money....
18790 JoanB
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May 6, 2011
7:20 am
Hi, I think John means it's a scam putting sand in the cans,and may I add , not very honest. Aunty Joan...
18791 Robert
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May 6, 2011
8:14 am
Sorry John, got the wrong end of the stick....
18792 sheila
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May 7, 2011
10:30 pm
... Hi Frank,It is my son that has Clayton Street Chippy ,His name is Dan.He had a chippy in yorkshire for 6 years . And he lives in Great Harwood ....
18793 jeanette jaszkowski
noughteaussie Offline Send Email
May 9, 2011
6:51 am
hi im heading over there on holidays from oz in 2 weeks...what are the opening times for the chippy?...i know a few years back every time we went it was shut...
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