How did Water Street get its name? Frank C. ... There are also 2 spring wells under Spring Street (hence its new name, it was originally called Billy Well...
I've heard it is again because of a stream which used to run down there. I've also heard that it is the on that comes out on Heys Lane, near to where the...
There was a brook which ran down through the town . It was called Close Brook and it carried the waste down the centre of Queen Street, It was an open sewer...
Great Harwood has a new Town Crier. Joe Baron retired due to ill health after the Christmas Carol Service on 21st December 2003. He served as Crier for seven...
Was Joe Baron from Orchard st in the 60`s? Bob Bale ... _________________________________________________________________ Check out the Xtra gaming servers at...
How does one become Town Crier? I haven't seen the job advertised. Is it passed on quietly like the Easter Bunny in "The Vicar of Dibley"? (sorry all ex-pats...
Five years ago a friend told me he'd worked on the design of the new lettering on the Mars bar wrapper. "Hadn't noticed it'd changed" said I not being a big...
Dear Ian, Although I confess to eating chocolate, I do not buy fancy bars like Mars etc. By the way, is the unmentionable now a "S.....r" ? Best wishes, ...
Yup. That's the one. It might be all right for our less inhibited colonial cousins but can you imagine saying that in polite company ? I've done in a...
Hmmm...the interest of the less inhibited colonial cousins is peaked by what the name of this chocolate bar could be (I guess the marketing people got it right...
Hey Folks , I know we have a few members who have some computer expertise , can anyone give me the benefit of thier wisdom , my PC moniter is acting up , I...
I lived in Greenhill in the old prefab houses(near Edge End)....the ones they built right after the war...not the nice flats they have now! In the winter we...
You might want to try adjusting your monitor buttons for height and width...usually located below the screen or on the side of the screen. Love to all Sandra...
I would also make sure there are not other appliances near the monitor (especially halogen lighting) which can interfere with standard monitors. ... ...
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John, try demagnetising the monitor (keep it away from all your records/0, if that dosn't work, check the output voltage of your power supply, and finally if...
Just came across an eBAY auction of a photographic card of St Cecilia St from 1908 (could be a little earlier, according to the seller, who asks, "Does this...
(Undated report from the Accrington Observer) "PLANS to regenerate five disused sites in Great Harwood were unveiled at this month's area council meeting. ...
This confection was known "internationally" by the now not so new name long before it was changed here indeed I recall a joke about someone sitting on one in...
In 1908, long after Joseph Fry had invented the first solid chocolate bar, the Swiss confectioner, Theodor Tobler, was inspired to make the Toblerone when he...
No sooner said than done...... The old photo of St Cecilia St and one taken today can be found in the Files > Great Harwood Past (Pre1990) > (6663)St Cecilia...
I can see why it may be useful to import sheep,apples, dairy products and such like from New Zealand. Different seasons etc. But microwaveable sponge...
sorry to bring up this subject again,but,as Lewis Carroll might have put it,it gets seriouser and seriouser. Our webmeister j.d.,encouraged us to pose a simple...
I think Margaret got them from Asda. I assume the maker, Auntys, is not to be confused with the Aunty Bettys brand from Yorkshire (I Think) that do a good line...
Post it, and be castigated, by the council anyway. Most residents from the outlying towns would thatnk you. In any case please send it to me, it would be very...
Print and be damned! as long as it is in good faith, honest and truthful and is not personally abusive, what harm can be done. Adrian Shurmers letter in the...
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