General Chat

I was born in North London but married a Salford lad in 1998. Have lived in Eccles since 1992.

hi marilyn im nearly a neighbour to you tracy

HI I WAS BORN IN DARWEN THEN WE MOVE TO BLACKBURN THEN TO RIBCHESTER AND MOVE BACK TO DARWEN AND BACK TO BLACKBURN THEN I MOVE TO ASHTON IN MAKERFIELD AND NOW I BACK IN BLACKBURN . AND I DONT WHAT TO MOVE AGAIN MARILYN

Hello Leah, Many thanks for your note. Looks like we're the first county group to break out and form an Australian branch! Good on yer, cobber (and all that jazz!) Hmm... Rochdale & Oldham... My dad was a curate in Littleborough for a couple of years in the early '30s before going out to the (then) link diocese of Southern Rhodesia. He met and married my mum out there, then returned to Heywood in '38, where they lived through the blitz until '43, when they moved down to succeed my grandpa in Herefordshire. My outlaws live in Shaw, Oldham, so we get up there fairly regularly to check on Pennines goings-on! Philip

Hi Both my hubby and I were born in Manchester in the 50's in Chorlton on Medlock and Gorton. We took the plunge and moved to Australia in the mid 80's. Have been back home three times for holidays and a lot of the areas we knew as children have changed an awful lot. But we both have happy memories of the districts we were raised in. My maternal family all lived in the Rochdale/Oldham areas. Best wishes Leah - Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

hello everyone was born in blackpool love going back there and showing it to my family chris

Hello everyone, I was born and bred in Manchester ,Lancashire(,not Greater Manchester)and am proud to be a Lancastrian/Mancunian. Lived in the city all my 55 years never lived far from the city centre itself. June you have been here as long as me so you are definately a Lancashire lass. brenda

Born in Manchester Royal Infirmary! LIved in Hazel Grove, High School in Stockport, worked in Torkington. Joined the WLA and worked in at Caerwen, moved to Cholmondeley Castle Farm. Married and moved to Shropshire and then to Canada. Great Grandfather and grandmother born Shropshire, grandfather born Yorkshire, mother born Lancashire, father born Cheshire. Marrried a Guernseyman - but I'm still a Lancashire Lass - I think!

hi sue I have rellies in great harwood on my side and my girls dad family live there to tracy

Hi Tracy, Great Harwood Sue x

hi sue where abouts near Accy do you live? tracy

Hi Philip, Have lived in Lancashire since I was three years old. Living nr Accrington at the moment but have lived in Blackburn and surrounding areas. Lovely countryside up here and the people are very friendly and down to earth. Proud to be a Lancashire lass. Sue x

Morning All, Do i count please? I've lived in Bolton for 9 and a half years now but originally from Yorkshire. I like it here, i've got settled!! By the way Linda, what part of Bolton are you in? Tracey x

hi dawn bit cloudy but warm up here at the moment,just read your reply on the svo thread well said, she should put hear brain into gear first. I nearly lost my youngest her cord was also round her neck and she was breach she was very lucky. This woman just likes to stir trouble up tracy

My Mum and Gran and Great Gran were all born in Widnes. Some idiot turned it into Cheshire back in 1974! My GG Gran was born in Liverpool and that,s definitely still in Lancashire. I think I can safely call myself a Lancastrian. Lol

Hi Philip I'm a Lancashire Lass but I haven't worn clogs since I was a child I was born in Royton and lived there until I got married and moved 3 miles to live in Oldham Town centre I now live in the Moorside area of Oldham which is only a couple of miles or so from Shaw Bren

I was born in a nursing home in Preston then lived in Farington till moving to Whittle-Le-Woods 34 years ago . You can tell what an adventurous soul I am lol. Dedrah

Well now, Dawn, caught me out, eh? And there I was thinking I could be in two places at the same time withoiut anyone noticing! Anyway, must get back to the gazebo and local cider. How's your day going? (Folks, must explain that Dawn and I are Devonshire buddies, although she does live round the corner a bit, towards Cornwall! lol!) Philip

Thanks, everyone, for your replies so far. We may not be as noisy as some counties, but we all know where we stand when the chips are down! Yes, immigrants to and "friends" of all parts ofLancashire are welcome. We got chopped up by the local government reorganisation in 1974, and there's now supposed to be a great divide between Greater Manchester and the rest, but we know that's really an artificial one! I moved to Lancashire when I was about 2 years old, but have no real memories of where I was born, so count myself a Lancastrian by adoption and upbringing. Lived in Colne and went to school in Lancaster, so only moved away (to Yorkshire of all places!) when I went to university. Lovely countryside, as you've all been saying. We lived on the edge of Bronte country, just down the road from Wycoller Hall, and had great views of Boulsworth and Pendle. When I was at school, we used to visit Lancaster Castle, where the witches were hanged! Also fond memories of the Forest of Bowland and the gateway to the Yorkshire Dales around the Skipton/ Keighley area. Rools Royce at Bar'lick! Another important memory was football in the '50s and early '60s. Our local team was Burnley in its heyday, used to win the League regularly, my one regret was that it never completed the double, and was beaten by Spurs 3-1 in the epic of 1963! Have visited in recent years, and am delighted to see that they now hold an annual blues festival in Colne each July. And, of course, we still celebrate one of our greatest sons, Gus Hartley, who was bandmaster on the Titanic and returned to fame when the film was released in recent years. His bust still stands next to what used to be the Carnegie public library in Albert Road. I found a book of the Titanic in a shop on the south coast, published at the same time as the film, and there inside was a photo of his funeral cortege in 1912 when his body was recovered and returned to Colne. I recognised the photo shot down the street from the parish church and town hall immediately, and it looked very much the same, despite the passing of the years! Finally, my wife Paula was born in Manchester in coronation year. Although her family moved down to Oxfordshire when she was 9, her aunt and cousins still live in Shaw on the edge of Oldham so we are able to return regularly and admire that part of the Pennines! Keep 'em rolling in! Philip

I've only been to Manchester and i had a great time and loved it there. The people were great. Sheilax