Accrington Stanley

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[Cheddar George]

Yes ........... Wikipedia .....................it's good isn't it ?

 

[Fnaar]

I used to work with a lovely woman called Barbara, who came from there. Eeh, she were lovely.
We got on really well, and I had bit of a crush on her.

 

[slowmotion]

Now you come to mention it, what about Queen of the South?

 

[Beebo]

Wow, notable residents include Mystic Meg!!

 

[Bryony]

My brother moved up there about 4/5 years ago I went there to his wedding it was ok He's now moved to Bury he says it's much nicer there .

 

[swee'pea99]

How very odd that bricks went all the way from the North of England to make the Empire State Building. You'd think they could make their own, wouldn't you?

 

[vernon]

Did anyone called Stanley come from there? A sort of Accrington Stanley Stanley.

Accrington Stanley Matthews came form there but he dropped his first name as he couldn't cope with the embarrassment of being associated with the god forsaken hole of place.

 

[vernon]

How very odd that bricks went all the way from the North of England to make the Empire State Building. You'd think they could make their own, wouldn't you?

Only if they had the right materials to bake the bricks from.

 

[Julia9054]

Used to go out with a boy from Accrington. My dad always used to greet him with loud shouts of "ey up Stanley!"
So embarrassing!

 

[Aperitif]

Only if they had the right materials to bake the bricks from.

Remarkable parallel to the Vernon Patent Pie Emporium products then, vernon! Tea, pies, bricks...is there anything (apart from trouble) that the Americans can make?

 

[CharlieB]

Another notable Accringtonite:
Jon Anderson, vocalist with prog rock legends Yes. (Mind you, you have to be careful how one uses the word 'legend' these days in the CC Café)

 

[vernon]

Tea, pies, bricks...is there anything (apart from trouble) that the Americans can make?

They make me put my head in my hands.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Pie baking. Brick baking. Do I sense the UK harbours special skills?

 

[vernon]

I think there are a few here who would debate whether Yes could be considered as legends.

They've got 'Time And a Word' or two to argue about their merits.