Nicky-ger,who have you been talking to,you know a lot to say you hav,nt been in Padiham that long.You,re right about the water,in long gone days Padiham was supplied with water from a resovoir up in the hills above Padiham and for years people were at the doctors complaining of swellings in the neck,these are called goiters Nicky,anyway they finally traced the cause to be the water from the resovoir,cleaned it up, the goiters disappeared and to this day some Burnleyites call Padihamers thicknecks,so Nicky that makes you a German Padiham thickneck,the other part of your answer is not right.Keep trying.
