Blasts from the past

[James Pickering]

Ian inspired me to start this thread. I am sure a lot of what I -- and hopefully others -- post here may have been done before, but IMHO it never hurts to have a few fresh perspectives. I hope to get input from Burnley-ites, present and ex, on all kinds of trivia relating to Burnley -- not only from old fogies like Ian (sorry Ian) and me -- and mature ladies such as Granny Claret -- but also from those beyond the blush of youth but still not fogies of any kind. Sometimes remembrances of more recent times help fill in the blanks relating to older events.

Anyway, I hope someone can remember and post the words to "Burnley Masher (.......... of St. James's Street)".

Thanks,

James

[Col.Kurtz]

My Grandad sings that (after a few whiskeys) :)

[keckfaro]

James,click on search at the top of the page then type in burnley mashers and the words to the song are there. Cheers

[James Pickering]

Originally Posted by keckfaro

James,click on search at the top of the page then type in burnley mashers and the words to the song are there. Cheers

Thanks, keckfaro (and for the PM) - exactly what I was looking for.

James

[James Pickering]

Originally Posted by Col.Kurtz

My Grandad sings that (after a few whiskeys) :)

We used to sing it -- mostly after a few beers!

James

[James Pickering]

Here is a really super Website -- hundreds of great photographs of Bolton, and especially Blackpool, in 1937/1938 - Worktown Bolton:

http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk/HTML/spender/index.html

Just about every aspect of living in Bolton (and Lancashire in general) in those days is depicted -- work, play, entertainment, schools, pubs, civic events, etc. The Blackpool photos in particular are precious -- great memories indeed.

I wish something like this was available for Burnley -- that is why the present photographic work of Neal, Tiki and all the other members here is so important for posterity.

James

[Kiki]

Does anyone know where Massey Street is in Burnley/? Im looking for the old Burnley Map and cant find it?

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by Kiki

Does anyone know where Massey Street is in Burnley/? Im looking for the old Burnley Map and cant find it?

With a bit of help from my football forum and a bit of searching we found it. Click on the link and search the pdf for massey and you will find it round by the Keighley Green club

http://www.burnley.gov.uk/downloads/...0306_ebook.pdf

[Kiki]

Thankyou! that is a good map!:hand:

[fazza]

Originally Posted by James Pickering

Ian inspired me to start this thread. I am sure a lot of what I -- and hopefully others -- post here may have been done before, but IMHO it never hurts to have a few fresh perspectives. I hope to get input from Burnley-ites, present and ex, on all kinds of trivia relating to Burnley -- not only from old fogies like Ian (sorry Ian) and me -- and mature ladies such as Granny Claret -- but also from those beyond the blush of youth but still not fogies of any kind. Sometimes remembrances of more recent times help fill in the blanks relating to older events.

Anyway, I hope someone can remember and post the words to "Burnley Masher (.......... of St. James's Street)".

Thanks,

James

Hi James, I can send you the words and a vidio of the song being song if you like. Fazza.

[Col.Kurtz]

Any chance of uploading the video so we can all have a look Fazza?

[James Pickering]

Originally Posted by Col.Kurtz

Any chance of uploading the video so we can all have a look Fazza?

I second that -- Thanks Fazza.

James

[grannyclaret]

Thanks James for calling me a mature lady but i am quite happy to be called an old fogie....

[garabaldi]

Was the past better? YES - harder? YES but harder is better.

I'm a north of England war baby went to Blackpool regularly once a year, had a mate who lived in Nelson and played for their football team pre-war.

I hear thousands of stories about the plight of England today - what has changed?

Immediate post war and up to the 60's we had it hard - I remember rationing books - but we were happy - made our own games had few toys but got plenty of sort of fresh air and exercise - we were kicked out to play and weren't allowed to stay in doors all day - no computers of course! we didn't have gardens but had parks - they were better - you had ya mates.

there was very little unemployement - people wanted to work for their families - wages were low but we got by. My grandfather was a butcher so were got meat.

there was plenty of social control I repeat social control at all levels - kids were clipped by their parents (even the 'bad' kids were clipped by the 'bad'parents) and the police and the teachers and the shopkeepers and anyone else in authority, including other kids parents - I have no scars!

we eventually got one black and white TV - that's were the first rot set in - the family stopped talking and making their own amusement - you had to be quiet - we didn't sit down to eat dinner together we grabbed it on the run inbetween the intervals - fortunately no ads then.

all that has changed of course and other things - England has to compete industrially with the rest of the world - its workers sometimes became beliguerent - it lost its markets - it lost its major industries to places like Japan - it probably would have happened anyway but I think we help to speed it up.

Our workers (well some of them became lazy) - we started allowing mass immigration - WHY - because we felt sorry for them - NO - because our own people wouldn't do some of the manual work and so we had to import outside labour ( and its been repeated and repeated ad nauseum)

We have lost our interest and pride in our history and customs - watch any good documentary and see how the rest of Europe still values theirs.

I know many of us will still say "I'm proud to be British" but how much does it count for anymore out there in the big world - and don't tell me it doesn't matter - it does - no man is an island!

I saw a Britain immediately pro-war II recovering and building and being proud to do so and proud it had saved so many other European countries from the ravages of Hitler. I saw a Britain that had an identity and could still stick its chest out.

I see little of this now on a large scale.

What is the solution? - Ah thought you'd ask me the impossible question - I think it has something to do with 'the long and winding road' or ' the long haul back' be we need some strong backs - with tough spines and no knocked knees or faint hearts!