Traf Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Yeah, I was brought up in Highfield, quite a few of the Ball family lived up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny The Ball Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 The answer to the question I raised on opening this thread has popped up in the Bolton News - with a spin that I never expected to see in the Bolton News - Under the Headline Alan Ball: Birthplace of Bolton's most famous footballer up for auction But here it is - complete with its very own Blue Plaque ! https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/19146328.alan-ball-birthplace-boltons-famous-footballer-auction/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolli Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 On 30/12/2020 at 14:23, Traf said: Yeah, I was brought up in Highfield, quite a few of the Ball family lived up there. Whereabouts Traf? I lived on Windermere Road until around 1985/ 86. Use to frequent the Flying Shuttle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Big garden. Could get about three horseboxes on that. Establish a hippie commune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 6 hours ago, Benny The Ball said: The answer to the question I raised on opening this thread has popped up in the Bolton News - with a spin that I never expected to see in the Bolton News - Under the Headline Alan Ball: Birthplace of Bolton's most famous footballer up for auction But here it is - complete with its very own Blue Plaque ! https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/19146328.alan-ball-birthplace-boltons-famous-footballer-auction/ Less than 400yds walk from where I was born. 4 hours ago, woolli said: Whereabouts Traf? I lived on Windermere Road until around 1985/ 86. Use to frequent the Flying Shuttle Robin Close 1973-1984 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolli Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Traf said: Less than 400yds walk from where I was born. Robin Close 1973-1984 Im sure we must have met at some point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomRepWanderer Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Traf said: Less than 400yds walk from where I was born. Robin Close 1973-1984 Lived on Finch avenue from 74 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorpey Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Traf said: Less than 400yds walk from where I was born. Robin Close 1973-1984 8 hours ago, woolli said: Whereabouts Traf? I lived on Windermere Road until around 1985/ 86. Use to frequent the Flying Shuttle Buttermere Road me. 75-83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Nana was on Eskdale Grove for years. Used to love playing out round there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Site Supporter Steejay Posted March 11, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted March 11, 2021 1 hour ago, leigh white said: Must have been a good do, that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, Steejay said: Must have been a good do, that. On bended knee, will you marry me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter desperado Posted March 11, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted March 11, 2021 “Bolton's most famous footballer” Is he? I get why some may say that, World Cup winner and all that. Within Bolton he certainly isn’t and I’d question outside of our town would people answer that? In my eyes there’s only one - Sir Nat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 25 minutes ago, Steejay said: Must have been a good do, that. Long after it had closed down, that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter FrancisFogarty Posted March 11, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted March 11, 2021 According to the News of the World it was the roughest pub in the country or some such boast. It wasn't even the roughest in Farnworth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, Francis Fogarty said: According to the News of the World it was the roughest pub in the country or some such boast. It wasn't even the roughest in Farnworth. It wasn't that rough to be honest. Church Inn, New Bury Queens Post Office all far rougher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, Francis Fogarty said: According to the News of the World it was the roughest pub in the country or some such boast. It wasn't even the roughest in Farnworth. Ha ha, Smokey Joes was a an eye opener for a young un in 1980 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter FrancisFogarty Posted March 11, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted March 11, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Traf said: It wasn't that rough to be honest. Church Inn, New Bury Queens Post Office all far rougher. These three plus Smokies would be my fab four. Queens on top I think. Ask any Showaddywaddy fans at Blightys. It was reckoned that if you had a video recorder nicked in Farnworth you could buy it back in the Church Inn with the cassette still warm. Edited March 11, 2021 by Francis Fogarty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Some good lads from Farnworth who I've met over the years and been on many trips on the piss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter only1swanny Posted March 11, 2021 Site Supporter Share Posted March 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Traf said: It wasn't that rough to be honest. Church Inn, New Bury Queens Post Office all far rougher. Late teens early 20's used to go in Queens and post office with my dad, then followed by Karaoke in the Brit. Only thing I really recall being that "rough" was in the Post office running out of wood for the fire and using old books. and phone directories. That said there are places in farnworth where even the police dogs go round in pairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athywhite1958 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Didn't the Rose and Crown have a boxing ring in one of the rooms, I went in one Friday night to meet a girl and her brothers were there ready to kill me, well known Farnworth family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomRepWanderer Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 6 minutes ago, athywhite1958 said: Didn't the Rose and Crown have a boxing ring in one of the rooms, I went in one Friday night to meet a girl and her brothers were there ready to kill me, well known Farnworth family The Ms or the Js? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athywhite1958 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 M's, I got to know them quite well and worked with one of their relatives for a good few years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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