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Ince carnival.

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Ince carnival
Ince carnival
Photo: Aitch
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Item #: 15247
Here are a few photos of Ince carnival floats before the PC brigade stopped them happening.

Comment by: dave on 7th July 2010 at 17:40

thats on langdale avenue what year was this.

Comment by: aitch on 7th July 2010 at 21:01

Sorry Dave, its not Langdale, although I lived there for a few years, and the year would be around 79/80, my wifs church won the first prize for 3 years running before they lost the title, I was responsible for making all the props, and the bench you can see on there is from my back garden

Comment by: John on 7th July 2010 at 22:25

Its Leaway, off Ince green lane.

Comment by: dave on 7th July 2010 at 22:29

sorry aitch i ment ambleside. its a cracking flote

Comment by: aitch on 7th July 2010 at 23:56

wrong and wrong, but one of you is close lol

Comment by: peterfrost on 8th July 2010 at 09:23

what about windermere road H
that rabbit isnt you by any chance is it?

Comment by: aitch on 8th July 2010 at 09:50

wrong again, and the rabbit, believe it or not, was a lady named Mary Rabbit, sadly no longer with us, I was the driver, and the main player was my wife Alice, as in Alices wonderland.

Comment by: Joseph. on 8th July 2010 at 10:50

It's Greenfield Ave.

Comment by: Alex B on 8th July 2010 at 11:46

Its outside our old house in Greenfield Ave...I can tell with the brickwork!!

Comment by: aitch on 8th July 2010 at 14:06

Alex, you wouldnt be a Bolton by any chance would you.lol

Comment by: Peterfrost on 8th July 2010 at 14:54

I well remember Mary
She lived around the corner from me with Arnold before he was killed in the pit
They changed their name to Nicholson

Comment by: aitch on 8th July 2010 at 20:40

Marys name was Nicholson, Arnolds name was Rabbit, It wasa a shame the way they both died.

Comment by: Alex B on 8th July 2010 at 23:29

Yes its me Harold...It could be Greenfield Ave?!

Comment by: aitch on 9th July 2010 at 10:07

I got the house after you left Alex, I am still there, mid 70s wasnt it !!

Comment by: aitch on 9th July 2010 at 10:10

Alex, I still have the rent book with your name on it, before they changed the tenancy to me, do you want to pay the arrears you owe me, LOL

Comment by: ALEX B on 9th July 2010 at 11:36

Will you take a Barclaycard Harold? Would you believe that 3 years after we left the council sent me a cheque for over payment of rent!!!??

Comment by: aitch on 9th July 2010 at 16:15

we took over in April 1977, the rent at that time was £6.55, its now £67.00, and we took over the telephone, and except for one additional digit the number is the same. lol

Comment by: Alex B on 9th July 2010 at 19:33

Harold we left on the 25th of January 1975!Was it in such a bad state it two years to renovate??

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