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charabang day trip

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ince day trip
ince day trip
Photo: eric lowe
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ince day trip from 1920s my dad is the one sat above the rear wheel dick lowe my brother who is 83 years old tells me they used to have day trips to elob in mawdsley
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Comment by: Neil Cain on 12th March 2012 at 07:30

My grandad, who at this period was a furnace keeper at Kirkless, used to say the same.

Comment by: eric lowe on 12th March 2012 at 11:10

the charabang used to be a coal wagon in the week and do day trips at weekend

Comment by: Alba on 24th July 2012 at 13:15

My father related charabang trips to The Black Bull in Mawdesley (HELL Hob; so named after a very large poker)
Websters ran them on a regular basis taking the back off a lorry and fixing a bus body at weekends.I believe a Webster became involved in running the "Bull" at one time ??
I went to live in Mawdesley in 1950, by that time 2 coaches from Liverpool visited the " Bull" avery saturday night.

Comment by: jjpwfelli on 1st November 2015 at 04:54

Only noveaue riche commuter snobs and wealthy retirees live in Mawdesley these days. The Black Bull closed years ago, most probably it'll be demolished and turned in to another luxury ostentatious house/mansion for a snobby commuter.

It's weird reading about a time when Mawdesley wasn't just a snobbish commuter village for rich people.

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