POEM HARKS TO GOOD OLD DAYS

IRENE L Bednaisk, from Accrington, wrote us this poem about the town centre: Accy - Ram Jam-Packed Sixpence, on the buses Three mile ride to Accy Saturday, was market days

Oh, of course Tuesdays and Fridays

1960’s pop shop, Mary’s music store

The cinema where Arndales is

It was better back then you know

Then there was the market stalls

Broadway ram jam packed

I hate to say I don’t like it now

Can we have old Accy back

Bus station was on Melbourne Street Co-op store always busy Old days where dancing days

Rock and Club sent you dizzy

I grew up in the 60s, where mini skirts were fashion

Teddy boys in blue suede shoes

Elvis doing the singing

Accy was full of life, streets were never empty

Broadway stalls reached top to bottom

Shopping centre always full, now seems to be forgotten

Outdoor market reached both sides

Now there’s nothing there

Indoor market ram jam packed

They sold good biscuits there

The only tea stall from years gone by

Is the one that’s near the benches

You know the empty space near the stairs

Where people sit with memories

I know it’s good to move on, go trendy with the times

But I prefer the 60s when Accy was a thriving town.