Never to the dark side Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 on the 14th September. We are housed in the Darwen end,as its nearer to the place called Darwen,spelt Darwen not Darwin like in Northern Australia. Darwen was the place that NW used for his film "there was a crooked man" which involved him blowing up a British Town(Darwen) dressed as a USA general. The film was not released until 2017(that's the year not the time) although the film was completed in 1960 On request from the USA the film was not released, as the USA thought it would not look good with an American general(in uniform) blowing up a British town as Russia and USA were at one another's throats at the time. Although a perfect version of the film eventually appeared on you tube in Russian audio, with sub-titles. Maybe drop into Darwen on your way to Blackburn Its a shame that with all the money that Jack Warner put into the club he could not build a new train station at Ewood Park. The train line is just above the embankment at the back of the ground The Beatles(ask your grand parents) did have a song called a day in the life from Sgt Pepper which mentioned the 4,000 holes in Blackburn Lancashire didn't think pot holes were a problem back then. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Cardiff and Swansea fans like to pop into Ramsbottom. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 3 hours ago, Never to the dark side said: Its a shame that with all the money that Jack Warner put into the club he could not build a new train station at Ewood Park. He’d have probably built one in Dock Green, wouldn’t he!!! 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Red Hat Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 IoM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Simpson Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 I was over half way down the ops ramblings before I realised that this "country" was not Albania. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 (edited) Their local Council is called Blackburn With Darwen, which confused me when I went there to do some work over a couple of months or so. I did ask why, but they weren't very forthcoming, but it then dawned on me that Blackburn And Darwen, wouldn't look good abbreviated. Edited September 9 by Port Said Red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonBristolian Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Am I the only one who saw this and wondered why there was a discussion about going to Albania* on Saturday? *Went last year. Thoroughly recommend. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepywall Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Anybody know if Blackburn usually becomes POTD as I'm up in the Lakes from Friday and may go to Blackburn if I can get a pass out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddarwedlocker Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 First away day im missing since Luton in 21/22, unfortunately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 A little known fact is that the town of Blackburn is named after former Radio 1 DJ Tony Blackburn who was presented the Radio 1 summer roadshow from there 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 2 minutes ago, TV Tom said: A little known fact is that the town of Blackburn is named after former Radio 1 DJ Tony Blackburn who was presented the Radio 1 summer roadshow from there Radio one roadshows were always beach resorts. I was fully onboard with your story until I got to that part! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 5 minutes ago, ralphindevon said: Radio one roadshows were always beach resorts. I was fully onboard with your story until I got to that part! Drat, I’ve been sussed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Norman Wisdom also made a film here in Teignmouth, Press for time. Please don’t call in on your way to Blackburn though. If you’re lucky and I remember I’ll go into more detail on New Year’s Day and Plymouth (a) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonBristolian Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 2 hours ago, ralphindevon said: Norman Wisdom also made a film here in Teignmouth, Press for time. Please don’t call in on your way to Blackburn though. If you’re lucky and I remember I’ll go into more detail on New Year’s Day and Plymouth (a) Looking forward to it already! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StGeorge Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 3 hours ago, ralphindevon said: Radio one roadshows were always beach resorts Not always, some away from the coast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wealwayseatcheese Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 13 hours ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: Cardiff and Swansea fans like to pop into Ramsbottom. I heard Ramsbottom is twinned with Ballsdeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsofclay Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 3 hours ago, TV Tom said: A little known fact is that the town of Blackburn is named after former Radio 1 DJ Tony Blackburn who was presented the Radio 1 summer roadshow from there Surely you're wrong, teams called Blackburn Olympic and Blackburn Rovers won the FA Cup in the early 1880s. Tony Blackburn surely wasn't around then? Just checked on Google. He was. Sorry for doubting you TV Tom. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 38 minutes ago, handsofclay said: Surely you're wrong, teams called Blackburn Olympic and Blackburn Rovers won the FA Cup in the early 1880s. Tony Blackburn surely wasn't around then? Just checked on Google. He was. Sorry for doubting you TV Tom. You are indeed correct, Tony Blackburn was born in 1861 (the start of the American civil war) which was a good 20 years before the Blackburn cup final victories 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 We'll be there - 5 of us - despite being at Derby. I want to see a reaction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abraham Romanovich Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 7 hours ago, cheese said: We'll be there - 5 of us - despite being at Derby. I want to see a reaction. Coming from Hinckley wouldn't you be better off going to your local power station. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Stone Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 Ewood and Turf Moor are the away grounds i have visited the most as i have outlaws that live just outside Haslingdon. I think this will be my ninth time at Ewood, 7 watching City and 2 watching them in the Premier league. The worst afternoon without a doubt was getting battered 4-0 under the new Dalglish regime, January 1992 where i think David Speedie had the last laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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