Thanks Dave Was Swarbrick's Court named after an ancestor? Dave -----Original Message----- From: John David Swarbrick Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 7:20 PM To: lancsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LAN] Preston in the 1960s You might find this link of interest: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Starch+House+square Dave Swarbrick On 15 November 2013 12:34, Neil Houghton <gen1@possumology.com> wrote: > Hi Dave, > > I don't know if being on a map makes it the "correct" spelling but this > 1950 > map lists it as Starchhouse Sq. in the street index (map ref E5): > < > http://www.flickr.com/photos/rpsmithbarney/5261892451/sizes/o/in/set-721576 > 23098392683/> > > Also this page: > <http://www.madeinpreston.co.uk/history3.html> > says: > " Also the Starch Houses are shown, these were knocked down in 1913 sand > replaced by Starchhouse Square which was a bus and coach terminal." > > > HTH > > > Neil > -- > Neil Houghton > Albany > Western Australia > > > on 15/11/13 16:00, lancsgen-request@rootsweb.com at > lancsgen-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 15:39:05 -0000 > > From: "Dave Shaw" <shaws@vectis8.wanadoo.co.uk> > > Subject: [LAN] Preston in the 1960s > > To: <lancsgen@rootsweb.com> > > Message-ID: <0B4778935C7B40DF821B5899499D813A@Vectis8PC> > > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > > reply-type=original > > > > Is there anyone out there who knew Preston in the 1960s or has access to > > 1960s or earlier information? > > > > Before the town centre was redeveloped and the new road built there was > > somewhere called Starchhouse Square, somewhere behind Fishergate. It was > the > > bus station for local independent bus operators such as Fishwicks, BBMS > and > > Viking. I need to know the correct spelling. Is it Starchhouse Square or > > Starch House Square? Google comes up with both. > > > > Can anyone solve my problem? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Dave > > Fleetwood > > > > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > fees! > > The list's administrator can be contacted at LancsGen-admin@rootsweb.com > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LANCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! The list's administrator can be contacted at LancsGen-admin@rootsweb.com :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message