birch villa
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I tell me missus that old wives tail everytime we pass it
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toffee balls
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Urban myth but worth repeating if only to reinforce the ‘ tight Yorkshire git ‘ stereotype.
Topography was the issue in reality.
Topography was the issue in reality.
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader
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I blame that floozy Rachel.
The head man and brains behind it all was Albert Tatlock.
gordondaviesmoustache
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The Ward family iirc (not related to the Middleton Wards afaik)For those unaware he used to be in a program called where the heart is, and they used to use the old farm house in the middle of the m62 motorway as part of the set remember how Sarah Lancashire described using one of the bedrooms as her dressing room. Also there was an old wife’s tale that the farmer refused to sell the farm so they built the motorway around it, but in reality it couldn’t of been sold by him as it was rented of the water board at the time
That Misty is a **** when he gets on the bevy, if he’s drinking, you’re drinking
Oy, leave me out of any thread to do with Corporation Street. I fully accept the drinking bit but put it in a decent thread.
PannickAtTheDisco
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Seems like he had a hand in it.
Bluemoon dan
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Urban myth but worth repeating if only to reinforce the ‘ tight Yorkshire git ‘ stereotype.
Topography was the issue in reality.
I've heard that there is actually a kernel of truth in the refusing to sell part though. Yes it was always going to be built as it was, straddling the house because of the geological reasons but when they realised that it was going to go either side of the house they did make an offer to purchase the property. However the offer was so derisory and under the actual value of what it was worth he told them to get stuffed. And so the myth was born....
The reason for the split in the M62 was a geological fault that precluded building a road across it.For those unaware he used to be in a program called where the heart is, and they used to use the old farm house in the middle of the m62 motorway as part of the set remember how Sarah Lancashire described using one of the bedrooms as her dressing room. Also there was an old wife’s tale that the farmer refused to sell the farm so they built the motorway around it, but in reality it couldn’t of been sold by him as it was rented of the water board at the time
Absolute bastard of a man, pure evil!The head man and brains behind it all was Albert Tatlock.