WHERE IS ACCRINGTON?

                OLD ACCRINGTON MARKET         A QUIRKY CORNER                                                                Accrington is in Lancashire. It is the meeting place of the world famous Accrington Intellectuals and the less famous Accrington Literary Club. It is a celebrated centre of UFO activity drawing thousands of people to the moors above the town.                 People pass through Accrington on the train, rolling over the Victorian viaduct; they sometimes wave or make other poignant gesticulations.                                              Accrington has several churches, a public library, a thriving Veterinary Practice, an extensive indoor & outdoor market, a fine Town Hall and a Budgens supermarket.                                  Wilson College on Batteridge Terrace has a fine Neuropteran Department and offers studies related to the Koradjis and other exotic tribes. Several Accringtonians have gone on to found colonies in the Cramolites/Bughassie-Tojitre.                         Accrington has a Brewery and many pubs, notably the Queen's Head which is a venue for many splendid Theatrical Entertainments. Alec Guiness once performed a turn here and was ejected from the stage - see his "Blessings in Disguise".                                     In 1961, a meteorite struck the church spire of St.Andrew's, Vogle Square, and set it alight. The church was saved by the prompt actions of the local Fire Brigade and has recently become a venue for the Accrington Intellectuals, despite problems with pigeon infestation.  There is a fine WW1 cenotaph in Haworth Park, which is also home to the Haworth Art Gallery which has the largest collection of Tiffany Glass outside the USA. There are fine views of the surrounding hills from the park. Henbane was first cultivated on a commercial basis on a hillside near the town in 1902. Accrington was a centre for Pyrrhonism in the 1880's, leading to future radicalist tendencies in the populace.

             A DREAM OF ACCRINGTON-the canalside.