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Lancashire memories
Tyldesley Recreation Club
My grandfather (A E Rahr) donated a silver cup for competition on the Crown Green Tyldesley recreation club. This was competed for in the 1930s and the winners were: 1933 J Baker, 1934 J Hodson, 1935 E Lythgoe and J Crook, 1938 T Farnworth, 1939 W Putter.
I have just donated this cup to the Wigan Museum / History Shop and hopefully it will be preserved. I will see if I can upload a photo of it.
Peter Rahr
I Was Born There
I was born in Tyldesley at 13 High Street - the house is gone now. I emigrated to USA in 1953, married and had 3 children. I went to St Josephs RC School and Sacred Heart Church. We all went to school in Hindsford, Tommy, Norah, Maureen and Paddy. I am the only one who left UK, Tommy and family still live in Atherton. Will look up photos after the holidays and send. Merry Christmas to all. Mum's Mum owned and operated the theatre on John Street after my grandad died. I would love to hear from somebody from Tydesley.
Astley Street Park
My grandfather Thomas Elliott was the Park Superintendent and appeared on early Frith Photographs.
Home in High Street Tyldesley
We lived at 15 High Street in Tyldesley in the 1950s & 1960s along with Mum & Dad - Kathleen & Jim, and our siblings - Terry & Patricia. We lived there until we moved up Shakerley in 1968. We remember Duncan Cleworth, Ann Lynch, Michael & David Harrison, the Higsons amongst many others. We have many happy memories of our time living in High Street. The house is long gone and our family are spread far and wide across England but we will never forget our roots.
Shackerley
My mum and Dad moved to Shackerley just as I started secondary school, which I think it was 1972. I attended Tyldesley Boys County Secondary School. We lived in a bungalow on Hertford Drive, they couldn't build a house opposite because they had to periodically vent due to gasses from the mine shafts! On other side of Hertford Drive my friend Alan Kemp lived and we used to ride our bikes all over the place. There were some great riding tracks leading to and around the slag heaps which we climbed and got filthy. My mum used to shop at the store on the little shopping precinct, I think the manager there was a Mr Orth?
Take me Back
Born in 1945. Lived on Lime Street up to the 1950s then moved to Ginpit, went to St George's, and Tyldesley Secondary. I loved playing around those dimly lit streets, we were never bored, there was always something to do. Outside toilets with a candle and newspaper cuttings, no bathroom, but who complained - no one. I used to play on the coal rucks and would come home black as the ace of spades, you got a belt but that was it. I wouldn't swap the memories for anything. I was brought up on Frank's Chips, top of Lime Street, drank in all the pubs in Tyldesley and there was quite a few, I did go to the casino, and the Garrick, my local was the Castle Hotel, Walkers ale, lovely. I keep nipping back to see my cousin who lives in Leigh. I will never forget those times. I now live in Rochdale.
Born in Westhoughton
I was born in Westhoughton, I lived in 53 Townsfield Road when I was born, then moved to 8 Allenby Grove until I left at the age of 23 and came to Australia. In primary school I went to Sacred Heart School and then in high school I attended the Senior Girls' School on Park Road. I remember at Easter climbing Rivington Pike. I am married now with one daughter and two grandchildren and I have lived in Australia a long time, but my thoughts always go back to the happy childhood I had in Westhoughton.
