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Barnton, Cheshire
Barnton maps
Historic maps of Barnton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Barnton maps
Historic map of Barnton
Illustrated Victorian map of Cheshire
Historic Map of any Barnton postcode
Barnton books
Displaying 3 of 12 books about Barnton and the local area. View all Barnton books
Cheshire County Memories
Paperback
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Cheshire Photographic Memories
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£11.20
Cheshire Living Memories
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£11.20
2 Barnton photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Barnton
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i remember when dillas owned the sweet shop on lydyatte lane and we used to go with pocket money we would always get a few more i also remember the butchers shop was up and running with an abatoire on town field lane then their was the butchers on runcorn rd which used to make the best pies around i remember... [more]
Shared on 24 November 2007
Cheshire memories
My dad was Ron Watkin and we lived at 44 West Park (Marbury Park was divided in to a 'West Park' and an 'East Park' - I seem to remember that West Park was regarded as the 'posher' of the two!) . . I remember lots of things, even though my family left for Barnton when I was only 4 and... [more]
Shared on 13 July 2009
I arrived in 1953 to live with my father and stepmother in Marbury. I have very mixed feelings of my life here. The countryside was beautiful, my love of nature and animal life has never left me. Bill's lawns (our name for the beautiful gardens outside the hall) was our playground and I new every rhododendron bush, yew tree and... [more]
Shared on 22 November 2008
I spent most of my childhood at Marbury. My parents moved south from Scotland when I was 5yrs old around 1953. Like many others who lived at Marbury my Father worked at I.C.I. In fact I think at that time Marbury was owned by the company, and the housing [converted P.O.W huts] was "tied" to the job so to speak. Looking... [more]
Shared on 23 February 2007
Weaverham was a quite place to live and even bring up a family. I don't live there any more but some of my family do, Maddock and Moreton. When I was growing up there we lived on St Mary's Avenue, just off Farm Road. A few months ago now I did a walk down the road, I even saw a few... [more]
Shared on 28 October 2009
We moved to Weaverham in 1958, at that time it was a good place to bring up children, and a good place for children to grow up in. The village was surrounded by fields and woods, where we played. There was of course the usual childish mischief, knocking on doors, and swiftly running away for one. I left Weaverham in 1968... [more]
Shared on 15 February 2008
I arrived in Weaverham in one of its transition periods. ICI had built many houses to house its workers in all the surrounding villages including Weaverham. So Weaverham had already transformed in a way when I got there, but of course for me coming from a city like Liverpool it was a quaint, peaceful village, there just happened to be the... [more]
Shared on 03 August 2006
The car in this picture belonged to the photographer
I and my brothers grew up in the paper shop on the left of this picture and a car parked outside was a rarity. My memory tells me this one belonged to the photographer who took the picture.
Shared on 15 November 2009
Extracts From Barnton & Cheshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Barnton, inspired by Frith photos.
Warrington Photographic Memories
A Moore resident keeps a look out for a rare commercial barge making its leisurely way along the Bridgewater Canal. Since this tranquil image was captured by Frith, only pleasure boats ply the canal and tie at up Moore to stock up at the village shop.
This is an extract from Warrington Photographic Memories.
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Warrington Photographic Memories
Moore's village school was showing its age in 1955. Built in 1877 for a much smaller community, its facilities had failed to keep pace with its teaching standards. An HMI's report of 1956 commented on the unsuitability of the cumbersome old school desks, the lack of dining facilities and the need for new toilets to replace 'the present bucket sanitation'.
This is an extract from Warrington Photographic Memories.
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Warrington Photographic Memories
Was this young Moore resident off to spend her pocket money at the local Post Office? Alas, there seems little there to tempt her, for the enamel advertising signs only offer Wills's Woodbine Cigarettes and Craven A tobacco, or seemingly saucy magazines such as Men Only!
This is an extract from Warrington Photographic Memories.
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