Blurton, Critchlow's Corner c.1960
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Photo of Blurton, Critchlow's Corner c.1960

Memories of Blurton, Critchlow's Corner c1960

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Blurton, Critchlow's Corner c.1960

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As a child living in Blurton up until the age of about 12, I remember playing with my friends at the "White Rock" Yet cannot find any other reference to this on maps etc. Does Anyone know what happened to this landmark?
The image that we are looking at is now my home. It is a beautiful home now. My grandad as a young lad used to deliver papers for the old shop Critchlows Corner. Reading the comments make me think that my home is part of Blurton history.
I lived in Blurton from 1964 to 1983. My memories of Critchelow's Corner, called so because of the Critchelow sisters who ran the Post Office, is of walking past this corner to get to Gom's Mill and then walk on to Longton. In my dreams when I dream I am back in Blurton, I am often walking down this road, past the Post Office. I can remember in 1970, it was a really hot summer, and I was ...see more
I remember I was about 10 and Critchilows Corner was a derelict building at this point, probably in 2000, and we used to try get in to see what it was like inside. I moved away but do visit the area from time to time and it's a housing esate now, seems a shame.