Nostalgic memories of Blurton's local history
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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?
I was christened in the church . Have memories of helping my Aunt Gladys and my Aunt Dorothy deliver papers on their routes when they had to fill in for a missing paperboy.
I spent many happy days visiting my family , sometimes in the shop, sometimes with my grandfather in the garden.
Once I was old enough to ride the bus alone ,I would visit from Sneyd Green. I was always proud to hop of the bus at Critchlow's Corner.
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my family moved to blurton council estate when I was about 4 yrs old, that would be 1952, my sister was 5, our first school was st bartholmews in church lane then we went to Sutherland primary and junior schools, after that we went to blurton senior school, which became blurton comprehensive, then blurton junior high, and I believe is now known as blurton high school, I attended st bartholmews church and joined the ...see more
I believe the date of this photo is more like 1959, possibly 1960. Why? Because the second car down in the foreground is my father's. It would be parked outside No. 89 which is the second visible property (semi det). I was born in Feb 1960 and my parents only moved to Church Road when my mother was pregnant with me so the photo may be even newer than the years already suggested. The scene hasn't changed that much in 50 odd years except the road has been widened.
This is Saint Bartholomew's church, we have had loads of different family events in there including my children's christenings and mine. I have done family research and my family was using this in the 1800's for marriages, christenings and funerals. Its nice to see the church as been looked after and stayed strong enough to keep up.
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 was born in Blurton in 1956 and attended Hem Heath Infants school which was part of Blurton High School. If I recall correctly Hem Heath Infants closed and Sutherland School took on the children from Hem Heath. It was always called Sutherland Primary School as far as I can recall. The Pub by the side of it was called The Cornerstone and we used to call into the outdoor to spend our ...see more
I recogise the picture but from my memory the school was called Sutherland Primary School and the building towards the back was Sutherland Junior School. Not sure where the name Smiths Arms comes from. There was a pub to the left of the school. Perhaps this was the Smiths Arms. I attended Sutherland Primary and Junior School before going on to Blurton High School. I loved my time at Sutherland. My ...see more
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 went to that school. I went to the nursery and stayed there right up until the year 2000 and then moved away to Scotland. It was a great school.