Mather Street

A Memory of Failsworth.

I lived in Mather Street from when I was born in 1963 until I moved to Chadderton in 1970. My Dad had lived there as a child too and knew the people at the farm. I remember he used to take me there - pig smells always remind me of that place. I also went to Mather Street school as my Dad did before me. I remember the bonfire we used to have between Mather St and Dalton St ( I think ) - I remember the hot potatoes, treacle toffeee and parkin. My friends there were Marcia and Michelle Roberts and Gillian Kenning. I have a picture of me and Gillian when we were about 5 years old and a picture of me with a bucket and spade in the passagway between the backyards. There was also a boy called Roy I think - I remember him with a runny nose!!! I remember the shops we could walk to - the corner shop on Dean St ( I think ) and remember getting lucky bags and other sorts of sweets there. I also remember getting to grips with decimal currency at that shop. I remember the other shops nearby - near the station - a bakers? .........