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Farnworth maps
Historic maps of Farnworth and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Farnworth maps
Farnworth photos
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Walkden| Worsley| Bolton| Tyldesley| Atherton| Swinton| Westhoughton| Eccles| Patricroft| Tottington| Wingates| Barton Upon Irwell| Peel Green| Bury| Prestwich| Leigh| Salford
Farnworth area books
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Memories of Farnworth
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Lancashire memories
Watford Play Bolton in The FA Cup
My one and only visit to Bolton was to see a football match! It was January 1970 and my favourite team was - and still is - Watford because it is close to my boyhood family home. When the draw for the Third Round of the FA Cup was made Watford were given an away game at Bolton. In those far off days the railways used to run "football specials" and I persuaded my younger brother Geoff to accompany me on the football special from Watford Junction to Bolton. I remember queuing at Watford's Vicarage Road ground to get my two tickets for the game and then going up to Watford Junction to buy our train tickets. In those days you bought little coloured cardboard tickets - usually a vivid purple colour for specials. On the big day my brother and I went up to Watford Junction and jostled among the crowd of supporters waiting for our special train on Saturday morning. It was a slow three... Read more
Memories of A Stately Building And A Magnificent Museum
Built on land bordering Queen's Park, it was simply a wonderful and exotic place. As a 5 year old first timer until it closed for good (when I was 11 years old) I visited the place so many times you would have thought I lived there. The custodian and his helpers were always explaining to me the items and where they were from and how important they be preserved for children and grandchildren. I always tired quickly of the Queen's Park wading pool and would often as possible venture to the museum. It was always thrilling and interesting. The old chap (I think his name was Harry) let me enter areas that were off limits but because I was there so often he afforded me a better in depth visit. Some 35 years later when I visited Egypt the first time, my memories of those Chadwick days came flooding back. At the National Museum in Cairo I saw those things that I learned so much about... Read more
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?
