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Living on Park Road
Very fond memories of my childhood in Gatley. I went to Gatley Primary, then to Kingsway. I always remember the fruit and veg shop, Chandleys, facing Gatley Green, I used to pass it on my way to primary school, and on Church Road next to Gatley Green doctors surgery was a lovely cottage where an old man lived who would sit outside. Where Stonepail shops are my dad told me there was a garage there where you could get petrol, the owner shot himself in the head. I used to love playing on Gatley Hill and in the park. I used to love visiting the Library inside Gatley Hill. I have a son of my own now and I want him to cherish Gatley like I did as a child.
Long Hot Summer!
Spent many a hot summer lounging around with friends in Park Road, Gatley Hill (especially fishing for sticklebacks in the stream) and the school fields, not to mention the village. Great local shops owned by friendly local people. My parents used Gatley Hill as a wedding reception venue at least twice for my brother's and sister's weddings. Unfortuntely they have taken my beloved swings down adjacent to the school on Gatley Hill. Still love the place though and miss it, as I now bring my kids up in Solihull.
Griddle And Grill
My friend Alison and I spent many happy hours drinking coffee in The Griddle and Grill on Gatley Green during the 1970s. My mother used to call in when she was at school too, although it was called 'Lawrences' then. As far as I know it is still owned and run by the Lawrence family, and still looks very much the same.
Cheshire memories
My Home
The White Hart was my home for many years until I married. My father and mother managed the White Hart for over 25 years and are both at rest now in Cheadle parish church. I have seen many changes both in the village and the hotel itself. My father was a very well known personality and was well respected. The cocktail bar was quite famous, as were the sandwiches! The village now has lost a lot of its character and charm. It was also famous for its ghost called the White Lady, I have many memories of not so nice happenings concerning ghosts!
DUNCAN & FOSTER'S, HIGH STREET, CHEADLE
I went to Cheadle County Grammar School for girls, which was down the road from Moseley Hall Grammar School for boys. On Saturdays, and during the school holidays, I worked at Duncan & Foster's bakery & cafe. I worked there from about 1965 to 1968. I don't know if it still exists or not.
Dear Didsbury
Dear Didsbury, Just a note to let you know I have never forgotten you, having been born in 1962 in Greater Manchester but lived in Queens Road (now Queenston Road) and despite leaving in 1967 due to my poor health, you will always hold a special place in my heart. How I remember my Nan taking down to the station every day so I could watch the trains, how I loved them at that young age, how I cried my little heart out when the line closed, I didn't understand why the nice man wouldn't let me into the station anymore, why the track went rusty, why they took the track away, the thought of my trains not being around upset me deeply, so much so that I ended up in Wythenshwe hospital, pining for my trains, "Why can't I see them any more, Nan?". When the station was demolished I cried too, when I came back to see my old childhood memories I cried again! Oh Didsbury - what have... Read more
Heaton Mersey
I grew up in Heaton Mersey from age 6 to age 26 and left in 1955. This parade of shops included 2 Grocers- the Co-Op and John Williams- Fitchett's the butchers, a barber's and Edgar Barker the local Pharmacist who encouraged me and made it possible for me to fulfill my career hopes and dreams. There was another parade of shops further down the hill past one of the two doctor's surgeries in the village before you reached the St John's Church Square. This was our local church in which all our family were very involved. the scene is just as I remember it and I can mentally walk round all the corners of the pictures, 'play' in the park, walk down to the station,get soaking wet playing 'down the floods'(where we were forbidden to go,of course) and in the clay pits. there were 2 farms in the village- the Schofields and the Willcocks' and there was a very strong sense of community. there was a thriving choral society of... Read more
