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Handforth And The
Does anyone remember me, Tony Smith? I lived on Meriton Road for 25 years. My friends were Derek Clayton, Brian Wilson, Ray Riley etc etc, and our first pints were drunk in the Greyhound and the Freemasons. We also went to the Regal dance hall, and the Creole Club in Wilmslow, all good memories. Please e mail me: tonysmith296@tiscali.co.uk
15 Brereton Road, Handforth
The Greyhound on Wimslow Road was one of my favorite places as a child of 6-7 years of age. In 1939, I would often be lucky and as I came over the Railway Bridge from 15 Brereton Road, and after having an ice cream cone in the newsagents, to find the gypsy caravan was stopped in front of the Greyhound Inn. The men were inside having a drink; the women and children outside with the caravan. I loved visitng with the children. My mother (Ardwick, Manchester) and my father (Galway and Dublin) married in St. Aloysius Church, Ardwick, in 1924 and travelled to Seattle, Washinton. My mother and I made a few trips to England as all her seven brothers and sisters were there. One sister, my Aunt Eleanor (Hart Bushell), her husband Charlie, and their son Ted lived at 15 Brereton Road. We lived there with them on a visit 1939 - 1940. My father had been killed in Seattle and... Read more
CLAY LANE, HANDFORTH
Does anyone remember Grange FARM (next to The Grange) on Clay Lane in the 1940s or 1950s please? jeanjames@telus.net
Tony Barker
I lived at 31 Wallingford Road,from about 1939 to 1947,anyone remember me??
Tony Barker
Handforth
We moved to Handforth just after the war started,we lived at 31 Wallingford Road,in those days it was just a little village,and everyone knew each other,we never locked our doors!I went to the little church school in the village and Sunday to the methodist church for Sunday school.I can honestly say it was the happiest time of my life.Behind our house was a huge RAF camp,where we spent many happy hours hiding and playing in the air raid shelters.On saturday nights we would go to the Rex cinema or Scala,and on the way home have fish and chips in news paper with mushy peas,it was like dining at the Ritz,oh!what I would give for just one more time. Tony Barker
A Wonderful Time..
My family and I lived at 157 Wilmslow Road, it had just been built so all of us who lived on the road moved in around the same time, and it was a wonderful. My parents George and Thelma Goddard, had the three of us then, Georgina, Elizabeth, Felicity and on Dec 31st 1955, my brother Roderick. Rod was born in the upstairs bedroom at 157 and I can remember Dr. Bailey coming to deliver him. Mum had a shop in the first little mall near to 157. "Doreen Day" it was a dress shop. Next door was Jeff whittiker the green grocer, a cake and tea shop and a chemist.
We all used to play in the fields across from us ( now gone) and we all went to Handforth primary except Georgina who went to high school many miles away. Mums used to advertise at the Rex cinema in Wilmslow and we would all get excited seeing her on the big screen. Also living on our road were... Read more
