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Great Place
I was born at home, 4 Ripley Avenue, Great Moor, Stockport on Jan. 4, 1937.
I have very fond memories of Hazel Grove.
At the age of 11, my Mom & Dad and Sister, Janet immigrated to Toronto, Canada.
I did not want to leave, I attened Great Moor Council School.
I was brought up during the war years.
I have been back only once, but I do intend to return perhaps with a year.
Some wonderful childhood memories of Hazel Grove.
They were great days.
I am married and have 2 beautiful children who are both grown up now. I often tell them about my days in Hazel Grove.
My maiden name as Gloak. If anyone recognizes the name, please e-mail me would love to hear from anyone. Thanks.
Memories of Cheshire
Wilsons Bakery/Griffith Wilson
My parents are Angela (nee Goulden) and Bryan Wilson (now sadly deceased), both from Bramhall.My paternal Grandfather owned the bakery in the village "Wilsons" which was taken over after my grandfather's retirement by Ainsworths and which is now a wine bar. He and his several brothers and sisters started life in a farm on the corner of Ack Lane. This site now forms part of the building which houses Reeds Rains Estate Agents. My grandfather started out selling loaves of bread and cakes from a wheelbarrow in which he used to carry his wares and push around the village to his customers before he bought the bakery (the family lived in small rooms above the bakery for a while) and then a house on Maple road which backed directly onto the bakery.He just had to jump over the fence to get to work! My parents married in 1961 and my father then qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He worked at 64 Bramhall Lane South for many years in... Read more
The 50s And 60s
I lived with my parents, Ralph and Joan, "Bindy" and sister Judy, on Birchway, off Ack Lane East, then we moved to 17 Atholl Road. There were several families with children who my sister and I spent a lot of time with - Johnny Catlow at the top of the road, Elizabeth in the house opposite, Robert and his sister up the road, and others whose names fail me!! There were fields and ponds to the top right of the road where we used to play before they were built on.
We used to go sledging at Benja Fold in the village (especially 1962/63) and to Bramall Park and Lyme Park.
There used to be a petrol station and smithy at the bottom of Woodford Road just before the main junction in the centre of the village, with a bank next to it. We used the toy shop on Moss Lane ("Buntys" I think!!) regularly - Lego, Airfix kits, Action Men!! etc. I also seem to remember a cinema... Read more
FOLLOW UP RE MOSS LANE
How interesting! I moved into your house when you left in 1965. Yes I have a few more memories of the area,the house no was 210 Moss Lane. I was fifteen at the time and my family were the Bentleys,I am Brian. The photographer next door were the Longson family and they had two children John and Georgina, long gone they left around 1978, across the road was Stan who owned the chip shop and adjacent was the bakers owned by the Davenport family. Lookers the garage(car sales), then the pet shop next door to Burts menswear. The precinct was built around 1967/8 where the Victoria pub stood and the replacement pub still stands today! Renamed The Orange Tree. Other outlets I remember was Barbers garage opposite Woolworths on Woodford Rd now a ladies fashion outlet. Bramhall has certainly changed along with a lot of other areas but I still have fond memories.
Wrens Nest Bramhall Lane
I remember when I was about six, we lived in Peterborough and had travelled to Bramhall to visit my Grandparents Joe and Harriette Morris who lived at Wrens Nest
#1 Bramhall Lane, There was a grassy area in front of the house where we parked our caravan. I have a copy of a painting of the cottage that was painted by a prisoner of war. The house was later demolished and the famous George Best built his house there.
I well remember Grandfathers Plum trees, his large garden and the outdoor toilet.
My Aunty Kate Laughton who lived down the road about 1/2 mile. on Moss lane. and my uncle who had a butchers shop in Woodford.
I would love info on my Grandparents. maybe some church records etc. Stuart Hook. hbhook@rogers.com
Visits to 212 Moss Lane, Bramhall, Cheshire
Pre 1960s when I was a young girl, my grandmother, Gertrude Mary Middlehurst, and my mother, Marjorie Elizabeth Nield-Siddall, and me, Carol Rita Nield-Siddall, used to visit my grandmother's sister, known as Auntie Aggie.
She lived with her daughter and son-in-law, Beryl and Phil Longson and their two children, John and Georgina, at 212 Moss Lane, Bramhall, Cheshire. Phil Longson was a photographer. We only visited when the Longsons were on holiday as it was Gran's sister we were visiting.
I remember the garden at the house in Moss Lane. I used to love playing there. I particularly remember a statue which was in the garden and looked like some kind of Asian deity . . . a rather unpleasant one if I'm not mistaken but I found it really fascinating at the time.
I am now researching my mother's family history and if there is anyone out there who remembers the Longsons or Auntie Aggie, John and Georgina's grandmother, I would love... Read more
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