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Historic maps of Hodder River and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Hodder River maps
Hodder River area books
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Partington And Carrington
Partington and Carrington are two villages in the northwest of England near the town of Manchester. For more information and photos go to our webpage at
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Growing up in Cadishead
I was born in 1943 in Bankfield Avenue, Cadishead. When I was 5 we moved to a brand new council house in Devon Road, on the same day I started school which was 2 minutes away round the corner. There were 6 in our family, Mum, Dad, my two older brothers George and Derek, and my youngerr sister Ann. Our summer holidays seemed always to be sunny, we would take the ferry from Bobs Lane and go to Blue Bell Wood, it was a lovely day out for us. When my Dad was on holiday from the docks, we would get the bus to Liverpool, we may have changed in Warrington, I can't remember, then we would get the boat to New Brighton or even LLandudno, what a treat. Our Aunty Mary lived in Peel Green and our cousins Maureen and David spent lots of time together. I remember us all going to Pontins Holiday Camp, my Dad and brothers didn't go, my brothers were... Read more
My Godfather
My Godfather, Peter Jones's parents owned the Scotch Piper. I remember being told about the oak tree which actually grew up through the bar area. I went to primary school just along the way at Lydiate CE where I had the most fantastic time. I was Lydiate Rose Queen 1965-66 before movine south to Hampshire when I was 15.
The Church
Lots of my relatives and friends are buried in the churchyard here. I was christened here by Rev Woodcock who had married my parents. I believe that he may have also christened me in 1955. I sang in the choir with Mr Foot as choirmaster until I moved South in 1970. I remember spiking the balcony with the Union Jack flagpole at Church Pararde when I was in 1st Lydiate Guides!
Greetby Hill
I went to Greetby Hill from 1960 to 1967 when I went to the Grammar School. I lived down Ladies Walk up past Cross Hall and we walked down Thompson Avenue, Tayor Avenue and Greetby Hill to get to school. I remember Mr Butts and his bubble car.I remember being an angel in the infant school Christmas nativity play. A girl I knew, Very Rawsthorne, was killed walking to school on Liverpool Road. I was in 1A1, 2A1, 3A1 and 4A1, Mr Crompton, Mr Tinsley and Mr Hesketh. I still have all my school reports, I used to get As and Bs in 1A1 and 2A1 then it all went downhill. I think The Monkees were to blame for that.
Billinge Lump
I was brought up in St Helens and Billinge was a hilly country village that was five miles away. In the summer of 1949 or 1950 a group of us children of all ages took sandwiches and bottles of pop or water for a picnic on Billinge Lump. The official name is Billinge Hill but anyone who has lived in the area always refers to it as the Lump. The Lump is the highest ground in the area from which you can see both the Liverpool Cathedrals and also, on a really clear day, the reflection on the River Mersey. On the top of the Lump is a small square stone building, somewhat neglected and this point is one of the signal points around the country that would have had a bonfire lit to signal the approach of an invading army/armada etc. On the sunny day we went for our picnic the hill, then covered in ferns and the surrounding woods provided a great place for playing hide and seek... Read more
Almonds Bakery
I have moved around the country since leaving Wythenshawe in 1977 but I recently returned to Roundthorn through my work and visited Duerrs Factory. Whilst there I was convinced that this was previously Almonds Bakery where I worked from 1973 to 1975. This brought back memories of visits to the Black Boy (?) at lunch time with my work mate Helen Bloor for a plate of chips! Can anybody out there confirm whether Duerrs on Floats Road was in fact Almonds in a previous life? Almonds later became Mothers Pride then RHM.
