My Memory Of Collyhurst
A Memory of Collyhurst.
My name is Denise, I lived at 14 Churnet St (bottom end) near Collyhurst Rd from 1955 until 1967 when we had to move in the clearance. We were 4 doors down from Woolams clog works, Mr Woolam used to let us in and let us watch him make the clogs, it was great kept us quiet for a while. I went to the Tin school, then on to Albert Memorial, does Anyone remember the club on Friday nights in the cellar at the Tin school called 'the spook'? Me and Christine Ryder used to go, we were only 11 and you had to be 15 to get in, we were always asked "how old are you?" but we had the right date in our heads ready to tell him. I loved going there it made us feel grown up. We would buy a pair of seconds stockings from a shop near the herbalist on Rochdale Rd. Sometimes they would just have a pull in them but my mate got a pair once with two feet on one leg, but you had to take them as is. I knew a few people from the flats; Elaine Wilds, Tina Heinze, Kate Houghton, Sandra Whelan and her sisters; Debera and Iris. RIP Lynn Healy, Marie Scullion and Carol Boughmont. My memories of Collyhurst are very happy ones, i know we didn't have much money but we did have love and friendship, which made us very rich indeed.
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