Olden Days

A Memory of Collyhurst.

We used to play on Barney's hills, also known locally as Ashes. I also remember the May Queen and Molly Dancers, the herbalist shop on Rochdale Road, and happy days playing in the muck and near the River Irk! I would have been 8 or 9 then. We lived on Eliza Anne Street behind the chip shop opposite (more or less) to May's Pawn Shop. We used to to to Osborne Street baths where Mum went to the washhouse. Washday was always Monday and we always had stew for tea on this day.

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