Park Huts
A Memory of Crewe.
I lived in the huts from the age of four to the age of eleven. The huts were on Wistaton Road, where the huts were was called Park Place. Looking at Park Place from Queens Park to the left was a small field and going further left was Webb Orphanage, then a gully which was a short cut to West Street. Behind the small field before Webb Orphanage were the air raid shelters then the Chester and North Wales railway line and the other side of the line was the world famous Crewe Railway Works. To the right of Park Place was a small farm where the owner sold fruit and vegetables then further right was the 'razzer' where my Uncle Tony used to fish for carp illegally shh...don't tell anyone! Across the road was the tip, the place where the gas works used to dump the slack after extracting the gases from the coal. Let's hope this gets more people to mention the huts. I have a million stories of growing up in Park Place. I doubt anybody had a better time than me spending my childhood there. How many other people remember it?
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I am sorry if I do not remember you, I lived in No 29. My Gran and Granddad Mr & Mrs Hind lived across the road from us and she always had a pan of 'tater ash' stew. to those who don't know, on the go. The Tomkinsons were next to my Nan. The other families I remember were the Morrisons, the Pointers, they had twin boys, Peter and Paul. the Germans that was their name. The Shaws, the Foleys they moved to Crewe from Liverpool, the Thackers, the Vickers, I think they moved from Wales to Crewe and it was the first time I heard a record player Ivor their son used to bring round to my Nans, the first record I heard was the Dam Busters March. The Brookshaws lived there but didn't stay long. Does anybody remember the Polish family, the sons name was Roldie I think and his sisters name was Zena. I should be able to mention more but at almost 70 I think my memory is on the wane. Oh! by the way Roy, you mentioned the co-op right by the tip, I still remember my Nan and my Mum's divi numbers My Nan's was 14309 and my Mum' was 66452 so you can tell who ran all the errands ha ha ha.
My mother Dorothy Austin, formally Tomkinson lived there with her parents, my grandparents.
My Mother had four sisters Betty, Jean, Mavis, June and one brother William
My mother and father moved to Kent when I was a child. But I used to visit my grandparents regularly as a child.
I can remember playing with several children on my visits, one particular name comes to mind was Ronnie Thacker, we used to go trainspotting under the railway footbridge that lead to Crewe works. My grandparents were relocated in Timbrell Avenue Crewe when the huts were demolished. Unfortunately the only time I return to Crewe now is relatives funeral's.