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Lower Stretton maps
Historic maps of Lower Stretton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Lower Stretton maps
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Lower Stretton area books
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Higher Walton Park
I went to the park as a little girl as I lived at the public house the Walton Arms where I was born. I watched the dual carriageway being built, behind the pub. My grandfather worked at the Walton Hall with the horses and carriages, and another relation was a maid in the hall, I have got photos somewhere.
An American Boy in Stockton Heath, England
I was a 13 year old boy from Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. My father was a Sergeant in the US Air Force, assigned to Burtonwood RAF Station. We rented a flat at 35 London Rd, Stockton Heath. It was over Mr. Alfred Ward's Butcher Shop. His wife operated the Sweet Shop on the opposite side of the road. Their son was named Terrance.
London Road was lined with small shops; several butchers, bakery, candy shops, the post office, a shoe shop and others. This was a big change for an American boy. I enjoyed following my mother when she shopped at the different shops.
I would watch Mr. Ward in his shop serving customers just the right amount of meat or eggs, to serve their family for one day. I would also watch him in his kitchen, where he prepared boiled hams, hoghead cheese, blood pudding, and spotted dick, just to name a few of the things I had never heard of. I remember that his boiled... Read more
The Car in This Picture Belonged to The Photographer
I and my brothers grew up in the paper shop on the left of this picture and a car parked outside was a rarity. My memory tells me this one belonged to the photographer who took the picture.
Lewis Carroll
I was married here in 1964 having lived in Moore all my life up to then. My mum and dad are both buried here as is my granny. At the very end of the church the stained glass windows show characters from Alice in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll's father was the vicar here
Growing up in Grappenhall 1980''s And 1990''s
Having grown up in Grappenhall I've seen it develop with time, but its managed to keep its identity, even though there's been a growing demand for redevelopment in the area.
Within the space of a few streets you were able to experience several ages of British history. Like a timeline, starting on the higher ground you have the quaint village life within the cobbled village centre. This was no doubt made more picturesque and saved from further building by the Bridgewater canal that has acted as a kind of 'moat' since its completion in the 18th century.
Here you will still find a village school, two pubs, a church, Village Stocks, community hall, scout hut and cricket club. With a Post Office and second community hall in close proximity. (The development of land at Grappenhall Heys has kept and partly restored the Walled Gardens and provided a new school, but no further amenities.)
Moving out of the village and downhill with the sloping gradient... Read more
Arley Cheshire in The 1940''s
Some time ago I read with great interest in a local paper that the pool at Arley had been restored.
My formative years were happily spent at Green Lodge on the green were I was born in 1932. My father lived there for over 40 years, he made a garden from the lodge down to the Pool and boat house now sadly no longer there. The boat house had two areas for the water with the landing stages and a room above with old punt. There was a large flat bottomed boat which was used to fish and row before the time the pool was drained off. The boat was sent to Rostherne Lake.
My father had a handle to work the water sluice on the bridge to keep the water level up to help the miller at the water mill on the bottom pool. A Mr Davies to grind the corn, this was electrified.
I remember the new stream being cut out through... Read more
Breaking Down
I broke down in the tunnel in the early 1970s, my kids thought it was great pushing us out off the tunnel wall, they were realy black at the end. I made sure it didn't happen going back!
