Manchester, The Assize Court 1886
Photo ref:
18251
Photo ref:
18251
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My family lived in the magistrates court between 1957 to 1964; my father was Frank Wood and he was the court keeper. My sister and I had a wonderful childhood there, there was lots of places to race around when the courts had closed. Many times Mr Green, the judge at the time, would find a teddy sat on his chair where me and my sister had been playing court cases. Our friends loved to ...see more
As a child, from the age of six until the age of fourteen, I used to live in Manston Street, off Mary Street in an area called Strangeways. My two older brothers were mad on speedway racing and used to visit Belle Vue to see the Belle Vue Aces in action. The old Assize Court building had been bombed during the war and the area flattened at the side of Strangeways Prison, facing onto Great Ducie Street. My ...see more
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