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Wilmslow| Handforth| Prestbury| Bramhall| Alderley Edge| Hockley| Styal| Cheadle Hulme| Bollington Cross| Bollington| Nether Alderley| Pott Shrigley| Hazel Grove| Broken Cross| Cheadle| Henbury| Macclesfield| Gatley| Rainow| High Lane| Mobberley| Capesthorne Hall| Chelford| Wythenshawe| Stockport| Heaton Mersey| Disley| Walker Barn| Strines| Langley
Newton area books
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Cheshire memories
Memories of Romany And Raq.
I was evacuated to Chester during World War II and met Romany and his dog Raq on a number of occasions when he visited our school. He talked to us about the countryside, did beautiful simple charcoal drawings of the creatures he was discussing, told us what to wear to become 'Nature detectives' and even played tunes for us on the piano. He was a lovely man.
The Westlyn Chapel
I remember walking past this place every day when I was at Wycliffe Avenue School for Girls. I remember the chapel so clear as it was the place that my Grandma got married in on 31st December, 1929. She described the chapel as being a very peaceful place.
It's a shame years later that they felt the need to demolish the place.
Bower Cotton Mill
The mill you refer to in the text was about 100 yards up the road from St. Bartholomews, on the opposite side of the road. It was owned by William Bower (not Bowen), and was the last of several Bower cotton mills in Wilmslow, closing in the late 1840's. William lived in a house next to the church, and his will was certified by, among anothers, Mr. Torkington, then owner of the George and Dragon pub (still standing).
A Wonderful Time..
My family and I lived at 157 Wilmslow Road, it had just been built so all of us who lived on the road moved in around the same time, and it was a wonderful. My parents George and Thelma Goddard, had the three of us then, Georgina, Elizabeth, Felicity and on Dec 31st 1955, my brother Roderick. Rod was born in the upstairs bedroom at 157 and I can remember Dr. Bailey coming to deliver him. Mum had a shop in the first little mall near to 157. "Doreen Day" it was a dress shop. Next door was Jeff whittiker the green grocer, a cake and tea shop and a chemist.
We all used to play in the fields across from us ( now gone) and we all went to Handforth primary except Georgina who went to high school many miles away. Mums used to advertise at the Rex cinema in Wilmslow and we would all get excited seeing her on the big screen. Also living on our road were... Read more
Tony Barker
I lived at 31 Wallingford Road,from about 1939 to 1947,anyone remember me??
Tony Barker
CLAY LANE, HANDFORTH
Does anyone remember Grange FARM (next to The Grange) on Clay Lane in the 1940s or 1950s please? jeanjames@telus.net
15 Brereton Road, Handforth
The Greyhound on Wimslow Road was one of my favorite places as a child of 6-7 years of age. In 1939, I would often be lucky and as I came over the Railway Bridge from 15 Brereton Road, and after having an ice cream cone in the newsagents, to find the gypsy caravan was stopped in front of the Greyhound Inn. The men were inside having a drink; the women and children outside with the caravan. I loved visitng with the children. My mother (Ardwick, Manchester) and my father (Galway and Dublin) married in St. Aloysius Church, Ardwick, in 1924 and travelled to Seattle, Washinton. My mother and I made a few trips to England as all her seven brothers and sisters were there. One sister, my Aunt Eleanor (Hart Bushell), her husband Charlie, and their son Ted lived at 15 Brereton Road. We lived there with them on a visit 1939 - 1940. My father had been killed in Seattle and... Read more
