Old Langho, The Old Church c.1955

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I moved to Old Langho in I think in 1954, I was an orphan I went to live with Mr and Mrs Pye. We lived at number 42 Larkhill, Mr and Mrs Pye where nurses at Brockhall hospital. There is a bit of a field between the two rows of houses we used to play football on. bonfires on November 5th.There was a bit of a wood separating the estate and the main road where the buses to Blackburn used to pull in,there ...see more

My name is Lynda Mawdsley, I was born in 1949 at 94 Oxford Street, Old Trafford. I am 1 of 7 siblings, my father's name was Stanley and my mother's name was Irene. I can still remember what the prefab looked like and some of the neighbours including Mrs Valentine who lived next door to us. I always used to hide in her home from my mum when I was little. We used the doctors in Shrewsbury Street. In the Shrewsbury Hotel my ...see more

I was born and brought up here. It's changed so much now but I remember that the 'Black Bull' was never a popular pub for the locals as Old Langho mainly consisted of two estates, Brookside and Larkhill. These were staff houses for Brockhall Hospital, a sprawling self-contained Victorian 'mental' hospital. As a social club existed within the hospital grounds, most chose to drink there, so it always seemed empty. ...see more