Pickmere, Cheshire

Thows - Lake Cottage/Tea Rooms

My mother spent many happy times at Pickmere. Thow's tea rooms was owned by her aunt and uncle, John and Annie Thow. As a child she would help out selling ice cream and serving customers. Does anybody remember Thows?

To the sender of the message 'WALL HILL FARM', the picture you refer to looks like the back of the Thow's... [more]

Childhood memories by Deborah Taylor, nee Barraclough

As a child I spent all my summers in Pickmere at my nana's caravan on a camp site just across from the entrance to Pickmere Lake. My nana worked in the Happy Hour Club, and also in Happy Hour kitchen serving breakfast to holiday-makers. We used to paddle in the lake, go out in the blue and white boats and sunbathe... [more]

Summers holidays were invented for fishing

I remember as a small kid growing up in England I couldn't wait for the summer holidays to arrive.  As the days drew closer I could hardly sleep at night knowing that any day now we would be packing our suitcases and heading to the caravan site for the whole summer, 6 weeks without any school,life was just great.
When... [more]

Wall Hill Farm, Pickmere

The name of the farm on the right of the photo is Wall Hill Farm, it was my dad's farm until he died in 1979.  My auntie used to live in the Blacksmith's cottage across the road opposite until she passed away.

Going to School at G.B.  1940

In the forties, we would cycle past this pond on the left then turn left towards Gt Budwarth [think that's how you spell it], passing a small woodland with sandy banks, eventually arriving at Gt Budworth, down an avenue of trees to the school on the rightl and the Church on the left. I recall a Wishing Well at the bottom... [more]

Brenda Burton of Holly Cottage

It was either 1939 or 1940 when we moved into Holly Cottage, I was two years old, there was a  thatched roof and it had been two houses semi det, very primitive, dirt flooring, with a huge stone and I really mean big -  THE STONE COULD NOT BE MOVED we were told, as many people had tried in the past.... [more]

The pond in the 1940s

I recall the row of houses on the left in 1940 to 1947. In the middle lived my friend Elsie Colburn, then on the end lived Joyce Dean, she was at the time one of nine children, we were all born in 1937.

The house on the right was a farm, I cannot remember the name of it, but... [more]

O to be a boy again

I remember Pickmere Lake (pond) where I and my buddies use to bike to with home made fishing rods tied to the crossbar, you could hire a row boat and get the real feel of lake fishing LOL!!  Our Mums packed us off  with butties and crisps pop was a treat. they assumed we were going to the park for... [more]

Warrington Photographic Memories

A Moore resident keeps a look out for a rare commercial barge making its leisurely way along the Bridgewater Canal. Since this tranquil image was captured by Frith, only pleasure boats ply the canal and tie at up Moore to stock up at the village shop.

Warrington Photographic Memories

Moore's village school was showing its age in 1955. Built in 1877 for a much smaller community, its facilities had failed to keep pace with its teaching standards. An HMI's report of 1956 commented on the unsuitability of the cumbersome old school desks, the lack of dining facilities and the need for new toilets to replace 'the present bucket sanitation'.

Warrington Photographic Memories

Was this young Moore resident off to spend her pocket money at the local Post Office? Alas, there seems little there to tempt her, for the enamel advertising signs only offer Wills's Woodbine Cigarettes and Craven A tobacco, or seemingly saucy magazines such as Men Only!