In 1946

A Memory of Rochdale.

i was born in ings ave spotland in 46,all my side of the family were italian immigrants the came over late 1800s and lived on what was locally known as the mount ie rope st.my dad and grandad worked as a street organ player and ice cream vendor in the summer months and in winter sold hot spuds n chestnuts on lord st in the winter.unfortunatly all my family apart from dad had passed away through tb etc before i was born i would have loved to have sat down with them to chat about life in those days and i didnt really get chance to chat to dad as tb took him when i was only 13

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