Moorfield Rd Salford6

A Memory of Salford.

My first memories of Salford are living at 40 Moorfield Rd - just down the road was Holy Angels Church. I went to the brownies there and remember doing the maypole on the green outside the church. I went to St Johns Primary School on KIng St and loved it - Miss. Palin, Mrs Izod, Mr Powell, Mrs Griffiths and Miss Pomphret !! We used to be sent to the saw mill next to the school to get sawdust and wood shavings for the school pets. We moved to Claremont Rd while I was still at St Johns and later I went to Pendleton High. We were lucky to live between two parks - Buille Hill and Somerville - and spend hours playing in both of them. We went to Hope Church then and I have great memories of the Youth club there and Dad coming to get me on his bike !! He was Head of Broomhouse Lane Primary School which was just by Hope Hospital. I loved Salford and was very sad to leave in 1970 when we moved to Shropshire. I have been back a few times since and where I lived hasn't really changed much, apart from the fact that there is a lot more traffic! Both my brothers went to Cheethams and I was very jealous of them getting the bus to school - my big ambition was to be a bus conductor!!! We had groceries delivered by Lees on The Height and a butcher boy we used to call Tarra! So many memories, I could write for ever-- I wonder if anyone remembers us Durhams?