Farnworth
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Farnworth books (14 available)
Macclesfield Town and City Memories
Hardback
Macclesfield Town and City Memories
Paperback
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laurel bank
My mother was born at this house in Dunham Massey in sept 1910.
her uncle who lived also at this house played golf with the earl.
opposite lived quakers
A memory of Dunham Massey contributed by derek robinson
Parrot
Childhood memory, the post office door had an actual brass bell fitted to it, on entering if the post master was in the back their parrot used to scream 'Wipe your feet' followed by 'No stamps today'.
Richard Oxley
A memory of Thelwall contributed by First name Last name
Happy Days
I was known as David Armitage not William I have so many happy memories of Chaigley Mr Goynes was headmaster. I would love to hear from any old boys who remember me especialy Bob Price from Scunthorpe.
A memory of Thelwall contributed by William Armitage
Swimming
I remember the old swimming pool we had back then and I was not allowed to swim because I had a bad ear. We used to sneak in during the long staff meeting sessions. I remember playing on the den site and what a football pitch we had!
A memory of Thelwall contributed by roy meanley
Extracts From Farnworth & Lancashire books
Established on 34
acres of land that had
previously belonged
to the Appleton House
estate, Victoria Park
opened to the
public in 1900.
The gates shown
here were donated
by Widnes Foundry
and actually date
from 1897.
An extract from from"Widnes and Runcorn Photographic Memories".
Not surprisingly this
little cottage has since
been demolished. It was
in Farnworth that the
Farnworth and Appleton
Football Club was formed
in 1873. Two years
afterwards it was renamed
Widnes Football Club and is
now better known as Widnes
Rugby League Football
Club or, to the locals, as ‘the Vikings‘.
An extract from from"Widnes and Runcorn 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.
An extract from from"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’.
An extract from from"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!
An extract from from"Warrington Photographic Memories".