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Macclesfield Town and City Memories
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Macclesfield Town and City Memories
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Sad Demise
Sadly we see very few ships passing down the Manchester Ship Canal these days. When I was a kid I lived in Latchford not far from the locks. We used to spend many hours watching the ships pass through the locks on there way to Liverpool or Manchester. We were occasionally rewarded by a pack of cigarettes or sweets thrown by the crew to us kids. Happy days.
A memory of Warrington contributed by Ian Miller
The Queen's Visit.
I remember as a youngster my mum and dad talking of the Queen's forthcoming visit to Warrington and how the statue of Oliver Cromwell was to be covered so as not to upset her. They eventually moved the statue to a less visible place and the side of the Academy.
A memory of Warrington contributed by Ian Miller
Happy times
The building at the top of the picture with the advert on was a grocers called Hendrey Millings. I worked there as a young man and had my first encounter with the opposite sex!!!
A memory of Warrington contributed by leslie edge
Childhood
My friend and I would await the arrival of American ships on their way to Manchester. We would shout "got any gum chum?!" to the crews. We would occasionally be rewarded by a packet of sweets being thrown from the ship. Far tastier than the English equivalent!
A memory of Warrington contributed by Harry Roscoe
Extracts From Padgate & Cheshire books
Over a century after Padgate was created as a separate parish in 1838, there is still an air of open countryside in this Green Lane. The opening on the left marked the entrance to Padgate Cottage Homes, built by the Board of Guardians in 1884 as an Industrial School. From 1930 to 1954 it served as a children’s home.
An extract from from"Warrington Photographic Memories".
This pleasant open space next to the railway line was donated as a recreation ground by Alderman Arthur Bennett, a former mayor and a passionate believer in the importance of preserving Warrington’s historic and natural environment. Padgate’s memorial obelisk to the 1914-18 war points to Padgate Camp, where millions of RAF recruits did their basic training between 1939-53.
An extract from from"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.
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 and Tit Bits!
An extract from from"Warrington Photographic Memories".