Woolston
Woolston maps (2 available)
Map of Cheshire
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
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Woolston books (14 available)
Macclesfield Town and City Memories
Hardback
Macclesfield Town and City Memories
Paperback
- 4 photos on Woolston appear in 1 Frith books - View photos of Woolston
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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
chaigley school
I am a former pupil of Chaigley, where I spent several happy years. I remember the little school house on the left side opposite and a little further up from the post office where we used to sit and have an illicit smoke. I also remember the Rose Queen Carnival. My memories of the village are of a place that almost seemed as though it was somehow more remote than it actually is. I have returned a couple of times as an adult and found it much the same.
A memory of Thelwall contributed by chris everard
Extracts From Woolston & Cheshire books
Today the name Long Barn is associated with a modern housing development, but in 1965 the area was still open countryside and farmland. In 1968 Warrington was designated as a New Town, and a Development Corporation was created to create a ‘prosperous dynamic town of opportunity and innovation’; new communities were built in the Padgate area, including Longbarn.
An extract from from"Warrington Photographic Memories".
By the 1950s there were still open fields near Hillock Lane as Woolston slowly began to develop from a farming community to a suburb of Warrington.
An extract from from"Warrington Photographic Memories".
This uncompromising modern building opened on 10 October 1952, and was soon filled with the post-war baby boom and the children of Woolston’s new housing developments. Ancient Woolston Hall had once stood nearby; at the time of the Protestant Reformation, its occupants were staunchly Catholic.
An extract from from"Warrington Photographic Memories".
There are no smooth tarmac roads; few family cars dominate the gardens; there are no telephone poles, and above all no television aerials in this snapshot of post-war suburbia.
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".