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Did You Know? Bury - A Miscellany
Hardback
Manchester Photographic Memories
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Grandmas School house and Booths the milkman
In 1964 my most profound memories were of staying with both my Grandparents in there home which was the old school house. George booth the local milkman had his dairy next door and every time i arrived i used to help him every day with his deliveries throughout the whole area. He used to have an old Standard van and i used to stand on the back door ledge, jumping out with milk bottles in hand and running up the long exotic drives, in some areas, to deliver milk, butter, eggs,fresh orange etc. Both my Grandparents are buried in the chapel yard in Hale Barns, as well as my Fathers sister, Katheryn, who was an air hostess at Ringway, untill her ...read more here
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Cheshire memories
Grandmas School house and Booths the milkman
In 1964 my most profound memories were of staying with both my Grandparents in there home which was the old school house. George booth the local milkman had his dairy next door and every time i arrived i used to help him every day with his deliveries throughout the whole area. He used to have an old Standard van and i used to stand on the back door ledge, jumping out with milk bottles in hand and running up the long exotic drives, in some areas, to deliver milk, butter, eggs,fresh orange etc. Both my Grandparents are buried in the chapel yard in Hale Barns, as well as my Fathers sister, Katheryn, who was an air hostess at Ringway, untill her ...read more here
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Cross Street 01
The large corner "shop" on the left was the showroom of North West Gas where you could pay your gas bill. This is now Dawsons music and instrument shop.
The corner shop on the right was Hawkins tailors, on two floors. This is now a MacDonalds restaurant.
A memory of Altrincham contributed by Bob Cleary
An apprentice
I believe that the building in the right foreground with the spire is Eustace G.Parker's, where I was an apprentice watchmaker from 1965.
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A memory of Altrincham contributed by Mike Evans
Extracts From Hale & Cheshire books
Try standing in the middle of the main street nowadays! Here at number 28 we have Joseph Kennerley’s drapery and hosiery shop, which also doubled as the post office. The business must have recently changed hands, because in the 1906 directory it was the premises of Charles Riley, and Kennerley’s shop was at 112 and 114 Ashley Road. Next door at number 26 is a sub-branch of the Union Bank of Manchester, whilst further along is Ward’s greengrocers and Rogers’ chemist and druggist store.
An extract from from"Greater Manchester Photographic Memories".
A soldier stands smartly to attention while our cameraman takes his picture. The soldier is in his best uniform and is probably on his way to the drill hall in Ashley Road, depot for A and B companies of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Who knows - perhaps our photographer treated him to a swift pint in the Old Bleeding Wolf.
An extract from from"Greater Manchester Photographic Memories".
A lady checks her list as she makes her rounds of the shops. At this time shoppers could expect to pay about 1s 4d for 2lb of sugar, 2s 11d for a lb of streaky bacon, 3s 10d for a dozen eggs, and 4d for a 14oz loaf.
An extract from from"Greater Manchester Photographic Memories".
This aerial view of the swing bridges at Barton again shows them swung to let a large cargo ship through. Note that the cargo ship has tugs fore and aft to guide it through this section of the canal. Barton Monastery stands just to the right of the swing bridges; it was formerly All Saints RC Church, Barton. The area at the top of the picture was the wood seasoning area for one of the large timber firms using the canal, and is now a housing estate.
An extract from from"Manchester Photographic Memories".
This view shows the two bridges at Barton upon Irwell both swung to let the paddle steamer ‘Ivanhoe’ pass. When the Ship Canal first opened (our view is only twelve months after that opening on 1 January 1894), many people wanted to travel, and see the wonders of this new waterway. A Ship Canal Pleasure Steamer Company was formed, and weekends and Bank Holidays would see two or three of these paddle steamers taking passengers on sight-seeing trips up and down the canal.
An extract from from"Manchester Photographic Memories".