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Weaverham, the Post Office, Lime Avenue c1955
Weaverham, the Post Office, Lime Avenue c1955 Ref: W368013
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Year: 1958
We moved to Weaverham in 1958, at that time it was a good place to bring up children, and a good place for children to grow up in. The village was surrounded by fields and woods, where we played. There was of course the usual childish mischief, knocking on doors, and swiftly running away for one. I left Weaverham in 1968 and only ever went back there to visit my folks. I have now retired, and am enjoying it, but I don't live in Weaverham and I think most of my generation have left the place now. Last edited: 19/02/2008 12:32 by Jeff Green |
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Year: 1955
The old becoming new!
I arrived in Weaverham in one of its transition periods. ICI had built many houses to house its workers in all the surrounding villages including Weaverham. So Weaverham had already transformed in a way when I got there, but of course for me coming from a city like Liverpool it was a quaint, peaceful village, there just happened to be the old Weaverham and the new! Several farms still survived and I was fortunate to work on one at weekends for a few shillings. But the days of the big farms had long gone. The one that I worked on had one milking cow and a dozen hens and that was it! But Weaverham despite its Liverpool influx remained a peaceful village with very little crime or social disorder. Seems a far cry from today. There were still orchards to 'scrump' in and ancient country lanes to ride to school on. I rode from Weaverham to Winsford everyday for several years come rain, hail or snow. Computers and the internet didn't exist in those days so we were amused by TV and social events. I joined the Boys Brigade and danced rock and roll at the Owley Wood club and camped out in Delamere Forest and everything seemed sublimely simple and good and clean! We visited even smaller villages on our cycle jaunts, but Weaverham was home and met all our needs, apart from a good cinema which we found in Northwich and a few bigger shops. After Liverpool it was really a breath of fresh air - a new stab at life - a new beginning - the old could still be remembered but cast off! We had gardens and vast amounts of fields and rivers and orchards and sandpits - the world was an oyster and Weaverham was the pearl. We fell in love for the first time in Weaverham, fell out of love just as rapidly and avoided getting married too soon. We were schooled, found our first jobs and then finally spread our wings and many left. I don't believe I have any bad memories of Weaverham - it nurtured me and grew me up and finally let me go! Last edited: 10/01/2007 16:10 by David Yates |
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Year: 1980
old shops A memory of Barnton, Cheshire i remember when dillas owned the sweet shop on lydyatte lane and we used to go with pocket money we would always get a few more i also remember the butchers shop was up and running with an abatoire on town field lane then their was the butchers on runcorn rd which used to make the best pies around i remember goin threr after school when the infant schol was there, Posted: 24/11/2007 18:57 by Sandra Bailey |
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 Hartford, School Lane c1955 (ref: H323023) |
Year: 1955
School Lane & the Grange School A memory of Hartford, Cheshire I was born at 60 School lane & would like to know what was on the land prior to our house which I think was built in the early thirties. I attended the Grange School on Bradburns Lane. gray & green uniforms, Mrs. Perry head teacher with Mrs. Atherton, Miss Taylor, Miss Western. Although the school continues for now up to 18 year olds, we left at 11, and there used to be a huge beech tree with a rope ladder which I fell from & rhododendrons we used to play in. I used to be friendly with the family at Hartford Hall before it became a hotel. Does anyone remember them ? Posted: 30/12/2007 13:17 by First Name Last Name |
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Hartford, School Lane c1955 (ref: H323023) |
Year: 1956
the grange school A memory of Hartford, Cheshire I went to a school called The Grange in Hartford. Does anyone know where it was, or if it still exists? HL Posted: 17/11/2007 15:08 by First Name Last Name |
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