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  Lockwood Beck and Lingdale
Hi Everyone what a lovely photo of the reservoir. My family lived at the reservoir for many years. My father and his father were born there with his sisters. He was Henry Marshall born 1923. He was the 3rd Henry Marshall...me I'm the 4th and my son is the 5th.
A family member has traced the family of marshalls back to 16oo's in Lincolnshire.
My dad used to work for the Water Authority and found out when the trees around the reservoir had been cut. We often used to collect logs for our fires when we lived at 8 Davison Street Lingdale. Unfortunately I never fished the waters.
Dad told us about the early years of the war when German Bombers dropped the surplus ordance on the moor above the houses, they caused many moor fires and after wards he would collect used ordnance shells and polish the brass placing them on the hearth. Other stories concerned going along the stream, under the bridge into the farm across the road and pinching apples from thtr orchard.
He had to walk to and from the tin shed school in Davison Street Lingdale and often had to fight his way past other kids in Stanghow road and Stanghow he always said his knees were raw from scrambling around on the floor winter and summer.
He became friends with Harry Rickerby our old Lingdale School head master.
Good to see the sight I hope more people add there memories.
Regards David Henry Marshall

Posted: 19/01/2008 17:23 by David Marshall  

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  Year: 1963 Fish and chips in Gerrie Street
I remember when I was a little girl and we lived in Gerrie Street. Opposite us was Mr Brown's Fish and Chip Shop and he made wonderful fish and chips. The window of my mum and dad's bedroom overlooked the fish and chip shop and what we called "The Bank Top". I used to creep out of bed in the summer and watch the young people getting their fish and chips and then standing on the bank top to eat them. At the weekend there was always quite a crowd and I was fascinated.
Mr Brown was a lovely man. I used to play whip and top on the bank top and many a time I can remember him knocking a nail into the bottom of the wooden spinning top for me when my dad was at work and couldn't repair it for me.
When the fish and chip shop closed the shop was turned into a house and we moved around the corner into Albion Street. I am now 47 and the Gerrie Street I lived in has gone but I have never forgotten Mr Brown's fish and chip shop.

Last edited: 18/07/2007 10:50 by Gillian Cheetham  

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