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Lancashire memories
The Church
Lots of my relatives and friends are buried in the churchyard here. I was christened here by Rev Woodcock who had married my parents. I believe that he may have also christened me in 1955. I sang in the choir with Mr Foot as choirmaster until I moved South in 1970. I remember spiking the balcony with the Union Jack flagpole at Church Pararde when I was in 1st Lydiate Guides!
A memory of Lydiate contributed by Jan Foster
My Godfather
My Godfather, Peter Jones's parents owned the Scotch Piper. I remember being told about the oak tree which actually grew up through the bar area. I went to primary school just along the way at Lydiate CE where I had the most fantastic time. I was Lydiate Rose Queen 1965-66 before movine south to Hampshire when I was 15.
A memory of Lydiate contributed by Jan Foster
Saturday Evening Out
I remember very well going to visit an old friend of my parents who lived in Mayfayre Avenue in Lydiate those days. Mum, Dad & myself we would get the Ribble Bus from the Black Bull and get off at the Weld Blundell Inn and walk to their house. Good memories!
A memory of Lydiate contributed by Brenda Vanderwert
A girlfriend in Wythenshawe in 1966
Wythenshawe may seem an uninspiring large urban sprawl but to this 20 year old in 1966 it was rather special as I met a lovely girl called Anne Senyszyn there. I had just started work for a bank in Manchester and she was in a local sixth form finishing her A Levels before going off to college for teacher training.
We explored local countryside together, went to dances and the cinema and enjoyed a magical summer of fun. I was quite blind to the suburban Wythenshawe setting as we spent several happy months together in Manchester and the nearby Peak District. I drove my old black Ford Prefect and she navigated me around the area which she knew ...read more here
A memory of Wythenshawe contributed by John Howard Norfolk
Extracts From Hodder River & Lancashire books
This is the corner of St Anne’s Road West and Garden
Street (right) before it was fully surfaced. The rather
solitary buildings are now part of the urban sprawl
that characterises every shopping centre.
An extract from from"Lytham St Anne's Town and City Memories".
Kiosks on the beach; donkey rides; parasols; shady hats. All the
ingredients for a perfect seaside holiday.
An extract from from"Lytham St Anne's Town and City Memories".
It is after World War II, and Britain is getting back into economic
gear. The Pier Orchestra under Lionel Johns continues to entertain.
An increasing use of motor vehicles means that a car park is
needed. A few years after this photograph was taken, the pier was
completely enclosed and given over to slot machines and paid
advertising hoardings. For the time being its popularity is assured.
An extract from from"Lytham St Anne's Town and City Memories".
Opened in 1885, the pier cost something in the order of £30,000 to build. The
North Channel provided a navigable stretch of water close to the head, and thus
several large steamers and private yachts were able to moor here. The notice
advertising ‘Fred Carlton’s White Coons’ could well raise an eyebrow today.
An extract from from"Lytham St Anne's Town and City Memories".
By 1906 the pier had been considerably widened and extended in length. The
amenities now included a concert pavilion (at the pier head on the left), a bank
kiosk and a Moorish pavilion (in the centre of the picture).
An extract from from"Lytham St Anne's Town and City Memories".