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It was lovely to browse through the Allendale pages, as I was sitting thinking about 'sunny' holidays in Allendale with mam and dad, who are sadly gone now. The Heatherlea was the favourite hotel, with the 'gong' for mealtimes, ...Read more

A memory of Allendale Town in 1961 by Lesley Richardson

My parents moved to Elm Park (Mungo Park Estate) around 1957, when I was around 18 months old, with my two brothers (John and Terry). I attended Scargill infants and junior school, in Simpson Road, and in 1966 went to Brittons ...Read more

A memory of Elm Park in 1966 by Bob Amies

I used to hang out in the early 1960s at the youth club on Slatyford Lane as a young teenager, also at the Miners Hall on Slatyford Lane. I met my future husband Rob Shaw (RIP). We used to go to the Denton Hotel for fun later in the ...Read more

A memory of Denton Burn in 1961 by Anne Shaw

Since I can remember, the Brig always had a football team and I just loved to watch them as a boy, harbouring dreams that some day I might be good enough to play with them. Davie and Rab Hall ran the side and come ...Read more

A memory of Linlithgow Bridge in 1968 by Sandy Paterson

I remember most fondly the bonfires og Guy Fawkes Night in November. These structures would take weeks to build and always had a three piece suite at the centre. This was where the gang would 'live', yes live for some time prior to the ...Read more

A memory of Frizington in 1969 by Peter Walker

We lived for a year in Middleton Cheney. My great grandfather was from England, but we never looked up relatives. I was only seven, but I remember so much of the town. We would go to market uptown everyday, our milk and ...Read more

A memory of Middleton Stoney in 1966 by Lori Smart

I was born in Wythenshawe in 1954. My father was the local Policeman, he had a large ramshackle allotment on the junction of Stockport road and Bloomsbury Lane. It was entered by the side of a building which for years was a Funeral ...Read more

A memory of Timperley in 1960 by Graham Ingham

Does anyone remember the Thompsons of No1 Bog Houses? Mary and Jimmy lived there with their daughter Nancy. They ran a pork shop for a time I think in the 40's but it closed during the war years; the shop front remained until around ...Read more

A memory of Cramlington in 1961 by Diane Banks

I was an Apprentice Gardener at Eccles Borough Council and started 22nd August 1966 at Library Gardens with the Gardener there Tommy Cambell. I was only 16 years old and I loved working there. Tommy was a great character and taught ...Read more

A memory of Eccles in 1966 by Jeffrey Pearce

My Grandmother lived in Yew Tree Cottage, The Ryse Hatfield Heath with Bob Challis. I was a little girl growing up in London, and would visit at Weekends and school holidays. Uncle Bob was a stockman on the farm but later due to ill ...Read more

A memory of Hatfield Heath in 1965 by Jane Puddephatt