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I was devastated in 1964 when my mother told me we were to leave the village so that my mother could pursue her dream of owning her own small business elsewhere. It was a dreadful culture shock, one that has remained with ...Read more

A memory of Mollington in 1961 by Vanda Godwin Marriott

We are still in touch with Sid & Molly Cummins - both still fit and well in their 90's. My Mum and Dad are George and Chris Hughes. Mum worked in the office sorting out the cash deals for the ice cream ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1975

I lived at 10 Whitfield Road, Fulwood, and went to Birkdale Prep School. Used to spend hours playing around Forge Dam, and renting a rowboat if I got an allowance. When winter came we would toboggan down the hills in the ...Read more

A memory of Fulwood in 1940 by Michael Oyler

I went to City Road School and vaguely remember the name Birchall. I seem to remember two of them, if I remember right one was tall and slim the other was just the opposite. The rounder one was quite funny, that would ...Read more

A memory of Hulme by John Griffiths

My first recollection of life in Whiston was as a small child waking up at my Grandma's house on the morning she moved from near the crossroads to a newly built bungalow in Birchall Ave.(although her family had lived in Whiston for a few ...Read more

A memory of Whiston

I went to duke Street school in the 1950s I can remember the playground was on the roof as well as outside the classrooms, Mrs Moores taught me to knit and sew and Mr Beasley was my last teacher there I can ...Read more

A memory of Hulme by jamieonestep

Does anyone remember my mother's family who lived at 57 Thornton St when my mother Isabel Birchall was born in 1927? Her parents were William and Mary and her brothers Harry, Bill, Thomas and her sister Alice. She ended up living in ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1930 by Elaine Mooshiabad

I too remember going to Duke Street School which later became Gaythorn (named after the gasworks I think). My name then was Mulvanny. Mr Beasley used to make us stand on our seats until we got the answers ...Read more

A memory of Hulme in 1952 by Christine Grace

Hi, my dad, Brian Birchall was brought up in Hulme. He lived on Elvington Street with his mam, Louisa Birchall, dad Robert Birchall, younger brother Joe Birchall (late) and older brother Athony/Tony Birchall whom unfortunately died ...Read more

A memory of Hulme in 1940 by Louise Birchall

My dad took us to Rugeley to live in 1954, he had recently trained in Nottinghamshire and we were one of the first to live there, well that's what it seemed like to me as a seven year old. We were always going into new buildings and ...Read more

A memory of Rugeley in 1954 by Christine Wright