Stockport memories
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Vernon Park
I remember going to Vernon Park so well. We would walk down from Bredbury Bar. There was a large slippery stone at the top of the steps and Mum would lift me to the top and I would slide down. I thought that stone was magic. There was a large bird cage in the park but I think its gone now. The museum was a favorite and when I was about 13 I used to find fossils in Castleton near the Blue John Mines and take them to the Museum to ask the man to identify them. I must haave driven him mad. Gran lived in Mellor Street Portwood and after the park we would go there for tea. Dolly's sweet shop was on the way and we would get a twist of lollies in a paper. The co-op was on the way as well and there was another co-op on Portwood where my uncle Syd worked. We used to get taken to Beetle Drives at the Portwood School... Read more
Whistlehollow in The 1940s.
About a mile from Dialstone Lane School was a favourite play spot called Whistlehollow. It was a deep depression in the middle of fields and in the summer we used to try to dam the little brook that ran through the hollow. We used to collect pussy willow and catkins, we used to gather twigs to take home to make little twigs with glitterwax red and blue flowers stuck on. in the winter it was a great place to sledge in, a lot of different runs were made, with a lot of twists and turns. The field next to Whistlehollow was a long steep hill which always had a lot of tobogganers and a few skiers on it. I suppose it's now long gone, probably all developed, but I have great memorys of Whistlehollow.
Stockport carnival on Bamford Fields. Carnival parade up Wellington Road, with the carnival queen. Robinsons Brewery always had a beer cart with Shire horses looking magnificent. Many colourful floats. There was a dancing girl competition on the Bamford field fairground, and they all danced in their turn to the tune 'Blaze Away', it used to go on for hours. The fair was great, the noise, the steam organ music, screams of the girls on the waltzer. The lads' favourite were the swing cages. A couple of you used to start swinging until you reached the top and then over you went and you could keep it going round. The games where you had a little wooden slide you aimed and dropped a penny down, at the round table with the man in the middle, there were always a couple of 10 bob notes on a few of the squares. If you landed on a line, bad luck - your penny had to be in the square. Whatever it landed on... Read more
My Stockport Memories
Hello, my name is Jeane Moorhouse, nee Huxley, I started life on Band St, Hollywood area, in 1952, then moved to Hilton St. My only memories from here are the wash house and Hollywood Park where the fair would arrive and the carnivals. We then moved to Hesketh St in Heaton Norris, our back yard was shared with Bob Hillingworth who lived at the end house, I remember sitting on our back step shelling peas with Bill, my gran's partner, we had a budgie who could say "Naughty girl Kenneth" and " Naughty boy Jean", yes, wrong way round!! I attended All Saints Junior School and remember playing with David Booth who had a sister called Susan, Katherine Cross, who lived at the off licence on the corner of Old Rd and Manchester Rd, and Margaret MacDonald, who lived on Old Rd, her communal yard was accessed by going through the entry on Hesketh St, Schocroft's shop was on the corner, right opposite our front window and my gran would... Read more
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Heaton Mersey
I grew up in Heaton Mersey from age 6 to age 26 and left in 1955. This parade of shops included 2 Grocers- the Co-Op and John Williams- Fitchett's the butchers, a barber's and Edgar Barker the local Pharmacist who encouraged me and made it possible for me to fulfill my career hopes and dreams. There was another parade of shops further down the hill past one of the two doctor's surgeries in the village before you reached the St John's Church Square. This was our local church in which all our family were very involved. the scene is just as I remember it and I can mentally walk round all the corners of the pictures, 'play' in the park, walk down to the station,get soaking wet playing 'down the floods'(where we were forbidden to go,of course) and in the clay pits. there were 2 farms in the village- the Schofields and the Willcocks' and there was a very strong sense of community. there was a thriving choral society of... Read more
Heaton Mersey Rocks!!
Where this picture is taken from, is a Chinese restaurant, go there every Sunday for the all you can eat buffet which is £10. The Co-op, or the Cooperative at it is now known as, is still there, Cooperative rocks lol! Next to the restaurant is a empty car park!
Vale Road (now Close)
This entrance to the park is largely unchanged and the park is well worth a visit. The Friends group for this park are Heaton Mersey Village Conservation Group (HMVCG) and their website is www.hmvcg.org.uk
St John's Church
I lived in the house which was just to the left of this picture. My Dad was the local coal merchant (Lowe Bros Fuels). As children,we used to play "round the church" which was the rough track surrounding St John's Church,and I went to St John's infant school then Didsbury Rd Junior School before moving to Anglesey in '75 when the house had to be demolished for road widening.
I have many happy memories of Heaton Mersey Park,and would love to visit it to see what it's like now.
My Home
The White Hart was my home for many years until I married. My father and mother managed the White Hart for over 25 years and are both at rest now in Cheadle parish church. I have seen many changes both in the village and the hotel itself. My father was a very well known personality and was well respected. The cocktail bar was quite famous, as were the sandwiches! The village now has lost a lot of its character and charm. It was also famous for its ghost called the White Lady, I have many memories of not so nice happenings concerning ghosts!
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