Nostalgic memories of Timperley's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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Displaying Memories 11 - 17 of 17 in total

My grandfather, Harry Barker was the farrier here but left with my Granny Alice in the 1940's to live in Leicester. Does anyone remember where the forge was situated ? I visited as a small child and seem to remember a station or railway line close by. I imagine the business was closed down rather than sold because fewer horses were needed.
What is now Arthur Grestys next to the Methodist Church used to be the Golden Horse Café(there was also one on Altrincham bus station) which amongst other things sold milk shakes
Does anyone remember the Record Hops at the Timperley Village church rooms on a Saturday night? This would be early 60's...great memories.
As a baby we moved to Park Road from Old Trafford We lived there from 1937 to 1940. My first memory is lying in my pram playing with my toes and watching the birds flying to the terrace. It had three bedrooms and three rooms downstairs; front and back rooms and kitchen with a large boiler to wash the clothes plus a wooden airier to dry them. At the bottom of the garden was a field with cows. When I was four we left Park Road and moved to Wilmslow to escape the bombing.
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 Directors. Next to this was a coffee bar called the Black Cat. My father took a very dim view of establishments like the Black Cat and my teenage sisters were prohibited from frequenting ...see more
When I was very small I used to go to the 'Hare and Hounds' with my father and two older brothers. I would sit on the wall opposite the hotel and watch Cyril Washbrook score sixes! I would have a lemonade whilst my father and brothers had something stronger. I have great memories of sunny summer Sundays. On the other side of the main road there was a 'filling station' owned by a blind man, and there was a ...see more
I stayed in lodgings in Timperley in 1966 in a small cul-de-sac called South Meade. I had to find accommodation as I was transferred from London to work at the Bank of England's branch in Manchester and by chance the hotel that I found for my first couple of weeks was in Timperley - am easy train ride to the city from Navigation Road station. The local paper carried an advertisement by a nearby landlady ...see more