Nostalgic memories of Failsworth'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 - 20 of 26 in total
Hi I was brought up in a 2 up and down number 88 old road Failsworth I think I was about 3 when my parents bought that house I remember I went to nursery which was located on a side street near the Failsworth cenotaph this was 1958 by the way I do however remember starting at Mather street school frightened to death my the head mistress Mrs waits I think that was her name .she had the knack of terrifying ...see more
As kids we were always out on the fields and in the woods by Ropers pig farm...such a plesant smell come summer I recall lol
I remember looking over to clayton where sometimes a Scottish piper could be heard playing on the rail tracks.
One day a gang of us were sat looking over and a train came along and the piper dissapeared...it scared the hell out of us all...it haunted me for years!!
Some strange goings on around ...see more
I never actually lived in Failsworth, though I regularly passed through it when I lived nearby. I was born in the Clarksfield area of Oldham and moved to Chadderton when I was five years old. Since researching my roots over the last year or so I have acquired a sudden interest in Failsworth. Why? "Ancestry" sent me here!
My GreatGrandfather was born and lived in Failsworth (mid-1800s) where he met and married my ...see more
looking for any information/photos about this company. Can anyone help?
The memories flood back.. prompted by Jeffrey Hardwick or 'Sir Cedric' as a teacher dubbed him when we were at Horsleys Green School in Buckinghamshire together. What can I say? I remember all the people he mentions, in fact I married Kath Ridehalgh's cousin! Other people in our class; Kenny Birmingham, Judith Wright, Stanley Dean..who turned out to be the best bus conductor ever, despite Mrs Varney saying he would ...see more
Remember it well, fell off the rope swing and broke my wrist, didn't half smart but luckily us men are brave little soldiers and I only screamed a couple of times. Gone now though...
I remember moving away from the slum clearance areas of Miles Platting and moving into our brand new semi detatched house off Lord Lane. The fields and woods offered an adventure playground better that any I had known; so much green, so little noise... Unfortunately, the developers were still chipping away at this natural beauty and within ten years all the countrtryside had been replaced by more and more ...see more
My dad was a band leader at the Palais in Aston-under-Lyne. He played violin. He stood at the front of the stage, playing, for the dancers on Saturday nights. He used to take me and I sat on the stage all night watching. His name was George Eric Bailey.
By the way, my name then was Janis Furlong. I have a brother called Alan and some body may remember that my dad was an artist and used to hang all his work out on the walls on a Sunday :o)
We lived on Gas Street. My family name was Gilder and my parents names were Leonard and Olga nee Carless. My cousins Pamela (nee Gilder) and Gerry Lees still own the Gilders Fishing Tackle Shop in Failsworth. I remember going to the bonfires and all the kids collecting the spare wood and guarding it like crazy. My older brother is named Kerry and my older sister is called Karen. I am doing research for a ...see more