Ansdell, Commonside 1927
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Photo ref: 80500
Photo of Ansdell, Commonside 1927

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This quiet road is built over an earlier byway bordering the extensive area of common land that was enclosed, drained and extensively farmed from the 17th century. Much of the open land still remains in the form of the Golf Course. The use of local cobbles in the garden walls (right) has been a feature of building in the area for hundreds of years.

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A Selection of Memories from Ansdell

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Ansdell

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My parents emigrated to Australia in 1968 but I still bear the scars of an altercation with a golf club at the hands of a childhood friend in the back street behind Derby Road, Ansdell. I inadvertently walked behind someone who was swinging a club and collected my chin, a bloody mess, literally. I had a friend called Jillian Anderson and am related to the Hewertsons (Alice and Braithwaite) who had a milk round in ...see more