Nostalgic memories of Ardwick's local history
Share your own memories of Ardwick and read what others have said
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.
Why not add your memory today and become part of our Memories Community to help others in the future delve back into their past.
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Displaying Memories 1 - 10 of 30 in total
Does anybody recall a Bill Brierley from Ardwick? Married with two Daughters and no longer alive. He worked for Manchester City Council? Thank you.
I was born in 1948 over a corner shop in Churchill Street. We moved away before I was 2 years old, due to my bad health. My parents were William Brierley (who worked at Frodshams, Grosvener Road) and Mary Conlon. My only recorded memory is a photo where I'm pushing a pram (which I filled with coal) ... and am in the company of our dog Rover. It is strange not to know any more about the place, as the whole area has disappeared.
I lived on Wellis Avenue from December 20th, 1971 when I arrived from Jamaica as a 13 year old boy until 5th September 1974 when I left.
Bad memories-The very first week I arrived from Jamaica, I met with extreme racism from five people in particular, one of whom called me a Nigger even though like her, I was mixed race.
Good memory which I'll never forget- January 1972 the first week I started at Nicholls Ardwick ...see more
I remember, Bertha the old lady that often sat on her doorstep facing the Apollo top of Apsley Grove just quietly having a smoke, never bothering anyone and watching the world pass her by. One Saturday morning on the way to the pictures a local young thug dashed into her home and smashed all the large vases on her sideboard shattering both her and her pottery into pieces. I had never heard women wail and sob the ...see more
I'm Anthony Smith, my brother was Bobby(deceased) We lived in Peel Ave, Higher Ardwick we left in 1963 and moved to Hattersley. My sisters Are Dorothy(Dot),Valerie(deceased) and Angela.
My name was Linda Gardner, I lived at 3 Hamlet Street, Ardwick from 1950 to 1962.
I remember Carole Day across the road and we used to play together, also Francis Warrender around the corner on Coverdale Street. We played kick can, ralivo, allies, skipping and I remember the mums coming out on our street and held the skipping rope so that we could all jump in, great. I went to Ross Place junior school ...see more
Seems a lifetime away. I remember being in the Girl Guides 'marching' around the diocese in between 2 bands, then ending up back at St Thomas' Church Ardwick Green.
Scallops that were really just large flat chips, bought on late winter nights walking home from the bus stop, feeling quite safe to be out late!
Corner shops that made delicious barm cakes while we waited, and stayed open Sundays to ...see more
Hi i am pauline margaret coleman. i used to live in ardwick in legh place until the were demolished. i move to glossop for 40 years but i now live in cleveleys..i used to go to ardwick secondary girls school in the early fifties..it would be so lovely if anybody remembers me, please get in touch..i remember diane rigby, pauline wood, sandra maloy and sylvia bowker..as time went on i used to goto the devenshire public house
Hello,
does anyone remember me......I'm margaret (nee)wheeler, and lived on geranium walk, ardwick......I had many friends there,amongst them, kathleen jenkins, who sadly died very young.....she had a sister called Aleshia.....
I went to st thomas,s primary school, then onto ardwick secondary (later nicholls)....
Just found some photos of st thomas,s church and the school as it is now.....it brought tears to my eyes....
I remember the quins very well.....happy days.
I lived in Wellis Avenue from1968 until 1979 and I think we we were the very last family to leave the flats in Ardwick Green before they wre demolished. We were the Connolly family, Our mam was Lucy and I was the youngest of five children, Mary, Peter, Des, Philip and me, Elizabeth otherwise known as Yo. I remember lots of other families , Bonilla's, Duggans, Quinn's, Collins, O'Connors, Devaney's, Taylors. I ...see more