Northern Drive Collyhurst
A Memory of Collyhurst.
Hi everyone, my family lived in Northern Drive from 1955 - 1966. I lived with my granparents, Jake Winter and Flo his wife. I remember the [flats] street parties we had at Whit Week. My uncle Norman used to play the accordian, the grown-ups used to have a good old knees up.Then all hell would let loose, the catholics would call the prodidogs. We kids thought it was great fun, although the language was blue at the time. I went to the Albert Memorial School, infants and new secondary, opened by HRH Princess Margaret no less. I went to a school reunion at the Lancaster Club, then run by my good friend Ann Kyte. That was 12 years ago [doesn't time fly] .Mr Hollingshead, who was our English teacher, was there.
Does anyone remember Mr Rodgers [Dogger as he was fondly known]? He was our maths teacher. Also Miss Openshaw, Mr Murphy, Mr West who had a heart attack whilst taking a music leason. My friend Elizabeth Graham saved his life, she later became head girl. It was well deserved too, lovely girl. Anyway, here's to all those good memmories. I have lived in Cheshire for the past 40 years, but there is nowhere like Collyhust. I am very proud of my roots .
My name then was Elaine Gaskin.
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Just seen your post , I believe Jake Winter is a relation of mine, I am Billy Winter lived on Copper Street, I believe Jake held a record of running up Rochdale road with a sack of coal on his back ?
I went to Abbot St , & joey & Ann Kyte lived at the top of copper st & went to my school