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Nostalgic memories of Runcorn's local history

Share your own memories of Runcorn 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 11 - 20 of 35 in total

Rose Street
I was brought up in Rose Street - I was born in 1969. I used to drink in the Queens. Walk down Rose Street now, hardly know anyone. I moved from Widnes in 2000 to Southport.
Runcorn, the Bridge c1965
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Added 27 March 2012

Charlie The Drake...
How we looked forward to a walk to the Town Hall park to feed the ducks, there was one really old and bedraggled one called "charlie the drake"?? or so my nan said!! Once in the Town Hall grounds, we were allowed to run ahead along the roadway in the picture to reach the water fountain, stopping off and getting in line with the other kids to get a drink. We would feed the ducks, play on the lawns, admire the ...see more
Runcorn, Town Hall Gardens c1955
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Added 22 March 2012

Weston Road Memories
I also remember Weston Road, that is the road leading from Weston Village down into Runcorn, via the Isolation Hospital and then down into Greenway Road. My father Owen Roberts worked all his life at the ICI Castner Kelner works, "Castners" as it was known and he also had a part time job as a gardener at the big house on lower part of Weston Road called called - Beaconsfield, not sure who owned Beaconsfield ...see more
Runcorn, Weston Road 1923
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Added 25 October 2011

The Opening Of The Bridge Memories...
My memories of the Bridge are of when I used to travel from where my family lived in Weston Village into Runcorn (circa 1956) to do our shopping and watch the construction taking place, increasing in size each time we saw it - usually on a Saturday morning when we went into town to do the weekly shop in the market which was situated under cover next to the Runcorn swimming baths. Mine and my ...see more
Runcorn, the Bridge c1965
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Added 25 October 2011

Oh Happy Days
Yes I remember spending most of our (my brother John and I) summer holidays playing on Runcorn Hills. Both parents worked and so most mornings, weather permitting, we would head off to the hills from our home in Weston Village, armed with a bottle of water and usually a jam butty and an apple. We would spend the day there, often meeting up with other kids who were on a similar day out. One very powerful memory ...see more
Runcorn, Runcorn Hill 1923
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Added 19 October 2011

Ferry Hut
I, too, remember playing in the sand at Ferry Hut, probably around 1948. I remember the "tide" coming in when a ship went past. I cut my toe on some hidden glass and there was blood everywhere. There really was a Ferry Hut, and I've seen pictures of it on the internet. It was before the Ship Canal was built. The ferry was immortalised in the monologue "Tuppence per Person per Trip".
Runcorn, the Two Bridges c1955
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Added 02 November 2010

Bridge Water Canal.
Yes, my grandad used to be a foreman.of one of the barges on the canal, his name was Thomas Hayes, he lived on Wiven Place.
Runcorn, the Locks c1955
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Added 01 October 2010

Brickfield Cottage
Yea, I used to live in Brickfield Cottage just across from the swing bridge, and I remember carrying Nipper over that bridge with a compound fracture of his thigh, as he fell off the Wigs sheds, lol, we were borrowing pigeons from the sheds, lol.
Runcorn, Swing Bridge and Canal 1900
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Added 01 September 2010

The Monkey Run
Yea, brings back the old times, the good times, in Runcorn. On a Sunday night up the Monkey Run lol, the old people will know the name.
Runcorn, Greenway Road from the Memorial c1955
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Added 05 August 2010

The New Bridge
Boy, that pic brings back old times, I worked on the building of that bridge and the demolition of the old transporter bridge. I was born in Runcorn in 1942, Stonehills Crescent.
Runcorn, the Bridge c1965
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Added 05 August 2010