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Good Times
I lived at 14 oak street Chapel of Ease. I can remember the two estates being built and the bridge in the photo is also the way I went to school at the west end primary school. The red phone box is still there I believe, in the photo the ...Read more
A memory of Abercarn by
20 Good Years 1950 1970.
Went to Pyrgo then Priory have a photo from about 1958 in front of the hall with my class, faces I recognised are Charlie Ferrett, Steven Mildren, Michael James, Keith Stevens, Barry Hill and Linda Javis. Then went to ...Read more
A memory of Harold Hill by
Pinehurst Childrens Home Park Rd Camberley
Memories of Camberley come from my childhood days as an orphan residing at 'Pinehurst', a Surrey County Child Welfare Home 1949-1953. I was put there as a 9-year-old and recall spending a very happy ...Read more
A memory of Pinehurst in 1949 by
Growing Up In Local Avenue
Hi I am Michael Johnson, some of you may remember Tommy and Brenda Johnson who lived in Sherburn Hill for most of their lives. Tommy worked for Alfie Law who had the Post Office and Grocery shop on the 'Hill'. ...Read more
A memory of Sherburn Hill in 1949 by
Hixon Village
I was 6 when we moved to Hixon from Stowe by Chartley. My dear dad Len, my 2 sisters Rose and Sue and my 2 brothers Gray and Mick. We lived in the Croft no 24, my brother still lives in that house today overlooking the woods that were ...Read more
A memory of Hixon in 1965 by
The Memories Are Endless
Good morning from Waterloo, Canada. I was absolutely thrilled with your site and stumbled on it quite by chance. I was born in 1943 at my grandparents house at Yew Tree Terrace just off Station Rd. I grew up in Shepley, ...Read more
A memory of Shepley in 1957 by
Stacksteads Boyhood.
My family moved from Haslingden to Newchurch Road in 1950 opposite the Farhome Tavern. As an eight year old I attended Western Junior School until 1953 leaving to attend Blackthorn Secondary Modern until June 1957 when our ...Read more
A memory of Stacksteads in 1950 by
Family History
I visited Heywood in November 2010, to see for myself the area where my family originated sometime in the 1600's. I know that was a long time ago, but, I swear, when I walked up Bury New Road to the top of Summit and then ventured ...Read more
A memory of Heywood by
Norden And Bank House Pulpit
I remember once a year (c1961) a man used to ride on horseback from Rochdale to Norden dressed as John Wesley (or his brother?) and he used to go up to Bank House Farm where there was the original pulpit from when one of ...Read more
A memory of Rochdale by
Bury Cemetery
My grandfather, Peter Heywood was head gardener and sexton at the cemetery till his later retirement. If anybody knows of any of the men there during the 50s' onwards, please let me know. He lived at Springwater Cottage in the valley below Lily Hill Street.
A memory of Bury in 1959 by
Captions
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St Luke`s Church was consecrated in October 1862 with seating for 1,000 and it dominates Heywood`s centre.
The foundation stone was laid here on 15 May 1869, when it was anticipated that Heywood Road would go through to Heywood, but a large bog prevented this and the church remained on a quiet road.
He died before it was completed, and his widow married the next mayor, Abel Heywood.
A stone on the bridge marks the spot where Benjamin Heywood went straight into the river as he returned home on horseback in 1697, and emerged unscathed.
St Luke's is Heywood's oldest place of worship, and is known to have existed prior to 1611.
The 15-inch gauge line was based on that developed by Sir Arthur Heywood at Duffield Bank near Derby.
Ashworth is 3 miles from Rochdale and Bury and 1 mile from Heywood centre.
The statue of Oliver Cromwell by Matthew Noble was a gift to the city by Mrs Abel Heywood in memory of her first husband.
This was conceived by Thomas Goadsby, though it was presented to the city by Mrs Abel Heywood; this was her second marriage - Thomas Goadsby was her first husband, and it was Thomas Goadsby who commissioned
Then comes John Bright, looking white and clean; and then on the right of our photograph is Oliver Heywood, who joined this select group on 11 December 1894, for his contributions to the improvement of
Great Haywood lies at the junction of the Trent & Mersey with the Staffs & Worcestershire canals.
Great Haywood lies at the junction of the Trent & Mersey with the Staffs & Worcestershire canals.
Along with Great Haywood, this village was where the inhabitants of Shugborough were relocated, as their own village was gradually absorbed into the parkland surround- ing Shugborough Hall.
Along with Great Haywood, this village was where the inhabitants of Shugborough were relocated, as their own village was gradually absorbed into the parkland surrounding Shugborough Hall.
Here, close to the junction with the Staffs & Worcester Canal, is Haywood Lock.
This view of Weetman's Bridge, looking upstream, shows the pedestrian refuges above each pier, as on Great Haywood's Essex Bridge.
Tixall Wide, about half a mile from Great Haywood, is part of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal and was probably created to enhance the view from Tixall Hall.
Originally it linked Great Haywood to the old village of Shugborough; the village was later removed by the Ansons as it spoiled their view.
Originally it linked Great Haywood to the old village of Shugborough; the village was later removed by the Ansons as it spoiled their view.
Next is Haywood's, which until 1984 always displayed horse-racing memorabilia alongside the shoes in its window.
Next is Haywood's, which until 1984 always displayed horse-racing memorabilia alongside the shoes in its window.
Heawood Hall was a small gentry house in Nether Alderley, once the home of the Hollinsheds, a family that included the 16th-century chronicler who was Shakespeare`s source for many of his
The total length of the canal was just over 46 miles with 43 locks: it ran from the River Severn, at Stourport, to a junction with the Trent & Mersey, at Great Haywood.
At Great Haywood Junction, the Trent & Mersey meet the Staffordshire & Worcester Canal.
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