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Childhood in Widnes

Resident from 1941 to 1949-born Widnes Nursing Home (now Nursery School)-baptised at St.Bedes R.C.Church and attended the attached school from age 4.
Swam in pond in Victoria Park. Attended double feature picture shows with my mother at the Rex?
Father worked at Widnes Foundry. Lived at nr.3 Fir Street and rode the 'fastest three wheel cycle in our street.'
Travelled many times on the Transporter Bridge.
Have revisited the town in 1966, 1986 and 2003.

Written by Terence Gale. To send Terence Gale a private message, click here.

A memory of Widnes in Cheshire shared on Wednesday, 28th November 2007.

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