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Born And Bred in Langley From 1943 to 1967
Norn at no 36 Main Road, mother Marion Simpson married to Frank Williams, schooled at Langley Primary School, Beech Hall Prep School and Macclesfield Grammar, worked at the blood transfusion service in Manchester before joining an American medical company selling modern tech, including kidney and heart lung machines. Had own businesses and recently retired, living in Colton, Staffordshire. I had the most exciting childhood in Langley, from wildlife to sport, especially the early days of cricket. All my mother's side of the family, Heapys, had been in the area for 150 years, particularly around Flash. I had many friends in the village and later was friends with John Richards at Gawsworth when at Beech Hall, and still retain some friends within the county.
Christmas 2008 - First Walk
Paul and I took our first walk together up the cloud.
Christmas - 1st Walk
First walk and held hands
Corner Cafe
My dad used to take my sister, my brother and me here. He would buy us each a packet of crisps (the kind with the salt in the twist of blue wax paper). A beautiful Alsatian dog called Major lived here and we would all stop to visit him. Happy memories! I don't think the building is still standing now but it was wonderful to come across this photo of it. Many thanks!
Jackie
John Adshead - Exercising The Dogs
It was a common site to see John Adshead cycling to work from Gawsworth New Hall to the Lonsdale & Adshead brewery on Park Green Macclesfield. There was a driver and car available at the house, but it was usually the bike that got John to work. The dogs ! No they were not running alongside the cycle, they were tucked into John's coat. The brewery was sold in 1950, about 10 years before this picture was taken.
Frightening Times
In 1997 I worked for a company calles SES security where I was a security officer at Parkside. Over my time there I became fascinated with the layout of the site and spent many many months walking the length and breadth of every building there. I have to say that the main building with the clock tower was one of the most frightening places I have ever been. There was just this feeling of all the tortured souls that had been within its walls. As I am writting this now, the hairs on the back of my neck are jumping. You could just sense the sadness and of the building itself. At the side of the main building with clock tower was what I would desribe as a caretaker's courtyard. I was obsessed with finding the elusive tunnels of Parkside and here is where I found them. At the back of one of the caretaker's buildings was a heavy-duty prison-style red door. Behind this door was miles of tunnels,... Read more
Schooldays
I was born in Broken Cross and went to the old infant school when Mrs. Richards, Miss Lomax and Mrs. Frith were the teachers there. I seem to remember school concerts being held round the corner in a building just before the start of Gawsworth Road. When I was small the Post Office was in one of the cottages on the hill going down into the village but the counter was too high for me to see over. The newsagent's shop was kept by Mr. and Mrs. Dale. On Sundays we walked up to Henbury Church where I was later married when Rev. Jones was the Vicar.
