Blurton, Drubbery Lane c.1960

Photo ref: B746005

As a child living in Blurton up until the age of about 12, I remember playing with my friends at the "White Rock" Yet cannot find any other reference to this on maps etc. Does Anyone know what happened to this landmark?

I was christened in the church . Have memories of helping my Aunt Gladys and my Aunt Dorothy deliver papers on their routes when they had to fill in for a missing paperboy. I spent many happy days visiting my family , sometimes in the shop, sometimes with my grandfather in the garden. Once I was old enough to ride the bus alone ,I would visit from Sneyd Green. I was always proud to hop of the bus at Critchlow's Corner. jass60@comcast.net

my family moved to blurton council estate when I was about 4 yrs old, that would be 1952, my sister was 5, our first school was st bartholmews in church lane then we went to Sutherland primary and junior schools, after that we went to blurton senior school, which became blurton comprehensive, then blurton junior high, and I believe is now known as blurton high school, I attended st bartholmews church and joined the ...see more

I believe the date of this photo is more like 1959, possibly 1960. Why? Because the second car down in the foreground is my father's. It would be parked outside No. 89 which is the second visible property (semi det). I was born in Feb 1960 and my parents only moved to Church Road when my mother was pregnant with me so the photo may be even newer than the years already suggested. The scene hasn't changed that much in 50 odd years except the road has been widened.