Growing Up In Castleton

A Memory of Castleton.

My sister, brother and I were brought up in Castleton in the 1950's and although our family life wasn't very happy I do have positive memories of Castleton (formerly called Blue Pits village). It was a nice village although I do recall there was a lot of 'nosiness' - everyone seemed to know everyone else's business. My maiden name was Butterworth and after St Edwards (Mr Hodgkinson was the Headmaster then). I went to Rochdale Tech. and later (as a mature student) went to university and did a degree in politics and became a university lecturer. I am now semi-retired and live in Morecambe. I haven't been back to Castleton for a number of years now but was very sad last time I went though it. It seemed very run down and quite sad really. It used to have a range of shops like the tripe shop, Cyril's hardware, dress shops, butchers, green grocers etc. We used to go swimming at the baths and went to the library every week. It was St Edwards and the library in Castleton that gave me my love of books and I'll always be grateful for that.


Added 16 January 2013

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