Northern Drive Collyhurst

A Memory of Collyhurst.

Hi everyone, my family lived in Northern Drive from 1955 - 1966. I lived with my granparents, Jake Winter and Flo his wife. I remember the [flats] street parties we had at Whit Week. My uncle Norman used to play the accordian, the grown-ups used to have a good old knees up.Then all hell would let loose, the catholics would call the prodidogs. We kids thought it was great fun, although the language was blue at the time. I went to the Albert Memorial School, infants and new secondary, opened by HRH Princess Margaret no less. I went to a school reunion at the Lancaster Club, then run by my good friend Ann Kyte. That was 12 years ago [doesn't time fly] .Mr Hollingshead, who was our English teacher, was there.
Does anyone remember Mr Rodgers [Dogger as he was fondly known]? He was our maths teacher. Also Miss Openshaw, Mr Murphy, Mr West who had a heart attack whilst taking a music leason. My friend Elizabeth Graham saved his life, she later became head girl. It was well deserved too, lovely girl. Anyway, here's to all those good memmories. I have lived in Cheshire for the past 40 years, but there is nowhere like Collyhust. I am very proud of my roots .
My name then was Elaine Gaskin.