Old Road Failsworth Oldham

I grew up in failsworth ....firs avenue...1956...the kids either side of us were Alan Dean & Howard spinks whose mum's ran the bethel cub pack..went to mather street school & failsworth secondary. My relatives lived on Dean...mather & dalton street....i used to play down the moggie & go to the broadway park. i also knew the pig farm where the scraps from our great school dinners went to be boiled up for swill. Went to the bethel sundayschool pantos & saturday kids matinee at the pop cinema at the pole. They built thousands of houses on bluebell wood in the early 60's which saddened me. loved playing down the airaid shelter on our drift & taking back bottles to get money for Broadway baths after which we bought stake muffins for ls as we were so hungry & had to walk there & back. Loved to go on 98 bus to Greenfield....escaping from the backyard to the countryside. Our pop man was deakins & it was either dandelion & burdock or sasperilla which came in brown & cream stone flagons for 1s 11d
Mum used to donkeystone the windowcills & doorsyeps every Friday with stones from the rag & bone man....i could write a book....think ive gone a long way towards it in this epistle😀

Wow, Lynn Diane Thomas, I remember you. I'm Leslie Peel and I lived at 31, Ash Street. We were in the same class at Mather Street. I think the Headmistress at the infants was Miss Satteswaite or something like that and the headmistress at the juniors was Mrs Waite. I was terrified of the pair of them. I remember one of our teachers was Mr Brown. I still live in Failsworth. I hope you see this x

Wow how fantastic to hear from you I apologised for not replying sooner I've not been on here for a while and I'm absolutely delighted you have got intouch with me such wonderful memories I hope you are well an I hope to hear from you soon best wishes Lynn xxxx

Hi leslie I hope you got my message. It was 1 o'clock in the morning when I decided to have a browse on here. I remember you an yes your right those teachers were quite harsh. So you say you still live in failsworth. Do have a family of your own ?I have 1 boy and 3 girls all grown up of course. I have been married a long time 48 yrs to a lovely man .me and my sister go for walks down old road and round about brings back lots of memories I hope your well look forward to hearing from you I wish you well Lynn xxx

Hi jaques2go I remember going to Broadway park during those long hot summers and like you say it was a long walk my sister and I used to take jam butties and a bottle of water an go an sit on failsworth canal we also used play on the tip where the railway bridge was I remember the pig farm well aww what days they were . An the dreaded dentist do you remember the huge stair case you had to climb God it was awful. I loved my days at old road I think about them often xxxx

Omg leslie would I be right in saying nana peel used to look after us after school if I'm right I cant believe this I say nana peel because all the kids use to call her that o my lord if this is right then I'm so pleased you got intouch.im really hoping you go back on here soon an read this . Kind regards. Lynn xxx

Well all I can say is I'm so disappointed I didn't come back on here when I should have to check for any correspondence. If only I had because I've had 2 messages off 2 different people I'm so disappointed. I truly hope you both see this I particularly wanted leslie to see his message as I grew up with him all the very best wishes to you both kind regards Lynn xxxxx

Hi Lynn, I've not been on here much because I kept checking for months and gave up. I thought you may have stopped using this, so I tried searching on facebook for you, but couldn't find you on there either. Yes I lived with my Grandma on Ash Street and lots of children came here from school until their parents picked them up after work. I have been married for 47 years this year. We have a boy and girl and 5 grandchildren. We are still living in Failsworth, we never felt the need to move out really. It would be great to meet up and have a chat over a coffee and reminisce for a couple of hours. I am still listed in the phone book if you want to contact me, even though 99.9% of my calls are on mobile these days, we still kept the land line just in case. I just hope you check on here more frequently than you used to. I will definitely keep checking back. Les xx

So happy you have messaged me I honestly didn't think anyone would remember me I'm so pleased les. Its sounds like you have had a happy life 47 yrs married an 2 children an grandchildren I've been married 48 years this year 4 children 1 boy 3 girls an wait for it 11 grandchildren 1 great grandson I'm going to leave this now or I will be going on all night I will be intouch xxx