Freshfield, Shops In Station Buildings c.1965
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F117017X
Photo ref:
F117017X
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A Selection of Memories from Freshfield
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Freshfield
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This picture shows clearly the row of small shops that greeted you as you left Freshfield Station on your walk to the village. Bowers (or was it Cross's) the bakers next to the railway track, baked their bread on the premises and my grandmother bought our bread there. There was also a confectioners and newsagents which sold very good ice cream and a small selection of toys - can't ...see more
I remember this scene well; with the Butcher's shop on the corner still present and further down Old Town Lane was F G Shoesmith the Chemist and Post Office - I still have one his medcine bottles complete with its label. The Post Office and Chemist was run by Mr Shoesmith as one business, and had a then fairly standard brass mesh barrier to define the Post Office area, which was ...see more
St Joseph's Home, Patricroft
We Had our holidays at Formby beach. William Bamford I have tried to contact you through this site my emails have not been opened. Can you respond?
maureen (Noble) Malone
My memory is of working on nights at St Joseph's nursing home for people with learning disabilities. I co-ordinated the nursing assistants. At first it was an old building and then three new units were built after the children were moved out and it became an adult home. It was in the middle of the pine woods and in the morning before individuals were awakened, washed and dressed we watched red squirrels ...see more
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