Gronant, Stepping Stones And Beach 1936
Photo ref: G167047
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Photo ref: G167047
Photo of Gronant, Stepping Stones And Beach 1936

A Selection of Memories from Gronant

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 Gronant

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The photograph in front of the Post Office, showing the Morris Oxford Estate car that used to sell newspapers, magazines, and sweets along The Warren and other holiday camps back in the 1960's was my father, Les Chorlton. My brother, and sister, and myself, used to take it in turn to accompany him each morning during the Summer, after we had done our newspaper rounds in the village, and sell newspapers etc. It was ...see more
I remember being at Coed Bell Cemetery and playing amongst the graves or picking Blundell in the woods beyond.
Hi I was born in Manchester 1958 and we moved to the warren 1963 I grew up on the warren with my parents and 4 sisters and 1 brother best childhood memories ever I loved it . I do remember mrs kitchen who ran the Sunday school she was lovely also mr Preston I was only young but I remember so much fantastic years of fun every day x
The Morris estate car shown in the photo was used to deliver the daily papers along the Warren. The man would stop every fifty yards or so, get out and ring a bell, if you needed a paper, well you ran down the path and bought one, the car was green.