Primary School Days And After
A Memory of Levenshulme.
1954 onwards - Chapel Street School had an infants section. I remember we used to get one third of a pint of milk daily, in fact this continued through junior school and secondary modern, until a certain prime minister put a stop to it. Anyway, back to the infants class. We used to have childhood games, involving a lot of running about. Then, in the early afternoon, we were ''Put to bed,'' as it were, on camp beds for a sleep for an hour. How good childhood school was then. In later years, I stayed at the same school into junior school. At 11, I then took the 11 plus exam, but failed. Moved to Alma Park secondary school. I lived in Worsley Grove, Levenshulme, all through my schooling and during my railway apprenticeship. My dad was a chimney sweep and well known in the area. The old house is still there. I can't believe how the area has changed over the years. I have lived in Longsight for 38 years which has also changed greatly. Now I'm retired.
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but we did it. I have been back "HOME" several times, the most recent to Manchester was 2005 and we went to Chapel Street and was invited it to the office for a chat. I was over the moon. I have many memories of Levenshulme, we lived in George Street, which was renamed Greenway Avenue. We lived next door but one to a fish and chip shop which burnt down a few weeks before we visited Levenshulme. Ah memories !!