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Hi, I lived a lot of my life in Haydock. I lived in Elizabeth Road then Wycliffe Road, then moved to Ashton for 26 years but now I'm back in Haydock. I used to go to the Cat Pit and spend hours there. I'm 54 nearly now.... We ...Read more

A memory of Haydock by Christine Courtliff Ridgway

I remember a Geordie Frazer as we called him, but I seem to remember he was not a geordie. He was a butcher and on the side was a barber - he was a crap barber but it cost next to nowt so maybe you have a link to this..happy hunting.

A memory of Acomb in 1965 by Keith Watson

I remember Headley Down so very well in the war days, Wilsons shop and post office, Weavers bakery, the barber, Miss Farrant her cart and donkey, houses like Stagsdene long gone. Hardly a house on the Down when I was a ...Read more

A memory of Headley Down by kennys1933

My grandmother Emily Barber was born at Henbury in Cheshire in 1865.daughter of William & Hannah Barber.

A memory of Henbury in 1860 by Judith Riley

My nanny and gampi lived on Banks Road in the 1960s. Nanny (Tilly Wilson) used to shell the shrimps in her kitchen. We would pay them a visit on our way down to Heswall shore and the shrimps would be piled high in the middle of the ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1967 by Debbie Ranson

My mum went to High Legh school in the 1930's and my grandfather and siblings went there in the 1910's. Her name was Doreen Burgess and her father was Percy Burgess. As a child he lived at Oak Tree Farm and ...Read more

A memory of High Legh in 1930 by Liz Whitelegg

Barbara Johnson's memories brought back some of my own from the High Street days. Those rows of shops Barbara describes provided all the locals with everything they needed. I remember going over the road from ...Read more

A memory of Longton in 1940 by Geoff Emery

I attended HillTop School from 1962-67 where I received an excellent, if a trifle ad-hoc, education.  Several of my teachers were what one might call 'eccentric': Mr Turner, the science master, taught his subject via the ...Read more

A memory of Hill Top by John Oswin

Our family lived in Hilton House, Swan Street from 1960 to 1971, my father ran an accountancy business which gradually occupied the entire ground floor as it expanded. I was educated at Miss Bligh's private school in Alderford ...Read more

A memory of Sible Hedingham by Iain Crawford

We moved to Holbeach Marsh in 1952. I came from a large family of six boys and five girls. My father and two of my elder brothers worked for Mr Caldwell, on his farm. I went to Holbeach St Mathews school from 1952 until 1955 with ...Read more

A memory of Holbeach in 1952 by David Cooke