Those were the days: A memory of Ardwick

Those Were The Days

A Memory of Ardwick.

I lived in Wellis Avenue from1968 until 1979 and I think we we were the very last family to leave the flats in Ardwick Green before they wre demolished. We were the Connolly family, Our mam was Lucy and I was the youngest of five children, Mary, Peter, Des, Philip and me, Elizabeth otherwise known as Yo. I remember lots of other families , Bonilla's, Duggans, Quinn's, Collins, O'Connors, Devaney's, Taylors. I have really lovely memories of living in 'the flats' and playing in Ardwick Green Park, also swinging on a rope which was attahed to a crane uner the arches. I was only ten years old when we left, but I will always remember it.

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AS A FULL BLOOD ARDWICKIAN, I CAN TELL YOU THERE AS NEVER BEEN A PLACE AS ALIVE AS ARDWICK, BACK IN THE 60S, I HAVE BEEN TO SPAIN,TURKEY,CANARYS,ETC, BUT I SWEAR ,ARDWICK CRACKLED WITH ELECTRIC, IN THE AIR, EVERY DAY. IT WAS SO ALIVE, YOU COULD ALWAYS HEAR THE KIDS IN ARDWICK FLATS PLAYING,SHOUTING ,---AND SOME CLOWN SINGING,OHHH THAT WAS ME,---WELL I CALLED IT SINGING, HE, HE.---THEIR WAS SOME REALLY GREAT PEOPLE IN ARDWICK, OCKERS, BRIAN SADIE,JIMMY PARRY,SPUD ATNEY, DEZ OCONNER, THE BRATHERTONS, GINNETE RILEY, ANN RADCLIFFE, LYNN DYSON. JACKIE TAYLOR, LANA JOHNSON. AKA AS ILEEN ,MIKE MORAN, TERRY& JIMMY GOUGH. DENIS THE MENACE UPTON, LINDA UPTON, BILLY PRENDEGAST, AND RITA PRENDEGAST ,WHO I WAS VERY FOND OF. JIMMY MURRAY, DERECK BENTHAM. JIMMY ATKINSON., IF IVE MISSED ANYONE OUT, ITS MY MEMORIES FAULT NOT MINE, HE, HE, HE. ----LOVE FROM ARDWICK ANDY THE KING OF SING. KEEP SMILING, ITS MUCH BETTER THAN CRYING,

By Steve/Andy Anderson on Thu Sep 25th 2025, at 2:17 pm

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