Ashton In Makerfield, Bryn Street c.1960
Photo ref: A137023
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Photo ref: A137023
Photo of Ashton In Makerfield, Bryn Street c.1960

A Selection of Memories from Ashton-in-Makerfield

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 Ashton-in-Makerfield

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If this is the park north of Aston, I walked many times with my granddad. I was in Aston from the States, stayed on Old Road.
I worked in the office at Thos Crompton, as a wages clerk. I remember having to go into the sawmill to collect the time sheets. It scared me stiff seeing the saws whizzing round and the whining noise they made. My overactive imagination gave me a fear of saws which still stays with me. On quiet days I manned the switchboard. There were wires all over the place. I shudder to think how many calls I ...see more
I spent many happy days fishing in the park lake, permit purchased from the town hall for 6 pence per year, old money, then the council in their wisdom decided to fill the pond in with all the dustbin refuse, and it never had the same appeal afterwards. The photo shows what was always called the flower park, it had a bandstand and was always well cared for. The park on the other side of Wigan Road was ...see more
Lived on Windsor Rd...  Ashton Heath...  68 to 81 when I first got married. Good times in the Eagle and Child .. Hingemakers .. Commercial .. pubs  etc. Are they still there? Bill Harrison, Canada.