Hough Green: A memory of Widnes

Hough Green

A Memory of Widnes.

This is just as I remember it when I used to go to Hough Green station (the entrance is on the extreme left of the photo) train-spotting. All steam in those days of course. The scene is very little changed today except for the cars and the lack of a petrol station. Ditchfield Road, on the extreme right of the picture, was a quiet leafy lane then, leading down towards St Michaels and the new housing estates of Coronation Drive and Philip Road. Indeed all the street names had a Coronation theme, it being newly built in 1953.

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Added 08 December 2011

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I remember this area well as I grew up there. I always liked Liverpool Road and Ditchfield Road because of the trees and nice houses. I remember attempting to walk to Liverpool with my brothers when I was about 6 years old. At that time there was no Upton Estate it was all fields. I also remember going trainspotting with my brother. We used to stand at the side of the track and watch the steam trains. No health and safety in those days!!

By Anne Harding on Tue Oct 30th 2018, at 4:58 pm

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