Fond Memories

I too attended St Aloysius school for a short while, this in 1960/61. My teacher was Miss Kelsall who was very smart but very strict with us girls.
I remember going to the Apollo Cinema and the Hippadrome
also the Court School of Dancing. I lived in a shop Called R & E Culleton (general grocers) on Brunswick Street No 117, Actually in Chorlton on Medlock, and later at 12 Brunswick
Street. My close friends were Marilyn Mill and Bridget Carroll, but I recall Shiela Gill, Maureen Berrington and others in the top Girls Class.
I attended the Children of Mary meetings and all in all have some very good memories of St.Aloyisus, particularly of Fr.Seale who was a brilliant priest. His shows were very popular and we always played to a full house. I occasionally played the organ at the Church when the regular organist was not available. My name is Delma (Culleton)

HOW YA DOING DOUBLE P. HOWS THE FAMILY MATE?, IS GERALDINE OK.? TAKE CARE MATE, YEP IM STILL GOING, AFTER KATH DIED THEN MY ELDEST DAUGHTER DIED. MY WORLD ENDED, BUT I HAVE MY TWO YOUNGEST, IN THEIR 50S NOW, AND MY GRANDKIDS, WHO I ADORE, SO WE KEEP GOING MATE, THATS LIFE, WHEN LIFE KICKS YOU IN THE GUTS, YOU HAVE TO PICK YOURSELF UP, AND GET ON WITH LIFE.-TILL THE BINGO CALLER, CALLS OUT YOUR NUMBER,TAKE CARE MATE ,KEEP HEALTHY, KEEP SMILING. SEE YA. ARDWICK ANDY..

SOMETIMES, IN LIFE, YOU MEET SOME VERY NICE SPECIAL PEOPLE, FOR ME , I MET KNEW,GREW UP WITH, SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE YOU COULD EVER MEET, AND KNOW, FROM ARDWICK.. PETE. PALMER. MY LATE MISSUS,OF COURSE KATH OWEN, OF AMANDA AVE, THE GREAT REALLY SPECIAL, BROTHERTON FAMILY, ALL OF THEM, KATH, TIM,GEOFF, PETE, AND BRIGHT EYES BARBERA, WITH MY HAND ON MY HEART, THEY WERE BRILLIANT, KATH CAME WITH ME TO HOSPITAL. WHEN MY WIFE WENT INTO LABOUR, ON OUR FIRST, KATH AND HUBBY, JOHN. REAL DIAMONDS. ANN RADCLIFFE, SHE LIVED JUST OFF UNION STREET, AND SHE WAS BACK THEN, A REALLY GOOD LOOKING GIRL, NICE PERSONALITY, I
ALWAYS HAD A SOFT SPOT, FOR ANN, SHE WAS MUCH LIKE ME, IN SO MANY WAYS, AND THE ADORABLE, LILLIAN LAYTHAM, SHE WAS THE BEST, SO NICE, GREAT PERONALITY, THOUGHTFUL, CARING, HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT LIFE LILLIAN, AND THEIR WAS DIZZY, JEANETTE RILEY, YOU COULDENT HELP BUT LIKE, HER, SHE WAS OUTGOING FUNNY, KIND AND THOUGHTFUL, MY MATE OCKERS, GEORGE OCKERBY, OF BRYDON AVE, WE WENT TO SCHOOL , MEDLOCK SEC, ON MANSFIELD STRRET, BRIAN SADIE,, A GREAT LAD,, ENDED UP OWNING A CHIPPIE, IN CLAYTON, MY MATE DEZ, OCCONNER, OF BILLING AVE, ONE OF THE NICEST PEOPLE, I HAVE EVER KNOWN. WE MET UP MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS FOR A CHINWAG, I COULD FILL A BOOK, WITH NAMES OF NICE PEOPLE .I HAVE KNOWN ,FROM ARDWICK, BUT WHEN A GUY WRITES, TO MANY WOMENS NAMES DOWN, HE AS KNOWN FROM DAYS GONE BY, THERE ARE STILL SOME PEOPLE, WHO ADD 2+2. TO MAKE A HUNDRED AND FIFTY. FEMALE FRIENDS, ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT, AS MALE FRIENDS, IN MY BOOK, SO TAKE CARE, STAY HEALTHY, BE HAPPY, KEEP SMILLING, AND REMEMBER, ITS LOVE, THAT MAKES THE WORLD TURN, LOVE TO ALL ARDWICKIANS, REMEMBER,LIFE IF FOR LIVING, AND PRIVATE TIME, IS FOR REMEMBERING, THOSE WHO ARE KNOW LONGER, WITH US, LOVE IS THE GREATEST GIFT, WE HUMANS WERE GIVEN, SO SMILE .SHARE LOVE ACROSS THE WORLD. ITS A GREAT FEELING.... FROM ARDWICK ANDY..