Pickfords/ Thomas Hutchinson, Or Huskinsons,

A Memory of Ardwick.

DOES ANYONE REMEMBER, HUSKINSONS REMOVALS,? THEY WERE THE LAST HORSE DRAWN,REMOVAL COMPANY IN MANCHESTER, THEY HAD SHIRE AND CLYDESDALE HORSES, FINISHED ABOUT 1960/61.THEY WERE ON I THINK IT WAS ROBERT STREET,NEAR PICKFORDS, IT WAS REALLY C/ON/M. BUT WE ALWAYS CALLED IT ARDWICK, I WORKED THEIR,AS A KID,LATE 50S. IF I HAD KNOWN THEN, WHAT HORSE MUCK, WAS GONNA COST, I WOULD BE A MILLIONAIRE, HE,HE,, I USED TO CLEAN THE STALLS OUT. AND OLD JACK ALWAYS WORE THESE CLOGGS, YOU COULD HEAR HIM, A MILE AWAY, A REAL RINGER FOR POPEYE, PIPE OUT OF THE SIDE OF HIS MOUTH, NEVER LIT. MUSCLES JUST LIKE POPEYE, I REMEMBER, GOING ON A DELIVERY WITH HIM, TO BLACKLEY, WOWWWW, I WAS CHUFFED TO BITS,SAT UP THERE,BEHIND THESE HUGE HORSES,GOING DOWN, PIN-MILL-BROW, I FELT LIKE A KING, OHHHHHHHH HAPPYYYYYYYY HAPPPPYYYYYYYY DAYSSSSSSSS. OH THEY HAD GREEN REMOVAL TYPE CARAVANS, TAKE CARE ,STAY SAFE, KEEP HEALTHY, AND KEEP SMILING, JTS AN ARDWICK TRADITION. ARDWICK ANDY...