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Winstanley Estate Before Demolition

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I was born and lived in maysoule road in 1938 on the corner of maysoule road was a off licence called gogays and a news agent on opposite owned by the same gogays there was a hair dresser on plough road run by jack bus he also repaired clocks ,further down plough road was Vickers green grocers and lewis fish and chip shop,in my opinion it was a great area.and recently I went back and was shocked to see streets like maysoule rd and grant rd plus speak rd all gone and replaced by what I feel is a modern slum its a disgrace to the local council and planning dept my name is ken crick

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Hi Ken , I was born 1943 at 15 maysoule rd, I have good memories of that time ,going to the offy and the sweetshop on the corner ,then further down the hardware shop ,then a buthers and a grocers further down . going to the bathhouse , and sunday school down at the church ,Saturday morning pics,cheers Brian
By brian-sharp- on Tue Aug 23rd 2016, at 12:57 pm
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hi Brian thanks for your reply I lived half way down the road next door to a mr woodly he was a street trader who I helped my mum worked on the railway sidings on plough rd and was killed in a accident there St. Peter's church has now gone. I have a really great photo of grant rd how it was all those years ago if you would like a copy I could email it to you it's shows a good view of the Essex arms pub. so that area now totaly spoilt ,we called the hardware shop the oil shop which was beside the co op chemist and of course down further was schooling the bakers.you of course lived the side of the railway embankment. I have great memories of that area.
By kenneth.crick on Tue Aug 23rd 2016, at 4:54 pm
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Hi did you know the Russell's who lived at 36?
By russell.anthony on Tue Sep 6th 2016, at 2:30 pm
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I can't recall that name but it was a long time ago that house was just seven houses from me. I thought the houses on maysoule were really good houses four bedrooms. when I went back and saw the really poor sheds they have built it was a shock.the planers say they were a slum well I really think they have built one
By kenneth.crick on Thu Sep 8th 2016, at 11:30 am
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hi ken i lived next to gogays above jack buss the barbers i also remember your dear old mum who always got us in the granada on sundays i remember a ronnie crick who was part of the group also billy woodley sid dow cant remember his full name also a brien brayden lived near you
By a.brett1937 on Fri Nov 10th 2017, at 2:09 pm
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Hi Brett good to hear from you I have great memories of that area and jack buss hair dressers and of course lion escaped opposite you I remember that well so you knew my brother Ron crick and Sid dowdell I was great friends with his brother George.also billy woodley his dad was a street trader who I worked for selling around the streets. My mum worked for the railway in plough road sidings in fact she was killed there in a rail accident .if your interested I have photos of grant road and speak road I can get them to you .so great to hear from you keep in touch we can share memories of that area which I still love
By kenneth.crick on Mon Jan 1st 2018, at 9:04 pm
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I still remember the lay out of plough road it was bogeys off-licence on corner of matsoule and on the other side small woods tobaconist then Davis dairy’s the oil shop and co op chemist on the corner of second maysoule road was a butchers then a storage building for theatre scenery then vickers veg then the Gladstone pub then schoolings bakers then on the.corner Jackson general shop further along public baths and then legg used to sell coal a brilliant road spoilt by developers
By kenneth.crick on Fri Jan 5th 2018, at 9:47 pm
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Hi Kenneth Crick, I was very interested to read your comments about Maysoule Road. Sid Dowdell is my Uncle and George Dowdell my Dad who sadly passed away in 2015. I recognised some of the names of people and places you mention as Dad would talk about his time growing up in Maysoule Road and even after we moved I remember he would always drive over to Schoolings to buy bread and at Easter our Hot Cross Buns. Do you have any old photos from back then that you could share with me at all? It would be great to see them if you do
By debbie.dowdell on Mon Apr 29th 2019, at 8:18 pm
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By kenneth.crick on Fri Jul 12th 2019, at 4:40 pm
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I was born in stock wood street although I was born 1952 I still share the same memories of plough road and agree it was a good place to live. Waiting for my dad to come out of the Gladstone, playing on the old dumps, cakes from Schoolings,
And more but when they pulled down those streets they also destroyed a way of life.

By rjonez1952 on Tue Apr 21st 2020, at 6:28 pm
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I lived in maysoule road as a small kid on the early 70s, number 7 until they knocked it down. My grandad lived opposite at number 14, his name was Albert turner,.my nan was Emily. They had 3 children Alan, Shirley and Len. My mum was Shirley, she was born in1939
By Lisa Vallance on Thu Feb 23rd 2023, at 3:27 am
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