Nostalgic memories of Fleetwood's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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Displaying Memories 11 - 20 of 33 in total

I used to live in Church St in the mid 60s. I went to Blackiston St School, and I remember playing on the Mount Park with friends, or going on the ferry over to Knott End, or going down on the docks when the boats come in and going home with a bag of fish for my mam. We also used to get fish from the docks and go and sell the fish in Liverpool, somewhere near a dolls hospital.
I was born in Fleetwood in Flagg Street (which was called Flagg Alley ). My Father worked in a rock and easter egg factory with Harry Bentley and I used to taste the rock for them. My Father was called Walter Lawn. There used to be a pigery not far from there and I used to go round when going to school. My relative was the skipper on one of the boats (trawler) cannot remember when though. My Memories are ...see more
The miniature railway was built by a Mr Dove and his family and I know this as they stayed at my parents hotel, The Fairhaven, and we had parts of the trains in the garage. Mr Dove and his family came from the Derbyshire area.
My aunt Cissie Towne, nee Whiteside, came from Custom House Lane, perhaps you remember her. She married Harry Towne.
65th birthday on July 19 - what better way to rediscover lost innocence than a visit to Knott End and a ferry boat trip. So we all piled in to the ageing family MPV and up the M6 and over Shard Bridge we went - recalling the anachronistic way one used to have to pay a toll to the troll who manned the imaginary barrier. Well quick and clean and quiet the modern boat may be, but nothing could ever beat being ...see more
This shop was Lofthouses Chemists who sold the original Fishermans Friend cough medicine. You took your own bottle and paid sixpence to have it filled, no matter how big the bottle was.
This model rail was built by a man from Wales and the money for it was provided by Randolph Turpin, the former boxer and middle-weight champion of the world. He lost his title to the American, Sugar Ray Robinson. The project went bankrupt after about 4 years and the lines were taken up by Albert Foulds, a local scrap merchant
My grandfather Walter owned the Mr Softie ice-cream van that operated around Rossal beach & Fleetwood. I am looking for anyone that may have pictures of that van on the sea wall there? Gary
I too went to Fleetwood Grammar, about 1948-51. Dr Grieve was headmaster & Miss Lumsden headmistress. Latin master was Mr Terence Huss who ran a troop of Scouts. He must have been very keen to have taken the troop camping to Borrowdale in the Lakes. I still have a Panorama photograph of the students & staff taken in 1948. During my time the school sports grounds were developed; pupils ...see more
I was born in Fleetwood in 1947 but seemed to oscillate between there and Malaya for a number of years up to the age of 12 just before dad died. My first memories are of starting at Stella Maris convent and then being whisked off abroad for some time. When I returned to Fleetwood I attended St Mary's School in London Street before once again heading back to Malaya my second home. My dad died at ...see more