Nostalgic memories of Gorton'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 48 in total
Does anyone remember Dearoak st, I think it was just around the corner from the baths off queens road
gorton was the workshop of the world then
hi there , iworked at slack&cox,waiting to join the police .ilived at 10 forbes street, and went to st. marks school .my name then was susan hardman ,does antone know me.....
As a toddler in the early 70's I have fond memories of going shopping with my mum. Cross Street and Hyde Road are unrecognizable today compared to how the were. There was still some heavy engineering as well. I remember standing by the railings In Peacock Street Primary school as Massive engines slowly traveling down Gorton lane with Police escorts.
Of course there was Belle Vue, endless terrace streets with Pubs and ...see more
Hello again Mary,
I'm not sure if I'm replying correctly to your request for info on Britons Row. If I am and you get this message I have much more info than I first posted below so please send me an email and I'll let have all the extra info.
Regards
Bill B
Hello Mary,
I remember Briton's Row very well. It was just opposite my dad's pigeon pen and next to the Vale Cottage pub at the bottom of Kirk Street, Gorton. ...see more
When iwas little i remember my street i lived on it was lynn street west gorton manchester and i wish we was still living there it was a area where everybody knew each other and the freinds i made are never off my mind we had fun playing on the croft and making a makeshift swing with a old tyre and playing on it for hours i remember the cafe on the corner of our street and most of the shops on hyde road the ...see more
I remember as a child moving into my parents 1st bought house it was 71 Lynn street west gorton heading onto redgate lane (which is still there today) and stoodley car auctions was built on this area and also there is a scrap yard which was there when I was a kid and still there now and I remember slack @ Cox also on redgate lane I have fond memories of playing on the croft on redgate lane near the longsight ...see more
Most of my family grew up on tompson road, just off mount road. With the old doctors surgery on the corner. My dad Charlie Parkinson lived at the first house opposite the doctors, no 2. My mum Mary Fisher lived at no 14 with her brothers Joseph, Frank, John and Gerad and her sister Ann. Mum was talking about school days and how she left Sacred Heart school at 15. She is now 80, My brothers and ...see more
I spent my early years in Beyer street off Gorton Lane living with my grandparents the Abernethy's before my dad bought his house in Railway Street. Ragamuffin described most of us in those days..holes in pants and cardboard in shoes because the leather shoes didn't last long playing footy on shale and stones like the Red Wreck playing field. 2shillings and 6pence for half sole and heel from Mckeckneys the cobbler. ...see more
I lived in albert avenue off turnbull road from 1944 until 1957. It was a great place to live.We skated on Turnbull road,had a rope round a lamp post as a swing,played on bikes.Went to Debdale park played tennis if anyone had a racket.My friends were Elsie Brassington,Joan Barlow,Peter Jones who's father had a barber's on the corner of turnbull road.We went to the Rota cinema for Saturday matinees,when older to Sunday night's to meet the lads!!. Renee Matthews