Nostalgic memories of Hipperholme'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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"The little wooden hut next to the pub ,might have been Peter Manning's paper shop, but the "other wooden hut adjoining it was a chip shop when I was a kid and Mr. Ainley had it then. He also had a tiny little place where you could take your chips and eat them and sit at a table, out of the cold and the rain! In later years, it became a florist's shop, but I had left Hipperholme by then and gone ...see more
The little 'hut' on the corner to me was always known as 'Mannings'. I think Mr Manning lived at the top of the stray. I had a paper round there for a while, early mornings going as far as Crosslee factory. I then used to go home and walk to school. I used to walk down Sutherland Road, up the snicket and down Knowle Top. Sometimes I would go down the main road to Hipperholme and ...see more
This brought back so many memories I used to walk from my home in LIGHTCLIFFE every saturday morning to spend my pocket money in the paper shop (The wooden hut next to the pub) I would buy an Enid Blyton book for sixpence, this photo must have been taken about the same time as it's just as I remember it Good times