Lancaster, Market Lane c.1955

Photo ref: L10053

Many will remenber this was the area for catching roach, canal fishing. They lay on the top and sun bathed waiting for you I believe it was due to the fact that Storeys, which is the building on the right, discharged into the canal and the fish loved it. Not only roach buut nice bream, perch etc and they were large fish as food was no object. Sometimes you could not tempt them they were too full up. Regards Frank

used to be an altar boy Nearly set fire to altar using incense for first time Canon pick up the charcoal off the carpet with his cassock. Frightening at the time. regards Frank

I still see the journey from my home in Morecambe to start my senior school years. First the bus from my home on Regent Road to the Midland Hotel. Then, across to the station for the train to Green Ayre station. From there a walk past Wareing and Gillow furniture store where I had planned to buy when I grew up! Mostly I would pass by grisly Dr Ruxtons then uphill to school where I did my GCEs before moving to the new Our Lady’s High School across Skerton bridge.

My Great Great Grandmother Jane Oversby worked for a widow, Mrs Margaret Rossall, who lived at 10 Dalton Square, Lancaster. I visited Dalton Square and counted the houses from 2 - 9; then sent down the other side Numbers 11 onward. I could not find 10 Dalton Square until a local person told me that the Town Hall is not as old as it looks. It was built at the beginning of the 20th ...see more