Oakengates, c.1960
Photo ref:
O1030
Photo ref:
O1030
More about this scene
This photograph and O1033 are particularly interesting because they were taken not long before work began on the construction of the new town of Telford. Today it would be virtually impossible to compare these views because the whole area has been totally redesigned and built over in the intervening 40 years.
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Memories of Oakengates, c1960
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Oakengates, c.1960
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Family legend has it that Grandad took a small party of friends for a pint or two in Oakengates. At the end of the evening for a lark he undid the traces and when they set off the horses went and the cart tipped up, to great hilarity.
I also remember Mrs Hitchen, at the end house a few houses up from Gran, who's address was 61 Stafford Road; she would be sitting on a stool wearing a sack apron ...see more
As a child brought up in an urban district of Manchester, it was nice to visit my grandparents who lived on the Nabb, their names were Joseph and Mary Hayward. Their house was either number three or five; it had 2 bedrooms, gas lighting and shared the lavatory with their next door neighbour. On the plus side they had a huge garden where they grew fruit and veg of all kinds, and a chicken coup for a ...see more
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