Salford, Mode Wheel Locks, Manchester Ship Canal 1895

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My maternal grandmother, born in 1885 in Salford, as a girl worked in the mills. Up to the time of her death in Ladywell hospital, at the age of 93, she always wore long clothes to her ankles and a woollen, thick shawl. When gran married grandad in the early 1900s, they lived on Arlington Brew. Salford 3, I believe. One of their five children, Lizzie, died of a twisted bowel at the age of eight. In her ...see more

In 1950, St Ann’s R.C. mixed infant school was just off Silk Street. Salford 3, I think. I remember, aged 3, lying down on the fold-up bed with all the other kids on their beds in the large nursery room in the afternoons for our nap, and the appetizing smell of the cold round of toast, spread with echo margarine that my gran, who lived a few streets away on Cannon Street, had made me for lunchtime. I recall the ...see more

I was born in 1947 and lived at 52 West St, Lower Broughton, Salford 7. I attended St. John's School for girls, just off Chapel St. My parents were Annie and David Johnson. I had an older sister, Jean, and a younger brother, David. My Gran Johnson and her daughter, my Aunty Nell, lived at 39 Princess St. My Uncle Bill and Aunty Rose lived on Havelock St, and my Gran Russell and Uncle Frank lived at 4 Errington St. ...see more

I was born in hope hospital in 1956, we lived at 49 Tatton Street with my gran, she was Emily Pearson, my mam was Doreen Pearson, till she married my dad Jim Scanlon. Does anyone have any memories of the area or photos please? We moved to Knutsford when I was 3-4 Dave Scanlon