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Woodplumpton A Place A Name Or A Sentence

W O O D P L U M P T O N A place, a name or a sentence? Almost Welsh in its length and complexity, the name conveys the notion of the idyllic countryside, natural food and a well fed community. In ...Read more

A memory of Woodplumpton in 1956 by Peter Scott

Cross Laner

We were happy and dirty, playing in the streets, making rafts out of lollipop sticks after the rain with mud, going the the old rec park to watch a Punch and Judy show, also playing in the sand pit where I lost my shoes, went home ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1956 by Barbara Fisher Nee Wilson

Summer Holidays In Pontycymer

My mother was Blanche Jones and she lived as a child in a house called 'Barcelona' on Victoria Street. My grandmother lived there until she died c.1960. My aunt Marion and uncle Dyfrig (Davies) and their son Bryan ...Read more

A memory of Pontycymer in 1956 by Nesta Jones Lapsley

Pit Ponies

Nice to hear about George Garforth, Jackie Lawton and Rid Thompson when you lot worked in Wembley West Langley pit. David Leckenby and Paddy Riley used to drive off the head end with our ponies Irk and Barron. Wilson Harrison was ...Read more

A memory of Langley Park in 1956 by David Leckenby

Our Happy Days In Ashburnham Road

My family lived in a prefab in Ashburnham Road. Dad worked for the Home Office, Mum stayed at home. Looking back, they were happy days - long summer days, adventure trips over to Ham pits, being yelled at by Jimmy ...Read more

A memory of Ham in 1956 by Chris Smitherman

Monkton Riding Stables

There was a young lad a year younger than I whose father was a bookie: not many lads liked him because of his spoiled nature. Anyway I was to meet him on the street where he begged and pleaded for me to go with him ...Read more

A memory of Royston in 1956 by Roland Mitchell

Wardley As Was

Well, I was born in Lingey Gardens (at my grandparents' house, John and Ethel Holdsworth) in 1948, but I best remember Wardley when I was about 8 years. I remember the NCB coal waggon tipping coal in the road outside the ...Read more

A memory of Wardley in 1956 by Michael Oakes

Eastwood, Beauvale School 1956

I started Beauvale School in 1956 when I was 5 years old. At that time I lived with my parents at number 53 Raglan Street, Hilltop. I walked to school and back every day with my mum. I have fond memories of the old ...Read more

A memory of Eastwood in 1956 by David Burrows

My Stockport Memories

Hello, my name is Jeane Moorhouse, nee Huxley, I started life on Band St, Hollywood area, in 1952, then moved to Hilton St. My only memories from here are the wash house and Hollywood Park where the fair would arrive and the ...Read more

A memory of Stockport in 1956 by Jeane Moorhouse

Peartree Close

I was born in Burgess Hill in 1955 and lived at 18 Peartree Close. There was a rough track behind the house with rear access to garages, and we spent loads of time playing up and down this track and in the woods beyond. I ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill in 1955 by Paul Smith

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