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I was born in 1924 in Salford. My parents moved to 254 Barton Lane, Eccles, corner of Barton Lane and Fairless Road when I was 4 years old. Dad was an electrical engineer and fitter with Eccles Corporation. ...Read more

A memory of Eccles by Elsie Roberts

I cant remember the year but I well remember the iron footbridge being put in place over the canal...if I remember right it was lowered into place by a huge crane . before this we pedestrians had to walk over the road bridge and ...Read more

A memory of Yealand Conyers by Joan Mawson

This the place that as a lad I played in the wood's and fished in the canal for stickelback's.

A memory of Barnton in 1950 by Frederick Beswick

In the late 1800's my Grandmother's sister, Minnie came from Bristol to work at Goytre House. She was soon followed by another sister Hannah and my grandmother Annie both of whom worked at Maesyberrin, the doctor's house in Goytre ...Read more

A memory of Goytre by gwyneth.stratten

Does anyone else remember the Autumn Sports held in August with the parade of morris dancers not the usual type, they all had bells on their pumps and were very like the American Majorettes, we used to watch it from the top of Canal ...Read more

A memory of Chester by alilonglane12

in 1959,. as a lad i used to catch a train from rotherham with my friends to fish in the canal, we were able to buy chocolate, crips and lemonade from the station.we also made friends with a family named Zenall the live on Jaques bank by a ...Read more

A memory of Medge Hall by jonesmelvyn

Around 1922 at the age of 17 my Dad , Bill Walker had his first motorbike and every evening after work he would ride from his Fathers garage in Acocks Green to Yarningale Common to meet up with his pal Val Reynolds who lived down ...Read more

A memory of Yarningale Common by kevbrittain

I lived on Longmoor Lane, 101, and have fond but distant memories of the 50's and 60's. There were still stables for the canal tow horses at the foot of the bridge crossing the canal in Sandiacre town centre. I played with ...Read more

A memory of Sandiacre by Alan Hickman

A regular feature of Saturday mornings was walking ( very carefully ) along the slightly hazardous foot-way across the top of the lock gate on my way to visit my grandparents in Moss Road. This was the short cut also taken by ...Read more

A memory of Northwich by morreys

A DEVIZES GIRL REMEMBERS Before talking of my own memories, it would seem appropriate to start by sharing some valuable ones of my Father who was born in 1906 and spent his whole life in the town. During the last five years of his ...Read more

A memory of Devizes by riversd10000