Nostalgic memories of Wardley's local history

Share your own memories of Wardley and read what others have said

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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Remember Ma Makin very well.......and if I am not wrong the head teacher was Mr Bibby I was a pupil from 1966_71 and I appreciate what a good school it was......unfortunate I didn't achieve I came out with only 2 'o' levels...I went on to be a teacher and the different experience I had of various schools.....yes Wardley Grammar was a good school..........
I started school here in 1968. It was a huge change from the tiny 4 classed church school I'd attended! Also, I was just recovering from a serious head injury sustained in a car accident which had almost claimed my life. We learnt Latin, French, English lang and lit, History, Geography, Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Games and PE and Domestic Science. Our teachers were all excellent. ...see more
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 houses of men who worked at the pit. I would then help to carry it in buckets to the coal house which was built into the side of the house, boards where put up in the doorway as the coal ...see more