Nostalgic memories of Weaverham's local history
Share your own memories of Weaverham 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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Displaying Memories 1 - 10 of 15 in total
I went to Weaverham school from 1964 to 1969. I was from Sandiway and travelled each day. Looking back I realise it was a fantastic school. All the pupils in my class were good and we had some fun but caused no trouble and did well at our lessons. Mr Christian was headmaster and in my first year Roger Keys was head boy. I loved the sport and especially cricket and athletics. I remember Mr ...see more
Arthur Mason is my Paternal great grandfather he was born in August 1896 son of Fred Mason and Jane Ann Mason (nee) Yates. in 1901 according to the Census record i found on Ancestry he was just aged 4yrs old living with mother and father and his siblings:
Fred Horace Mason aged (17)
Ernest Mason aged (11)
Herbert Mason aged (10)
Annie Mason aged (7)
Harold Mason aged (2)
by the 1911 ...see more
I have a similar tale to as someone also brought here from Liverpool in 1948 when my dad started work for the ICI in Lostock. We lived in Keepers Lane with a view over the Weaver Valley.
We spent lots of happy days in Owely Woods and Hazel Woods making dens brewing tea over an open fire with water from the stream. Hazel Woods was a special favourite as there were as you would expect, hazel trees, which I ...see more
I lived at 3 Briar Lane from birth in 1951 until we moved to Derby in 1962. I went to Forest Street primary and remember some of the teachers, Palin, Woodward and the evil head teacher Mr. Ackerley who delighted in caning pupils in public for minor misdeeds. He made left hander’s change over at mealtimes in the refectory or he would cane them (would be classed as child abuse today!). We made ice ...see more
Reading the previous memory was exactly like my own childhood. I spent all the summer in the copse at the bottom of Meadow Road. It was magical as a child and the freedom to explore and make believe contributes to a wonderfull childhood. Bluebells in abundance and the comment about waving to the trains and the may queen fete brought it all back. When my family moved away in 63 it was ages before I could sleep properly as I ...see more
I moved to Weaverham in 1951 like many others from Liverpool when my dad got a job at ICI. My memories include playing in the felds at Gerrards Farm at the back of our house in Farm Road along with my sister Lesley and our cousins Kenneth, Pamela, Michael, Peter and Martin who lived in Farm Road and Keepers Lane. We also had summer trips to the river to watch boats pass and swim in the river in between ...see more
I was brought up in Weaverham. We had lots of fun in Hazel Wood. I lived at 8 Meadow Road. I spent hours in the wood watching birds build their nests and watching wild life. We used to go to Owley Wood - there was an old firing range there; we used to look for spent bullets. I had a few friends, one girl I have never forgotten was Lesley Parker. We used to walk to school together when we were both ...see more
I have so many happy memories of growing up in Weaverham. My young friends and I making our way through the woods off Northwich Road near Walnut Avenue. I think it was known as Beech Wood or Hazelwood. We would follow the path and the stream that ran through the wood, in those days the water was crystal clear, all day paddling and splashing, sitting on the embankment and enjoying our picnic. We could spend all ...see more
Many happy years playing in Grange Wood and surrounding fields and walking through the fields up to Acton Bridge. Picnics with jam butties and water. Bike rides up to Cuddington and Hartford. Long summer holidays when the tar melted on the roads and scraping the top of my big toes with those rubber flipflops they used to sell in Woolies. McNeals sweet shop at the bottom of Forest Street and the old Co-op with really high counters. It's so sad how things are now
We moved to Middlehurst Avenue in 1951. My cousin David Gerrard lived next door, and next to him lived David Groves. We were all the same age and went to the same schools. It was a great place to live then. I now live in Spain but I go back twice each year to visit family and friends.
Paul Coppock