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| BUTLER, GEORGE |
Reminiscences Summer 1995.
George Butler, aged 67.
Hannah Lees Iron Works, Ashton, was on Conduit Street between the River Tame and the Huddersfield Canal, off Whitelands Road, on the border between Ashton, Dukinfield and Stalybridge. The bridge there was called County Bridge. Conduit Street was opposite to Ira Stephens Leather Works. Next door to the Iron Works was Entwistles Tripe Works,... |
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| CLAYTON, PETER |
Reminiscences October 1997
Peter Clayton, aged 54
I went to Park Bridge School for a short time before I moved to Alexander Park School. The headmaster was Warren - Naylor. He had a club foot and wore a hearing aid. He was in charge of the choir at St. James' Church. I think I only got into the choir in 1950 because Warren - Naylor was deaf. When the electricity was off I sometimes... |
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| JONES, SAM |
Reminiscences 1998
Sam Jones, aged 78.
I lived at Rycroft, Ashton. I used to come to Park Bridge on the train when I was ten or twelve. It was 11/2d return from Oldham Road station. A ‘push and pull’ train with two coaches and one engine went from Guide Bridge to Oldham. It was pushed one way and pulled the other. It never turned round.
We played on the meadow in front of... |
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| KAYE, BERNARD |
Reminiscences January 1998
Bernard Kaye, aged 63.
I left Ashton Grammar school and worked at the National Gas and Oil Engine Co. in Ashton for three weeks. I was a choirboy at Christ Church in Ashton and Billy Clegg, who was Company Secretary at Park Bridge Ironworks was the choirmaster. He got me a job in the offices at Park Bridge as a junior clerk. I worked there from 1950 'till... |
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| MALONEY, BILLY |
Reminiscences September 1995
Bill Maloney, aged 71.
I was born in Stalybridge. As a boy I lived in a cottage next to Pickford Hall at Fairbottom. We then moved to a cottage next to Fairbottom Sunday School. My father was out of work, so mother took in lodgers to make ends meet. They were men from Park Bridge Iron Works.
I went to St. James' School, Park Bridge. The headmaster then... |
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| MURRELL, GLENYS |
Reminiscences February 1996
Glenys Murrell (nee Harrop) aged 59
Christmas Eves were exciting. There was a Social of some description held in the school room under the church. Perhaps a dance with some games and of course always carol singing, which included “The Park Bridge Anthem ", (Our special rendering of “While shepherds watched their flocks by night "). Everyone... |
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| YATES, NORMAN |
Reminiscences April 1997
Norman Yates, aged 83. (Emigrated to Canada)
It is quite apparent that dates of happenings seventy odd years ago are somewhat elusive, but it seems fairly certain that 1920 was the year that Bessie and I, along with Jimmy Whitehead, Marion Kidger and others graduated from the infants to standard one in the 'big room'. Just at what point we left Alt - before... |
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| DEFLEY, MAVIS |
Mavis Defley Reminiscences
Ours was a small industrial village with the Ironworks at its centre. There were four rows of workers cottages, about 40 in all, and six larger bay windowed houses for the managers, a school, church and two chapels, five small farms and a very grand manor house with stable house and coach house where the Ironmaster lived. We had a village policeman who kept the children... |
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| HOGG, EDNA MAY |
EDNA MAY HOGG, KITCHEN MAID TO THE LEES’ FAMILY AT WESTERHILL
In March 1919 a new kitchen maid started work at Westerhill, Park Bridge, Ashton-under-Lyne the home of Mr. Maurice Lees and family. She was Edna May Hogg and she was just thirteen years old.
Edna was born on the 8th of May, 1906 in Northallerton, Yorkshire, she was the youngest of three sisters and all three of them had... |
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