Reminiscences February 200
Margaret Clarke aged 73
I was born in Ashton Lakeside Hospital in 1930. My father was William Day, known as Billy and my mother Sarah was known as Sally. I had no brothers or sisters. I started life at Denton in the Kings Head Hotel at Crown Point; my grandparents were licensees there. I came to Ashton when I was six years old because my father’s parents...
HOPWOOD, BRIAN
Reminiscences July 2001
Brian Hopwood, aged 57.
We moved to Park Bridge in 1957 off Ashton Moss. My parents were Harry and Hilda Hopwood. My sister Elaine lives at Dukinfield and Brother Philip lives at Hyde. Philip was just born when we moved into Mill Brow House. Dad was born in 1919. He worked there (Park Bridge ironworks) since he was fourteen. He started off sorting scrap up on Spion...
PICKUP, EDITH
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SMITH, EDNA
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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...
NIELD, CHARLES FRANCIS
CHARLES FRANCIS NIELD, MEMOIR OF AN APPRENTICE OF LIFE, CHILDHOOD 1908-1919
My father Fred Urmson Nield and my mother Bertha (nee Lawton) were living over his hairdressing business at 365 Ashton Rd, Oldham when I was born at 11.45 a.m. on 29th July 1908; my twin brother Thomas Lawton was my senior by about half an hour. We had a sister Ethel Urmson who was born on 10th February 1907.
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