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Reminiscences |
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| ARTINGSTALL, ERIC |
Reminiscences August 2001
Eric Artingstall
Before she was married my mother-in-law was called Hilda Kidger. She lived at the post office by the bottom forge at Park Bridge. When she married Jimmy Whitehead in 1940 they went to live at Bellsfield opposite Briaracre at Fairbottom. Then in 1948 they bought Alt Farm from Charles Buckley, a solicitor. His father, Sidney Buckley was living in... |
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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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| COOPER, TOM |
Reminiscences April 2000
Tom Cooper, aged 73
Kenneth Cooper, aged 70
Our father, Thomas Cooper, was born in Ten Houses in 1899. He died in 1988 aged eighty-eight. He began work at Park Bridge when he was thirteen. He was a wheelwright in the Joiners Shop making wheels for carts. I (Tom) remember going down with his dinner with my mother and him standing me in a cart. Tom Gibson was foreman... |
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| COOPER, KENNETH |
Reminiscences April 2000
Tom Cooper, aged 73
Kenneth Cooper, aged 70
Our father, Thomas Cooper, was born in Ten Houses in 1899. He died in 1988 aged eighty-eight. He began work at Park Bridge when he was thirteen. He was a wheelwright in the Joiners Shop making wheels for carts. I (Tom) remember going down with his dinner with my mother and him standing me in a cart. Tom Gibson was foreman... |
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| DUNKERLEY, DOROTHY |
Reminiscences March 1998
Dorothy Dunkerley, aged 85.
I was born in December 1912 in a house near the bottom of Abbey Hills Road, Oldham. Then we moved to 4, Manor Road, Oldham at the bottom of Abbey Hills Road. It used to be a private road. They used to shut the gate once a year to keep it private. My father was called William Buckley and he was the son of Charles Buckley who was either... |
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| FAIRHURST, JOHN |
Reminiscences October 1999
John Fairhurst, aged 56.
My Father was in the Grenadier Guards in the First World War and in the Second World War he was in the home guard and was Works Manager in Park Bridge Ironworks from 1938 – 1961. He didn’t actually retire. He had two heart attacks, which my mother said Park Bridge had caused. He was works manager under Lowther Lees, who lived... |
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| FREEMAN, BOB |
Reminiscences July 2000
Bob Freeman, aged 80.
I was born on the 15th December 1919. This was just twelve months after the end of the Great War or World War I. It became necessary later on to differentiate between World War I and the second terrible conflict now known as World War II.
My father and mother both worked in a munitions factory during the first word war. Father was a skilled... |
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| HOWISON, LESLEY |
Reminiscences December 2001
Lesley Howison
I am the daughter of Bessie Yates, the twin of Norman Yates, who now lives in Canada. When I was young I lived at Ten Houses. My Grandma and Granddad,
Florence and Frank Yates lived at 10 Dean Terrace next to the Co-op.
Louisa and Anne Cooper were Sunday School teachers at St. James, Park Bridge. Louisa Cooper was also a school teacher at... |
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| SLATER, JACK |
Reminiscences March 2000
Jack Slater, aged
Headquarters – united Methodist School, Alt
1933
President – Joe Hadfield
Vice President – Herbert Wood
Secretary – Wm Marland (of Park Villas, Park Bridge, foreman in roller shop)
Assistant Secretary – Wm Slater
Treasurer – Percy Marsh
Alt Chapel and Sunday School had one big room with moveable... |
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| HURST, LILLIAN |
Lillian Hurst nee Turner.
HAPPY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF PARKBRIDGE DAYS.
One Sunday afternoon when I was about eleven, my Mum, Dad & I set off for our usual Sunday afternoon walk- but this time we went a completely new way, because we were going to visit some friends my dad had met at work. He was a Goods Guard stationed at Glodwick Rd. Oldham and his “turns of duty”... |
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