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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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| CLARKE, MARGARET |
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... |
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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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| 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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| 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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| HIBBERT, SAM |
Reminiscences January 1998
Sam Hibbert, aged 80. (Died Sept. 1999)
I was born in Bailey Street in Stalybridge in 1918 when my father was away at the war. Later we lived at 15, Smallshaw Lane, Ashton under Lyne in a small stone cottage, one of four, which I believe now have a preservation order on them. I come from a large family. My father, Edward Hibbert, better known as Ned and Mother,... |
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| HIRST, HAROLD |
Reminiscences March 1996
Harold Hirst, aged 92.
I started in the Iron Works on my thirteenth birthday on the Spion Kop, that was the scrap yard. It was called the Spion Kop after the Boer War. All the lads started there and moved to the Bottom Forge when they were older and there was a vacancy. In the scrap yard we cropped scrap up into small pieces with a cropper. It was on a rocker system... |
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| 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... |
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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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| 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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| KIDGER, JACK |
Reminiscences February 2002
Jack Kidger, aged 78
When I first started work I signed up with Boots as an unindentured apprentice. The job was counter work and some dispensing under supervision. Then I went in the forces. When I came back all the jobs had been taken over by the girls, there was no dispensing to be done so the interest wasn’t there. So I had a sudden change of plan and... |
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| LOMAS, BOB |
Reminiscences October 2003
Vera Moody, aged 85.
Bob Lomas, aged 77
Vera – ‘I was born in Union Road in Ashton in December 1917. I had one brother, Bob, who was nearly nine years younger than me. My father, John William Lomas, known as Jack, was an engineer at Park Bridge ironworks. All the time he was at Park Bridge he worked on ‘textiles’. They made fluted rollers... |
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| MAHER, MICHAEL |
Reminiscences 1998
Michael Maher, aged 59
I live on Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge. I have worked for the council from 1973 in Mossley. I was a gully attendant on the ‘Gully Wagon’ for grids, septic tanks and sewer excavations. In 1974 Tameside came into being. In about 1974 all the depots amalgamated in Ashton.
We had to take turns to do the ‘night pails’ at... |
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| PICKUP, EDITH |
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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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| 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... |
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| MOODY, VERA |
Reminiscences October 2003
Vera Moody, aged 85.
Bob Lomas, aged 77
Vera – ‘I was born in Union Road in Ashton in December 1917. I had one brother, Bob, who was nearly nine years younger than me. My father, John William Lomas, known as Jack, was an engineer at Park Bridge Ironworks. All the time he was at Park Bridge he worked on ‘textiles’. They made fluted rollers... |
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| HOLT, MAUD |
Reminisences
Maud Holt nee Slater wrote a list of the villagers she knew.
(When the vicar was Rev. Wolf, 1902-23 and the curate was Mr. Timothy, 1912-20)
Tenants of Dingle Terrace;
No.1, Mr. & Mrs. Williamson, he was manager of the Top Forge. Children-Arthur, Alice, Charlotte, Harry & Emiline.
No.3, Percy & Laura Marshes. Children-Dora (died), Lizzie, Janet, Clara,... |
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| JOHNSON, DAVID |
Reminiscences January 1998
David Johnson aged 57.
I was born in 1940 in Werneth. My Dad was born at Tan Pit Fields in the end house nearest to Westerhill. He was called Wilfred Johnson and my Mother was called Mary. My grandma, Sarah Jane and my grandad, Thomas Johnson, my Dad's mother and father lived at Station House in the early 1940's. My Granddad worked on the railway. I've... |
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