Old friends and neighbours
See if you can trace your long lost friends and neighbours through our Love To Hear pages!
Those old pub outings (picnics)
Monsall Inn 1948
Here are two photos of Ladies and Gents Days out, Is your Mum or Dad on any of them?
My relations are on the back row 4th in is Aunt Bettie Maclure, next to her is aunt May Atkinson.
My Mother Bess is 9th one along on the back row. Mum Bess Died 1st 2 1952 aged 33.
Gerald (Ged) Davison, 36 Tyndall Avenue, Moston. M40 9PP
Hi Maggi,
I am writing to see if any of your readers remember the Berry Family who lived at 41 Ollerton Street, Miles Platting until approximately 1960?
My father is Thomas Berry, and he lived there with his Parents who were Harriet and Thomas, and siblings Elsie, Jean, Sheila, Charles and Fred. They went to St. Edmunds School on Monsall Street, the Headmaster at the time was Mr Walter Mulligan. Neighbours remembered are Hamilton, Ryan, Wilkinson, Hamnett and Grady families.
Do readers remember Annie Jackson's corner shop, Rogers shop, Colliers Milk Cart (hygienic dairies), Schindlers Chippy and The Forester's Pub owned by Anna Bishop?
More recollections are the Albert Croft, Sam Salt's fruit shop, Barneys wasteland, Lancaster's Outdoor and Pandolfo's Ice Cream. Our family remember Tony and Mary Pandolfo. Also, fond memories of the Sadler family and their son Arthur, Tony Anderson, and Georgie and Ellen Ribchester.
A memory of Dad's is when he was sent to Billy Clewitt's Butcher's shop on Queens Road to get some corned beef. On the way home, he started to have a little pick at the corned beef, and by the time he arrived home, there was only the wrapping left! His Mother was non-too pleased shall we say!
Dad ended up in the Army on National Service, and whilst in there met John Healey, Jimmy Harrop and Tommy O'Connor. These lads went to school with him. Also in the Army with Dad was the Actor, Alan Rothwell.
Lots more memories are with the whole family, we will try and write again soon. I hope that this brings back some happy memories for the readers of the magazine, we can be contacted by the e-mail address below if anyone wishes to do so.
Keep up the good work Have Your Say Magazine, the pleasure and memories you have brought to our family are worth their weight in gold.
Dear HYS,
In issue 29, two letters interested me, one from Mrs J. Alder who referred to Ryder Street. I remember Jean and some of the girls who also went to St. James' School. Eg Ada Wright, Evelyn Moores, Rita Haughton and Dolly Creagan. Jean may not remember me, I lived in Collyhurst street from 1941 - 1957. At first at the top end, close to Naylors corner shop, later we moved into number 6 at the bottom of the street. (Ada Wright's former house). I went to St. Malachy's R.C. School. Reading Jean's letter brought back fond memories.
Letter two from a Maureen Brett who referred to her mother Mary Thornton. I knew a Mary Thornton who lived on Thirlmere Drive, Langley. Her husband John was a friend of my late husband Alan Lord, and her brother Tommy Rogers was a great friend on my late brother Jimmy Molloy. If we are referring to the same person, I knew them in Collyhurst. I moved from Collyhurst to Langley in April 1960, and lived in Hollins Lane, next to Hebers Working mens' club.
Dear Friends,
What a great magazine and such good memories. I heard of your good work from some members of the "Time of Your Life Clubs" I founded around Tameside.
I attended St. Jude's School, Ancoats where my grandmother Ellen Walker lived, my mother was Elizabeth, my father Tom Curran, who like many others didn't return from the war.
I would like some information of his family as we lost all contact, also are there any Girl Guides out there from the 1st Manchester? We used to meet at the Woman's Institute next to Ancoats Hospital 1940s to 50s.
Dear Sir/Madam
I was born at 22 Francisco Street, Collyhurst. I have read a few of your magazines and find it really interesting.
I went to St James School in the 1940s when Mr Roe was headmaster. My teachers were
Mr Woodhead and Mr Cathcart. I was known to all as Robbo, I would love to hear from anyone who remembers me.
Dear Sir,
I would like to order a subscription of your magazine, I have had previous copies sent to me and found a cousin in the process and one of them has a photo of me walking with St. Catherine's and now I just happened to get your magazine on my computer.
In the magazine edition No 29 I read a letter from a lady Elsie Farrow nee Malloy and I am positive she is the Elsie Malloy I used to play with in Almond Street Collyhurst! If Possible I would like to contact her. I did enjoy your magazine but forgot about it until I found the website on my computer.
I live in Great Ponton, Grantham. This is a nice village and we are well looked after in sheltered accommodation. But we have no facilities and I have to get my shopping on the computer…. It is a nice place to live except for the lack of transport and shops, so think how lucky you are to have all the shops and buses you want. I used to be a conductress at Queens Road during the war and knew Collyhurst well. I was born in Almond Street. And have a sister Dorothy and a brother Charles also a brother William that many people would not know because he was in the Army for 7 years.
Dear People,
I was passed a back copy of your excellent magazine and would love to receive future copies.
I noticed some correspondence from the streets around where my mother was born in 1916 - Sarah Ann Street and I wondered if anyone remembered the family. When my grandfather's mother married a man called William Hall she took in all his younger orphaned brothers (about 5 or 6, I think) then proceeded to have the same number of sons herself, replicating the names of the uncles (as they became known). My mother's father was her first born, also called William and I think they also lived there for a short while, by which time most of the uncle's would have left (hopefully!)
It seems these were so many mouths to feed that the little boys used to be sent with a little wooden cart to fetch the bread. I think as the uncles grew up my mum got a bit spoilt - but of course that all changed in the depression and times were hard.
Dear Sirs
I have come across your website "Have Your Say" and it appears to have lots of information on North Manchester. I am trying to find out anything about The Queens Arms pub in Hannah Street, Collyhurst where my grandfather was publican through the 20s and 30s. His name was Jim Barnes and my mother, Kathleen Barnes, was born there. I would be happy to purchase back numbers of the mag if there was anything of relevance.
Dear all,
After reading issue no 29 many memories of Goslings AFC Football club came flooding back to me. As a 14 year old I played football for my school team Brookdale Park on a Saturday morning before going to watch Newton Heath Loco or Goslings play. (They played alternate weeks) The best games was when they played against each other.
Entrance fee was 6 pence adults and 3 pence Children and Old Age Pensioners. (The term Senior Citizens wasn't used then) One of our friends always brought with him his Caseball, at half time we were allowed with about 40 other lads to play on the pitch to the delight of the other spectators who cheered us on.
Your article mentioned players in particular Henry Cockburn, Alan Mycock, Walter Shepherd and Jack Crompton. Walter was the Centre Half and was the only player I knew who played with specially made spectacles, which many a time came off when he headed the ball. Jack Crompton was a brilliant Goalkeeper and went on to play for Manchester United and won an F.A Cup winners Medal in 1948 at Wembley, he finished his career as a Trainer and Medic.
I would be grateful if anyone else has further memories to contact me at my home address Cairneholme, 4 Derwent Drive,
Lakeside Gardens, Onchan,
Isle of Man IM 32 DG
or my E. Mail address cairnholme@manx.net
Dear Maggi at Have Your Say
I can honestly say that I am not a local to the area. Though my ancestors were.
While researching my family history I came across your web site. I was amazed and excited by your magazine. What a wonderful thing to do. Every community needs a magazine like yours. I read through the archive of readers' letters in Then and Now with great enjoyment. This is the closest I have come to touching the world in which my great, great, great grandparents lived. I have driven though several times without knowing the role the area played in my families past.
My great, great, great grandfathers name was Wharton Rye and he lived in Failsworth until he died at the age of just 48 in 1859. He was Master Iron Founder at the Albion Ironworks, Miles Platting/Collyhurst. After he died his wife, Sarah, continued running the ironworks for several years.
Their youngest daughter, Emma, married my great, great grandfather, Edward Collinge. The Collinges were an Oldham family of cotton mill owners who became obscenely rich at the expense of hard worked and underpaid mill workers. The wealth soon evaporated in later less industrious generations.
I think the Albion Ironworks eventually became the West Gas Improvement Company.
I have been trying, without success, to establish exactly where the ironworks stood. I am not even sure whether it was in Miles Platting or Collyhurst.
I wonder if your readers can help me find out any information about the Albion Ironworks and what the area was like at the time? Are there any local history books you can recommend to me?
Hi maggi and hys team
Just wanted to let you know that my phone number and email have changed and I hope you had a good crimbo and I want to wish you all a happy new year my details are as follows . Lorraine cross email: kimanneloz@hotmail.com my mobile number is 07909930167 and I must say I'm overjoyed with your magazine throughout the year. I'd like to mention a site that has started up on facebook called bring back Belle Vue by Damien Carr it is very interesting so if anyone on facebook would like to get in touch I would happy help just type me a message under my name Lorraine cross and I'll accept you as a friend and we'll go from there.
Dear all
I am looking forwards to receiving your next issue. I have read your earlier magazines with great pleasure - some of them many many times.
I have been contacted several times by people from our past comparing changes and discussing past incidents. Really interesting. As a result I have written a little verse relating to past and present days. (See back cover).
One of my relatives (Anne Hadfield) was born Oldham Rd - went to Harpurhey High School for girls and now lives in Italy. Others from my past have spread throughout the country and we have spent a lot of time comparing notes.
One minor mystery is that no one I have been connected to; knows what happened to Sylvia Kennedy - although some of us went to her wedding.
Thank you for your excellent articles.
Hi,
After finding my mothers family the Porter's in the 1911 census at 42 Jersey Street, Manchester. Her Grandfather John Porter was a Publican Sarah his wife also helped; as did her Uncle Thomas and her father John.
I am wondering if this was a pub and would anyone remember the name if it was, or perhaps it could have been a beerhouse?
They moved to The White Bear, Embden Street in 1914.
I have found a list of pubs in Jersey Street; by Neil Richards but there are no numbers, they are as follows: Church Inn, Cross Key's, Green Dragon, Lord Napier, Murray's Arm's, Royal Oak, and the Vine.
Hope this may jog someone's memory.