Post by cabbyjohn on Oct 11, 2010 8:16:01 GMT -1
Hi. everybody,
This is a long shot, but hopefully somebody out there can help me. My father was born in his parents greengrocers shop on Ridgeway Street Miles Platting/Ancoats in about 1920. I remember being taken there as a young child to see my grandparents. I only have a vague recollection of those days, but what I do remember is that my grandparents shop stood on one corner of Ridgeway Street, and on the opposite corner stood a pub called I think, The bird in hand. (Appararently it was always known locally as "Stiffnecks", because the landlord always wore a very stiff type of collar and a bowler hat, and considered himself to be a cut above his customers.
I could not have been more than about 4 or 5 years of age when my father used to take me to visit. One of my earliest memories is that my granddad used to give me a large jug which I then took across the road to Stiffnecks and had filled with beer for him, and being given a few pennies by some of the men in the vault. I was also allowed on occasion to go into the cellar and root through the potato dust that had fallen through the cracks in the floor, to search for any halfpennies or pennies, or if I was very lucky, any larger coins that may have fallen through the holes in the floor. (Things were done differently in those days) Grin.
Now to get to the point. Is there anybody out there who can point me in the direction of a photograph of Ridgeway Street in the late 1940s, preferably with a shot of my grandfathers greengrocers on it? I did once find a pic of Stiffnecks, but unfortunately it didn't show my granddads shop. I have tried the local images section of the Central library without any success.
Any help with this request would be greatly appreciated.
John.
This is a long shot, but hopefully somebody out there can help me. My father was born in his parents greengrocers shop on Ridgeway Street Miles Platting/Ancoats in about 1920. I remember being taken there as a young child to see my grandparents. I only have a vague recollection of those days, but what I do remember is that my grandparents shop stood on one corner of Ridgeway Street, and on the opposite corner stood a pub called I think, The bird in hand. (Appararently it was always known locally as "Stiffnecks", because the landlord always wore a very stiff type of collar and a bowler hat, and considered himself to be a cut above his customers.
I could not have been more than about 4 or 5 years of age when my father used to take me to visit. One of my earliest memories is that my granddad used to give me a large jug which I then took across the road to Stiffnecks and had filled with beer for him, and being given a few pennies by some of the men in the vault. I was also allowed on occasion to go into the cellar and root through the potato dust that had fallen through the cracks in the floor, to search for any halfpennies or pennies, or if I was very lucky, any larger coins that may have fallen through the holes in the floor. (Things were done differently in those days) Grin.
Now to get to the point. Is there anybody out there who can point me in the direction of a photograph of Ridgeway Street in the late 1940s, preferably with a shot of my grandfathers greengrocers on it? I did once find a pic of Stiffnecks, but unfortunately it didn't show my granddads shop. I have tried the local images section of the Central library without any success.
Any help with this request would be greatly appreciated.
John.
