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Post by soloblue on Mar 2, 2011 10:54:41 GMT -1
Are there any wythenshaw-ites out there? I lived there from 1967-1972 and would like to hear from anyone who lived there Linda  |
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Post by jonesg on Mar 4, 2011 4:51:16 GMT -1
I went to school in Peel Hall , All Hallows catholic school for little devils. I had a lot of freinds around there and spent a lot time around Benchill, hollyedge park area.
The air was cleaner than moss side, civic center was the cats meow back then.
One night during summer vacation a bunch of us kids walked all the way around ringway airport, not sure why, I just went along not even knowing where we were going. It was so quiet out at the back of ringway at 3 am.
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Post by mo on Apr 28, 2011 13:12:11 GMT -1
Hi. MY friends and i would go to the dances at Ringway at the RAF Base on a saturday night if we wasnt going to the good old locarno where we would mostly go. Lots of RAF soldiers to dance with  often rode our bikes along the lovely lanes going to ringway from being 12 to being a teenage. Was very surprise on a visit there many years later to see the big huge Airport there now |
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Post by Lisa on Apr 28, 2011 13:24:36 GMT -1
Hi Mo, One of my lovely neighbours was in the WAAF and packed parachutes at Ringway. She is now 85 and I love hearing her stories about Manchester Airport when it was just a series of wooden huts and an airstrip. She was recently on tv telling her experiences of the War and she also used to cycle along the little lanes to work. She also mentioned the dances at the RAF Club so I expect you were both at the same dances. I know you're a lot younger Mo but it must have been the same club.  |
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Post by eileenman on Apr 28, 2011 18:35:19 GMT -1
Hi Soloblue, I am from Wythenshawe. Lived in Newall Green, still visit Wythenshawe everyday to go and see my Mum, she has lived at the same address for 58yrs.
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Post by mo on Apr 28, 2011 22:53:37 GMT -1
Eileen think your mam has lived there longer than that, I have been in OZ 51 years . went to live in wythenshawe when i was about 11 and the house;s were New and we all kind of moved in round about the same time
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Post by mo on Apr 28, 2011 23:02:52 GMT -1
Hi yes lisa it would have been the same club. but if she is 11 years older than me, it was all teenage when i was there.
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Post by Lisa on Apr 29, 2011 7:11:39 GMT -1
Hi Mo, I keep forgetting your age.....you always look like a teenager to me. I expect you would have seen her around at some time, possibly cycling along those leafy lanes (as they were then). The only leafy lanes now around Ringway are a couple of lanes off Styal Road where you can still go and watch the planes from the chain-link fence. I often cycle down Holly Lane to get to Styal and, once I am off the main road, it still feels like countryside and I cant hear any of the traffic. If ever I am feeling down, I get on my bike and go down those lanes feeling like a teenager with the wind in my face.  Hi yes lisa it would have been the same club. but if she is 11 years older than me, it was all teenage when i was there. |
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Post by jackaitch on Apr 29, 2011 12:21:35 GMT -1
sOMEBODY SET ME STRAIGHT...WYTHENSHAWE..SPELT WITH AN E?  ? LISA I used to work at Ringway ride my bike down Woodhouse Lane and another Lane that brought you near Baguley..the Manchester co-operation just started to build houses in the area...they claimed that they were building one house every day..I remember an article in the Evening News ..that they poured concrete into forms that turned into walls in the shape of a house..then roof trusses were installed...then the various sub contractors woodworks,plasters,plumbers,electricians etc would follow up...another house!!!!! Now I see when flying the approach you can see houses on Ringway Road to the corner of Styal Road....the change in the area ..hard to remember the way it was |
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Post by Lisa on Apr 29, 2011 13:04:40 GMT -1
Hi Jacka, Yes, Wythenshawe does have an 'E' at the end. I used to catch the 100 bus in town to Wythenshawe to visit my sister when she moved there in 1955. I got off at Woodhouse Lane which was a dirt track lane with ditches on both sides and a farm on the right-hand side with ducks on a pond. I walked the whole length of the lane to my sister's house in Floatshall Road, Woodhouse Park, near Minsterley Parade. All the houses were new and it was like visiting the countryside in those days. An aunt of mine lived there too. I travelled from Clayton to Wythenshawe every weekend to see my sister and caught the last bus into town back home on a Sunday. It certainly is a different place now. |
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Post by jackaitch on Apr 29, 2011 13:30:47 GMT -1
Good Morning or Good Afternoon...I remember the "dirt lane" the ditch on either side but due to not traveling via bus do not remember where it stopped..one bus used to stop at the start of Woodhouse Lane at Crossacres .....but as the new estates were built they introduced new bus routes...The only bus that traveled to Ringway was the number 64.... ? Thanks Lisa for giving my memory a jolt!!!! |
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Post by Lisa on Apr 29, 2011 18:00:32 GMT -1
Jack, I used to get off the bus at the start of that lane.....no concrete, just a dirt road with the farm and pond on the other side of the road. I often crossed over and played with the ducks on the pond. I suspect there's not a trace of that farm left now. I then had to walk the length of the lane to get to Woodhouse Park where my sister lived. Having travelled all the way from Clayton, it did feel like the countryside. Woodhouse Lane does still exist but its full of houses now where before it was Hawthorn and Elder bushes all along the lane. You wouldnt recognise it Jacka. Good Morning or Good Afternoon...I remember the "dirt lane" the ditch on either side but due to not traveling via bus do not remember where it stopped..one bus used to stop at the start of Woodhouse Lane at Crossacres .....but as the new estates were built they introduced new bus routes...The only bus that traveled to Ringway was the number 64.... ? Thanks Lisa for giving my memory a jolt!!!! |
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Post by Lisa on Apr 29, 2011 18:05:36 GMT -1
The other lane leading to Baguley would be Hall Lane which passed the Hall on the right-hand side, but I'm sure some other members would put me right. I think my bus terminated at the Farm where I got off and turned round because that's where I caught the bus back to Manchester city centre. I think the bus was a 100 but I'm not absolutely sure.  sOMEBODY SET ME STRAIGHT...WYTHENSHAWE..SPELT WITH AN E? ? LISA I used to work at Ringway ride my bike down Woodhouse Lane and another Lane that brought you near Baguley..the Manchester co-operation just started to build houses in the area...they claimed that they were building one house every day..I remember an article in the Evening News ..that they poured concrete into forms that turned into walls in the shape of a house..then roof trusses were installed...then the various sub contractors woodworks,plasters,plumbers,electricians etc would follow up...another house!!!!! Now I see when flying the approach you can see houses on Ringway Road to the corner of Styal Road....the change in the area ..hard to remember the way it was |
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Post by mo on Apr 30, 2011 6:40:29 GMT -1
Hi i lived in baguley and the end of the bus line 101 . The bus driver would put his time card in some kind of m/c to clock his time's . That dirt track sounds like the one i would RUN across like mad has we always missed the last bus to Baguley and had to get one that drop us of in wood house park when we had been to the Locarno . I would take my shoes off and run has if the devil was after me i was scare to death that dirt track was very dark no lights. NO wonder i have bad feet now LOL
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Post by mo on Apr 30, 2011 6:42:23 GMT -1
!!TEENAGE!! LISA COME ON HAHAHAHA
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Post by jaykay on Apr 30, 2011 13:03:28 GMT -1
Hi all, my family moved to baguley in 1969 when they pulled our houses down in bradford. We lived in a brand new house with all mod cons(INSIDE TOILET AND BATHROOM) I think everyone will know what i mean. For the first 3 months i travelled on the 99 bus to go to spurley hey school in gorton, until some bigwig at m.e.c. decided it was to far for an 11/12 year old to travel so i was transferred to Brookway high school. My mum got a job at timpsons shoe factory.Alas the fun days that my brother sister and myself spent in wythenshawe park only lasted 14 months as my father could'nt settle and we got a house swap to beswick( blackthorne street).
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Post by eileenman on May 1, 2011 19:20:50 GMT -1
Lisa, Floatshall Road is in Baguley, it runs from Hall Lane one end through to Southmoor Rd.
Mo, Mum moved into her house New Years eve 1952 (I was 6months old).
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Post by jackaitch on May 1, 2011 20:30:06 GMT -1
Lisa, Floatshall Road is in Baguley, it runs from Hall Lane one end through to Southmoor Rd. Mo, Mum moved into her house New Years eve 1952 (I was 6months old). Am I correct the 101 bus used to go along Floatshall Road then turn left up a slight incline towards the airport...this would have been in the 1950,s |
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Post by mo on May 2, 2011 4:11:51 GMT -1
Eileen we must have lived there a couple of years befor your mam than.
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Post by Lisa on May 2, 2011 6:19:03 GMT -1
Hi Eileen, You are correct. I apologise. It was Kingsholme Road that I meant, in Woodhouse Park. Could it be that I have got Floatshall Road on my mind because the bus used to go along there before dropping me off in that country lane? Lisa, Floatshall Road is in Baguley, it runs from Hall Lane one end through to Southmoor Rd. Mo, Mum moved into her house New Years eve 1952 (I was 6months old). |
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Post by graham on May 22, 2011 0:11:58 GMT -1
hi everybody right at the top of woodhouse lane just past the church was a corner shop owned by mr fullerlove anybody remember him graham
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Post by marie fernandes on May 28, 2011 22:07:45 GMT -1
Hi Maureen and Eileen, just seen your memories of Baguley Wythenshawe. It jogged my memory which is not very good at the moment, but brought a tear to my eyes.
My mum and dad were one of the first in Spalding Drive Baguley, In fact we had to walk the plank over the mud and clay to the front door of No.l8, no privets or pathway then. None of the houses to the left and right were occupied. I rember Mr and Mrs Lawson moving in next door to us with their two boys and a girl. Maureen's mum and dad (Mr and Mrs Pearsall) with Maureen and John but I dont remember Wyn as a baby. Mr and Mrs.McHale in the corner and then Eileen and Jeannie's mum and dad next to the McHales. Eileen's dad Jock used to have a pint in the local pub "The Eagle", but mostly my dad used to cycle down for a pint to the "Romper" near the Ringway Airport. He had his own little regular seat near the bar.
My brother Albert (Bert) now sadly passed over, as a boy used to sell ice cream, from a cycle with a refrigerated box at the front a "Stop me and buy one" logo painted on it. I remember
the wooden hut that was called a "Cafe" then serving refreshments. I used to run across the fields then to meet my brother at the airport. No traffic or motorways then. I saw a crowd once all waving to this star sitting in the back of an open topped car. He had golden coloured wavy hair, very tanned and wore a bright blue suit. I didnt recognise him but some adult told me it was Danny Kaye just arriving from America to do a Show in UK. After that I saw quite a few famous stars arrive there, as the airport became more modernised.
PS Eileen, I know I am showing my age but I remember pushing your little Jeannie around the Drive in her pram. I used to ask your Mum if I could take her a walk out. It seems funny now pushing the pram round and round the square drive. You wouldnt find girls doing that nowadays, I also used to push Mrs Giblin's little girl out, they lived next but one to us, the Hutchins lived next door to us, Mrs Hutchins was French and her husband Harry went on holiday with my Dad abroad. The first time my Dad every flew in an aeroplane. That was in the early l950's. Your mum always remembered my Mum and Dad when I went back a few times after I married. I remember the cinder track as I used to call it, going over to Woodhouse Park, like Maureen I never liked crossing there after dark. But when I went back some years later I was shocked to find it was an overspan over the motorway.
I have not been on here for some time, having been to see the family in California, but I tried to keep up with the posts whilst there. I noticed Maureen is going to see Wyn in Queensland so I hope she reads this. If not I hope you mention it to her if you are in touch.
Best wishes to you and the family and hope your Mum is keeping well too.
marie x
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Post by elainegregory on May 28, 2011 22:35:30 GMT -1
I didnt live in Wythenshaw, but boy do I remember Wythenshaw park, I lived in Chorlton-cum-hardy (facing the Mersey hotel, was the green go down turn left, then the first left, Rylestone Ave) facing the river Mersey, I used to go to the park with my then boyfriend Keith it always seemed like summer then, I remember going to the tuck shop, and going in the Hall, What wonderful memories, what a shame he was;nt so religious then, years later I was to find out he became a MONK ! blimey what did I do to the poor man !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by elainegregory on May 28, 2011 22:41:42 GMT -1
Thinking of the Mersey, remember the Mersey Hotel ? what a fabulous place to go in the 60/70S What wonderful acts, and the dances, unfortunatly now its a horrid mc donalds when I last visited the area!
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Post by graham on May 29, 2011 5:00:48 GMT -1
this is very true i was about 10 years old and i walked from harperhay to cornishway and no trouble you couldnt do that these days graham
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Post by jackaitch on May 29, 2011 11:02:24 GMT -1
Hi Maureen and Eileen, just seen your memories of Baguley Wythenshawe. It jogged my memory which is not very good at the moment, but brought a tear to my eyes. My mum and dad were one of the first in Spalding Drive Baguley, In fact we had to walk the plank over the mud and clay to the front door of No.l8, no privets or pathway then. None of the houses to the left and right were occupied. I rember Mr and Mrs Lawson moving in next door to us with their two boys and a girl. Maureen's mum and dad (Mr and Mrs Pearsall) with Maureen and John but I dont remember Wyn as a baby. Mr and Mrs.McHale in the corner and then Eileen and Jeannie's mum and dad next to the McHales. Eileen's dad Jock used to have a pint in the local pub &qEagle", but mostly my dad used to cycle down for a pint to the "Romper" near the Ringway Airport. He had his own little regular seat near the bar. My brother Albert (Bert) now sadly passed over, as a boy used to sell ice cream, from a cycle with a refrigerated box at the front a "Stop me and buy one" logo painted on it. I remember the wooden hut that was called a "Cafe" then serving refreshments. I used to run across the fields then to meet my brother at the airport. No traffic or motorways then. I saw a crowd once all waving to this star sitting in the back of an open topped car. He had golden coloured wavy hair, very tanned and wore a bright blue suit. I didnt recognise him but some adult told me it was Danny Kaye just arriving from America to do a Show in UK. After that I saw quite a few famous stars arrive there, as the airport became more modernised. PS Eileen, I know I am showing my age but I remember pushing your little Jeannie around the Drive in her pram. I used to ask your Mum if I could take her a walk out. It seems funny now pushing the pram round and round the square drive. You wouldnt find girls doing that nowadays, I also used to push Mrs Giblin's little girl out, they lived next but one to us, the Hutchins lived next door to us, Mrs Hutchins was French and her husband Harry went on holiday with my Dad abroad. The first time my Dad every flew in an aeroplane. That was in the early l950's. Your mum always remembered my Mum and Dad when I went back a few times after I married. I remember the cinder track as I used to call it, going over to Woodhouse Park, like Maureen I never liked crossing there after dark. But when I went back some years later I was shocked to find it was an overspan over the motorway. I have not been on here for some time, having been to see the family in California, but I tried to keep up with the posts whilst there. I noticed Maureen is going to see Wyn in Queensland so I hope she reads this. If not I hope you mention it to her if you are in touch. Best wishes to you and the family and hope your Mum is keeping well too. marie x Hi Marie read your post re Baguley...when i was just 17 or 18 I worked for the Manchester Corporation Airports Dept at Ringway I used to ride my bike through Baguley and remember Floatshall Road (the 101 Bus used to travel)also remember the day Danny Kaye came in at the airport(actually he came in twice if I remember correctly) one time he arrived from US but did not officially enter the country as he was on his way to do a show in Denmark or Sweden the other time was to do a show at the Palace..we had many Celebs visit or come through Ringway The Romper we still use as a meeting place to visit with a relative who lives in Knutsford...the only way I know to go for a pint now,is using the motorway I think M56...it,s quite an operation serving all kinds of meals...the other pub you mention...is that the pub on Church Road in Northenden? Thanks for jogging the old memory Marie. |
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Post by Lisa on May 30, 2011 7:02:56 GMT -1
Lovely story Marie. |
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Post by jackaitch on May 30, 2011 10:25:49 GMT -1
Re Pub in Northenden...that was "The Spread Eagle" not the Eagle referred to....sorry!!!!
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Post by eileenman on May 30, 2011 19:55:36 GMT -1
Jackaitch, a couple of my nieces sometimes work in the Spread Eagle, it is still there. The pub Marie mentioned is is Newall Green, as she said, my dad used to go there for his Pint, in fact he liked it so much he used to work there in the evenings for many years. The pub has had so much trouble with gangs it was closed for 1month by the Police, then it reopened but it is now closed and up for sale/or to let now, I remember the pub being built in 1962 before that it was a local baby clinic i think.
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Post by eileenman on May 30, 2011 20:22:29 GMT -1
Hi Marie,loved reading about your memories, John Hutchins still lives nearby, think our Jean has spoken to him a few times, not seen any of the McHales for a few years, (only Anne and Catherine alive now) Last saw Anne at Wythenshawe Hospital about 4/5yrs ago when I took Mum for an appointment. Catherine used to be a Nurse there, but not seen her for years. I used to go out clubbing with Elaine Lawson and Sandra Trichardt, but not heard of Elaine for well over 30yrs. Sandra still sends Mum an Xmas card, I wrote to her after this last Xmas to explain that Mum couldn't write her own Cards anymore but not heard from her since.
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