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Manchester Road crossing.
Manchester Road crossing.
Photo: Ron Hunt
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Item #: 1290
Manchester Road crossing.

Comment by: sheila mercer on 21st May 2007 at 14:56

i used to live in the hous just after the crossing on the right as you look at the photo in fact i was born there very happy times

Comment by: joy mcs on 16th August 2007 at 21:37

mMY GRAND PARENTS AND GREAT GRAND PARENTS ALL LIVED JUST AFTER THE CROSSING IN THE PUB WHICH I BELIVE THEY MADE INTO A SHOP MY GREAT GRANDMA MADE "STUFF" OUT OF HERBS.MY GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER LIVED IN THE STREET NEXT TO THE PUB {INCErs CALLED IT LITTLE DARLINGTON ST} MY MOTHER WAS BORN THERE THEY WERE THE LEYLAND FAMILY ANYONE KNOW THEM?

Comment by: sheila mercer nee whittle on 16th August 2007 at 23:55

it was called little darlington st the pub was called the crown i lived at no 2 the first house my grandperants where called fisher sorry dont remember your parents there was oneils farimonds macginnises roberts do you remeber those i dont remeber the pub being made into a shop

Comment by: joymcs on 19th August 2007 at 21:24

HI SHEILA MY MAM WAS ALWAYS IN YOUR GRANDPARENTS HOUSE WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD IN THE 1930s AND I HAVE ALSO BEEN THERE WITH MY MAM VISITING YOUR GRAN IN HER LATER YEARS.MY MAMs NAME IS IRENE SHE OFTEN SPEAKS OFF MrsFISHER I THINK SYLVIA AND OLIVE KNOW HER . MY GRANDPARENTS NAME WERE JACK AND ANNIE THEY LATER MOVED OVER TO ROSEBRIDGE

Comment by: SHEILA MERCER NEE WHITTLE on 19th August 2007 at 23:50

hi joy so glad to know someone who still remembers my grandparents olive and sylvia are my cousins we dont keep in touch i moved to hindley when i married still live in hindley 44 years now very happy but would go back to them days if i could

Comment by: JOYMCS on 21st August 2007 at 20:06

HI SHEILA MY MAM IS 79 NOW AND SHE NOW LIVES IN HINDLEY I WILL TELL HER Iv BEEN SPEAKING TO YOU WHO IS YOUR MOTHER I BET SHE WILL KNOW HER

Comment by: sheila mercer nee wittle on 22nd August 2007 at 00:06

my mam was peggy wittle nee fisher my dad was tommy whittle i live near the ploug pup dont want give to much detailabout where i live you dont know who is reading hope you understand

Comment by: joymcs on 24th August 2007 at 19:21

my mam does know your mam and your aunt {E}JUST PUT INITIAL.andshe does,nt live far from you.she was saying my grandmotherwho we always called {mother}and mrs fisher were good friends and another woman mrs Farrimond they used to take the kids for walks together when they were young but dont forget shes going back 1930s then my grandparents moved over rose bridge because all her sisters and her father {who was getting older by then}lived in bridgewater st.but they still remained friends.shame you cant have a good chat bet there would be some good stories about the good times

Comment by: sheila mercer nee whittle on 26th August 2007 at 07:01

hi joy not at home at the moment house baby dog siting lol will reply when i get home

Comment by: sheila mercer on 2nd September 2007 at 00:48

hi joy back from family dutys.we called my grandmother mother to and grandad father. i was born in 44 i remember mrs farrimond she had 3 children elsie maurd and william who was my age i am giving you my e mail so that it may be possible for your mother and me to have a talk about the past note my name is spelt wrong shiela.mercer@sky.com

Comment by: Kenb on 8th July 2009 at 10:32

I'm trying to get my bearings on this photo - is the railway crossing where the bridge now is? or was there another railway line across Manchester Road?

Comment by: Norman Bevan on 31st July 2009 at 18:58

KenB the railway crossing is Where Dobson Park House is now situated trains came from Springs Branch to Central Wagon Works for repair, and the railway line ran along the edge of the terraced houses still standing and where Dobson Park House is. Last time I went to Ince Central School it was behind some sleepers running along the playground. I was born 3 blocks of houses away and lived there till 1970 at 275 Manchester road. Walls coaches booking office was at 279 next door but one

Comment by: paul mc on 20th October 2011 at 03:35

does anyone know mrs sullivan

Comment by: Terry Halsall in Australia on 14th January 2014 at 12:59

Wagon works offices on the left before the crossing , the crown was run by Joseph Millar in those days he also had a coal delivery round at some time. He had three sons ,ken ,Ray, and Joseph (sonny) Millar .I remember the crossing gates closing sometimes on my way to Ince central school, imagine the chaos today if those gates stopped the traffic.! I think the railway line crossed bell green lane to the right . Old maps will show the lines route . Nice photo (classic) happy days.

Comment by: SG on 28th August 2014 at 12:28

Does anyone know anything about a John & Freda Morris who lived at 186 Manchester Road around 1931? Freda had surname Eastham before she married John Hough Morris . They were in their 30's in 1930 so it may be their children - if they had any - that people remember .

Comment by: angela pennington on 14th October 2015 at 15:36

i was told that my grandad william lowe lived in little darlington st, he had 2 sisters, sarah and annie, annie married a oneil, not sure if it is the one mentioned on the other comments it was john oneil, grandad met my grandma peggy roberts from westhoughton, not sure if they ever lived there when they got married.

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