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Myself with family at  Buchanan Road
Myself with family at Buchanan Road
Photo: Dean Swain
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Item #: 12759
Taken outside 31 Buchanan Road around 1977. My dad Arnold, Tracey, me then Stuart

Comment by: Eric Johnson on 6th December 2009 at 11:00

Hi Dean,Is this the same Buchanan rd.near wosley hall newtown.If so I used to live at No.33 from about 1948-1952,at that time the houses were Prefabs errected after the war to ease the housing shortage.If this is the same rd. I'll upload a photo. cheers.

Comment by: Dean Swain on 6th December 2009 at 14:47

Would be really interesting to see your photo. This is the same Buchanan Road in Worsley Hall, my family moved there in the early sixties when they replaced the prefabs with the sunshine houses. I had relatives who lived in the prefabs on fraiser road, their surname was Hibbs/Varey

Comment by: Barbara (nee Caunce) on 1st January 2010 at 12:46

Hi Dean must have known your family but can't recall them.
My mum and dad lived in Buchanan Rd,first in the houses then in the bungalows opposite your photo.We visited them very often when over from Australia.(Bob and Jenny Caunce were my mum and dad)

Comment by: Dean Swain on 3rd January 2010 at 12:30

Lovely to here from you. Yes I remember you mum and dad. your dad was very friendly with my grandad Bill Foster who lived at number 15

Comment by: Christine Allison on 30th May 2011 at 12:19

My Mother (Hetty Allison) was Annie Varey's best friend during the 50's when we lived in the prefabs.

Comment by: Art Veryard on 5th July 2023 at 00:29

Hi,
I noticed Dean Swain posted on here. I am searching for a Dean Swain in the UK who may be able to assist me with family research. Dean Swain I ma searching for posted on Ancestry.ca under the Swain family tree and he may be related to William Austin Swain-deceased.
Thanks
Art Veryard

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