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Started by: GOLDEN BEAR (6555) 

THIS IS FOR YOU KATHPRESSEY ,

SORRY ABOUT TIME LAPSE, WE LIVED AT 460 ORMSKIRK ROAD,HALF-WAY HOUSE, YOU KNOW THE VEG SHOP TODAY ON THE CORNER WELL IF YOU PACE FROM VEG/SHOP ABOUT HALF WAY UP THE VIDEO SHOP THATS WHERE THE TERRACE HOUSES STOOD ,KATH DO YOU RECALL MRS BAXTERS SHOP GROCERIES? THE HOUSES HAD TO STEP DOWN 2/3 STEPS HENCE THE NICKNAME DOWNSTEP HOUSES.

MY PARENTS WERE: MR.THOMAS WINSTANLEY
MRS.ELIZABETH ANN WINSTANLEY NEE MATHER
MASTER.WILFRED WINSTANLEY.
MISS.MARGARET WINSTANLEY.
MASTER.ALAN WINSTANLEY. ME
MISS. ANNE WINSTANLEY.
IN the middle of the 50s we then moved out to a brand new council house at worsley mesnes, right down the bottom of ST.PAULS CHURCH ST.PAULS AVENUE,LAST ON THE RIGHT INTO WALPOLE AVENUE No11 6th HOUSE UP ON THE RIGHT.
WHERE DID YOU LIVE KATH? YOU MUST HAVE GONE TO HIGHFIELD INFANTS? OH HOW I LOVED THOSE DAYS AT 460 I TRULY WISH I COULD GO BACK. IF EVER YOUR AT THE GROCERS SHOP NOWADAYS THEY WILL LET YOU ROUND THE BACK OF THE SHOP THERE YOU WILL SEE WHERE THE WINDOWS AND DOORS USED TO BE, KATH DO YOU RECALL AN ERIC SMART? I WILL GO NOW COULD CHAT ALL DAY TO YOU HOPE YOU SEE THIS , AW/GB

Replied: 26th Jan 2016 at 13:46

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