[Margaret Pilkington]

We played up Priestley Clough......paddled in the streams.......ran all the way to Peel Park school(just so that we could spend the busfair on Majestic wafers and Beech Nut chewing gum) we collected coal along side the main Manchester Railway line and got hauled home a couple of times by the railway police(got our hides tanned for that).
We picked blackberries and ate them straight off the bush.....never lasted till we got home to wash them. Went scrumping for apples.......didn't have many toys.... but I consider my childhood was rich in experience......wish some of todays kids could have the same experience. They aren't better off are they????????