Recent content by jg

Hi Taggy, Looks like I am a bit before your time. The Ritz was a ballroom where we had some great times.And when I was even younger we would go and sit on the 'planks' at the front in the Kings Hall cinema at the bottom of whalley road.Snooker hall there as well.We were told to stay out of there! jg

hello Ossykid, You would remember the Ritz down Church Street then?And further down was the dace- -hall where Syd Ashmead and his !broadcasting band! used to play. jg

Thanks Taggy, That was it - Napier street - I remember now.Mind,I'm going back to the 'forties'. jg

Thanks Annlez, It could very well have been.I only remember the 'bits' he gave us were tasty because they were cooked in beef dripping. jg

Thanks Retlaw. Oh! dear,what a swelling of emotion inside.Where those two people are crossing,that was the corner where we lived. At the end of the war,after we'd all made it through,my mother passed away after giving birth to my sister Christine.They both died. Dad crumpled,and spent a lot of...

There was a fish and chip shop on a slight bend in Cotton street,where the owner would sometimes give us kids 'bits'.

I lived next to the last house (92) on wellington street,which was just across from nuttall street 92 was on the left.Round the corner on the left,Spring Gardens,I think it's called now was an air-raid shelter.At the bottom of Nuttall street was a small shop.I had a friend who lived in Nuttall...

I do not understand the message. What large house? jg

Hello, I used to live at 92 Wellington street as a little boy.They were quite old houses,so,I think they may have been demolished now. jg

being called 'cock' - Ah!....memories,memories.Thanks,Panther.

thanks to all of you. I have been away from the old town a long time and as more years go by I keep thinking more and more of it. I was an apprentice baker at Wilkinsons shop neaar the palace cinema in 1955.Anybody remember the place? My name is Jack Petty,does that name ring a bell with anyone...

I used to walk along the road towards the 'Coppice'when I was a little boy.I add this as a matter of interest (mainly to me I suppose.) I remember at the top there was a block of stone which I discovered was a ordnance survey marker. At the time I was living at 144 Whalley road,just below the...

thank you Margaret,will do. jack.

Hello Ducky! Yes,I know.Bad isn't it. Anyway,welcome to the site Mallard...( there was a very famous train as well ) Enjoy. jack

Hey Beechy, How long have you been gone? jack