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Was the bank across from the post office in the 1950s called the Trustess savings bank

I am trying to trace Doreen Lowe who lived in King St Church in the early 1950s. I do not know her married.

I am trying to contact my cousin Kevin Parkinson who was brought up in York Street Church.

Hi Mez Do you remember an old gentleman Mr Snape or Snake lived in a house behind the Queens Hall he seemed to do all the jobs sell tickets, ice cream and keep all the kids in order. What a laugh on Saturday when the side door would fly open just after the show had started and a dozen kids...

I lived in Walmsley street in the 1950s and my Mother worked at Chambers Mill over the bridge. When you crossed the canal bridge and turned left down the path to the canal there was a caravan builders. Further down on the left was a foundry with a moulding shop we used to watch them putting the...

Left Walmsley St Church in the late 1950s. Would like to hear from anyone from those days.