Had all mine sewn on my trunks - all the way from 10m award to gold. Many black rubber bricks were saved from drowning in the process.
Yes had the length, bronze, silva, gold and the 1500 meter badge sewn on the the sky blue trunks (would never have fitted on speedos) - got them all at junior school and at comprehensive school wore the pin badges on the blazer lapel
Yes we used to go all the time in the early 70s, it was a good night out and enjoyed bowling, I would go with our kid and his mates, you had to change you shoes for a pair of bowling ones which had been worn by everyone, so some were a bit smelly, also the bowling balls were different colours for size and weight if i recall, all good times.
I lived with my Grandmother for a time in the early 60s, we lived on Duncan road the house where she lived no longer stands, we used to walk down to the toy shop near the Anson on a Saturday, with the hope of buying something, I think it may be on one of the pictures, if it wasnt a toy shop it may have been a news agent which sold toys etc.
I had a look at the first few pages of the thread and thinking it was going to take some time l went to the back for a quick look. So ages and loads of memories later, l've decided to save the links for a rainy day or l will miss the Scotland match. Thanks for the article.
I think she had been in my class at Seymour Road Primary! My uncle was a master baker at Prices. The Clayton smells were legendary. The boneyard smelt like warmed up glue the chemical stuff from Anchor was like soap, the reclaimed rubber factory on Bank Street, where I had a summer job one year (1967 or 8) had a distinctive pong as did the pit power station. Mix it all with the sweet odour of baking bread and you'd got the lot. If you shut your eyes on the 216 trolley bus, you still knew where you were on Ashton New Road by whichever smell was in the air.
I’ve always presumed they went when the bastards demolished the pub but I do remember a couple of stories about them.
There's a centurys old ryhme suggesting the devil himself knew where he was flying over clayton cause of the smells ( i kid you not)...below the aniline and before the little bradford you'd likely see and smell dead horses...shop on bank st sold horse meat back in the day...
It's was always High Street Baths or Hathersage Road Baths to us. Until that restoration programme about 12 years ago I never heard the name Victoria Baths.
Different times. I lived on that section of Altrincham Road long before Sharston baths was built. We had to walk to Palatine road, catch the 50 or 64 and go to Withington baths, the nearest available. (64 from Sharston not reliable!)
Definitely known as High Street Baths when I was at school in the sixties.Went there for swimming lessons and the annual swimming gala`s
used to love playing on the planes at the top of bunkers hill, that is until you got chased offFuck me. I just googled Bunkers Hill and found this:
Pictures of Failsworth
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There were some common street names that got renamed about that time because many of the districts and old 'villages' had replicated the same old names. High Street in Gorton remained the same but Cross Street became Gortoncross Street. lt was a bit inconsistent but difficult to see what made made this one into a 'High Street'.
Was it horse-drawn ?
Used to drink in the Imperial. Pretty rough, winner stays on the pool table. good memories though....
