A trip down memory lane around Manchester....

[KS55]

Lazenby?

Correct.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

She's retired now.

Jeez. Time flies.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

A good friend of mine lived with his mum on Broadmoor Road. Used to park outside his house before home games and the "mind yer car for yer mister" boys would be out in force. Would tell them "my mum lives here" and they always left the car alone....

Did Northside waive the royalties on both tunes used for Granada Soccer Night and Granada Weekend Match?

I used to mind cars on Rosebery St. You wouldn't have got away with that with our lot.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I used to mind cars on Rosebery St. You wouldn't have got away with that with our lot.

Well we always knocked on and went in side the house to say hello before so it looked legit that she was my mum lol

 

[old blue]

I used to mind cars on Rosebery St. You wouldn't have got away with that with our lot.

My old mate Dave Kershaw used to live at the top end of Rosebery near to Western St and his mate Steve Curran down near the depot. Both inmates at Bishop Bilsborrow.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

My old mate Dave Kershaw used to live at the top end of Rosebery near to Western St and his mate Steve Curran down near the depot. Both inmates at Bishop Bilsborrow.

I was also near the bus-depot end and went to Bilsborrow. Mr Curran's name doesn't ring a bell though.

 

[old blue]

When I had a bit of spare time I sometimes helped out with the cricket at Hough End, the teacher was a Mister Roddy, the other teacher I remember was "Pop" Dillon.

 

[yeseye]

I might be missing your joke, but it was Harry Belafonte!

It was Sidney Poitier!

 

[old blue]

Yeah but it was originally called the Sports Depot.

I remember it vividly mate.

The original Sports Depot I think was on the corner of Moss Lane and Princess Rd.

 

[yeseye]

Piccadilly didn't start until 1974

Maybe he was a ‘Time Travel Expert’

 

[Fat Chance]

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

View attachment 19753

Went in there once. Took it John Willie Lees was rhyming slang for mushy peas as that's what the bitter tasted like.

 

[old blue]

Maybe he was a ‘Time Travel Expert’

Who?

 

[old blue]

Further to my post about Bishop Bilsborrow, its most famous alumni was Anthony Burgess the author of "Clockwork Orange". I seem to remember JimHarri mentioned along time ago that he went there as well but not at the same time though. I might be mistaken the grey cells are not so sharp these days. By coincidence Burgess attended my infant school St Edmunds Monsall.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

The Sports Depot was on the corner of Wilmslow Rd and Wilbraham Rd mate.

No it wasn’t mate, not the one I went to in the early 60s.
It was opposite Mescki’s ice cream shop on Princess road.

 

[Blootoof]

Great site(https://images.manchester.gov.uk/index.php?session=pass) for looking at old roads and stuff. South Manchester, early 1900's, the houses only spread out to Hulme, Mosside. It was farms after that. The houses on Prinny park(after the old bus depo)were built around 1920. Same as Prinny rd itself.

 

[Stoned Rose]

No it wasn’t mate, not the one I went to in the early 60s.
It was opposite Mescki’s ice cream shop on Princess road.

Must've been two then Den.

I think yours was the original as mine was in the 80s.

 

[LongsightM13]

Further to my post about Bishop Bilsborrow, its most famous alumni was Anthony Burgess the author of "Clockwork Orange". I seem to remember JimHarri mentioned along time ago that he went there as well but not at the same time though. I might be mistaken the grey cells are not so sharp these days. By coincidence Burgess attended my infant school St Edmunds Monsall.

Burgess went to Xaverian College back when it was a grammar school

Burgess at Xaverian College - The International Anthony Burgess Foundation

Burgess's earliest poems in the school magazine. By Will Carr.

www.anthonyburgess.org

 

[yerwot?]

Must've been two then Den.

I think yours was the original as mine was in the 80s.

the princess rd shop may have moved to fallowfield, been in both great places.

 

[Blootoof]

the princess rd shop may have moved to fallowfield, been in both great places.

The one on Wilmslow/Wilbraham road was called Alexandra sports or somethin like that. Defo named after a road or area. Speakin of sports shops, how come no fucker ever buys a ball when buying a baseball bat?