George Hannah
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it was the the fear of being posted there that drove me to get promoted in the Civil Service. Monday mornings when the Dublin boat train arrived were a high spot in the 60s.mackenzie said:
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A trip down memory lane around Manchester....
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That Chesters Mild was quite strong, smelled like real beer as well, not like the wishy washy crap knocking about todayunicorn said:Ducado said:Does anyone remember Chester's Brewery and their beers?
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Did a very good mild until late 90s; the "fighting" tag more to do with the roughness of the pubs than the strength of the beer.
George Hannah said:it was the the fear of being posted there that drove me to get promoted in the Civil Service. Monday mornings when the Dublin boat train arrived were a high spot in the 60s.mackenzie said:Anyone remember the Unemployment Benefit Office on Aytoun Street? It's still there, boarded up.
It was a complete shithole but anyone I've worked with that spent a few years there said it was the best office they ever worked in.
Lol!!
Honest though, anyone I've ever met who worked there loved it! I guess it was the camaraderie against the odds kind of thing ;-)
George Hannah
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first job of the day was to wash down the stairwells with disinfectant after their use as a convenience by impatient customers.mackenzie said:George Hannah said:it was the the fear of being posted there that drove me to get promoted in the Civil Service. Monday mornings when the Dublin boat train arrived were a high spot in the 60s.mackenzie said:Anyone remember the Unemployment Benefit Office on Aytoun Street? It's still there, boarded up.
It was a complete shithole but anyone I've worked with that spent a few years there said it was the best office they ever worked in.
Lol!!
Honest though, anyone I've ever met who worked there loved it! I guess it was the camaraderie against the odds kind of thing ;-)
George Hannah said:first job of the day was to wash down the stairwells with disinfectant after their use as a convenience by impatient customers.mackenzie said:George Hannah said:it was the the fear of being posted there that drove me to get promoted in the Civil Service. Monday mornings when the Dublin boat train arrived were a high spot in the 60s.
Lol!!
Honest though, anyone I've ever met who worked there loved it! I guess it was the camaraderie against the odds kind of thing ;-)
I've been told fumigation was almost a weekly event.
George Hannah
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true - happy days ;-)mackenzie said:I've been told fumigation was almost a weekly event.George Hannah said:first job of the day was to wash down the stairwells with disinfectant after their use as a convenience by impatient customers.mackenzie said:Lol!!
Honest though, anyone I've ever met who worked there loved it! I guess it was the camaraderie against the odds kind of thing ;-)
mcfcinprague
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de niro said:DTKOAG said:Did anyone go to Stewarts in Ardwick for clothing ?
we did, he was our club man. them and Harts.
Yep, our club man too
I can still see his face now, blimey
EalingBlue2
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Didsbury fair
Pissing about down the old railway in Didsbury avoiding glue sniffers
Jim hall sports
Spending hours in Sifters pretending to be cool when I was probably looking at bananarama records
The wooden rhinoceraus in the Armdalr
Teachers strikes and having to go to my mates mums wine bar for lunch - anyone remember Fobs
The first ever McDonald's drive through in Europe in fallowfield - that was a treat then
Derek parlane and Jim tolmie banging them in
Hours of football in fog lane park with white dog shit everywhere
Mrs Scott's sweet shop and newsagents
Pink final
Sneaking in to fielden park and building bases
Currys in rusholme
The snakes and croc in the Manchester uni museum
Swimming in wytenshawe or in 100 year old baths in withington
Teachers strikes and getting the whole day off
Farah trousers , pony trainers and power Cardin ski jackets
Belle Vue zoo - though having seen photos zoo is a stretch
Lyme park and the deathslide
School trip to Alton towers
The nuclear free sign coming in
Trying to get chips or other items through open sun roofs from the parra wood bridge on kingsway
Chicago diner in withington
Pissing about down the old railway in Didsbury avoiding glue sniffers
Jim hall sports
Spending hours in Sifters pretending to be cool when I was probably looking at bananarama records
The wooden rhinoceraus in the Armdalr
Teachers strikes and having to go to my mates mums wine bar for lunch - anyone remember Fobs
The first ever McDonald's drive through in Europe in fallowfield - that was a treat then
Derek parlane and Jim tolmie banging them in
Hours of football in fog lane park with white dog shit everywhere
Mrs Scott's sweet shop and newsagents
Pink final
Sneaking in to fielden park and building bases
Currys in rusholme
The snakes and croc in the Manchester uni museum
Swimming in wytenshawe or in 100 year old baths in withington
Teachers strikes and getting the whole day off
Farah trousers , pony trainers and power Cardin ski jackets
Belle Vue zoo - though having seen photos zoo is a stretch
Lyme park and the deathslide
School trip to Alton towers
The nuclear free sign coming in
Trying to get chips or other items through open sun roofs from the parra wood bridge on kingsway
Chicago diner in withington
waterloo blue
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Does anyone remember the Chester's house on Ashton New Rd.;that had the heads of Prime Ministers on the facia.
The pub was very close the Corpy direct works and just before Smithfield Market,it was demolished in the late eighties after being empty for ages.
A bloke at work reckons his dad was a regular in the seventies,but can't remember the pub's name and I thought this thread would be a good place to ask.
The pub was very close the Corpy direct works and just before Smithfield Market,it was demolished in the late eighties after being empty for ages.
A bloke at work reckons his dad was a regular in the seventies,but can't remember the pub's name and I thought this thread would be a good place to ask.
Bill
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use to love the clayton "wars" with newton heath. they had clayton vale and we had the lime hills to defend :)