Blues in Failsworth

[Bluekiwi]

So that's two Blue girls from Failsworth in New Zealand then. ; )

At least

 

[Stuuuuuu]

The house wasn't actually on Westminster Road but on one of the streets behind it.

Sounds like Glenmore Drive, probably.

Almost opposite Lulworth Road which is where my daughter now lives.

Lulworth Crescent?

 

[manclad]

Sounds like Glenmore Drive, probably.


Lulworth Crescent?

Yes sorry mate. The road curves around back onto Westminster Road so it is a crescent .

 

[BufordUSABlue]

Lived on Clive Road as a kid and I remember Failsworth being blue then, my dear old departed dad was the exception of course ;-()

 

[BillCarlisle]

Lived on Clive Road as a kid and I remember Failsworth being blue then, my dear old departed dad was the exception of course ;-()

I grew up in Failsworth and when I was a kid it was pretty much rag territory. It was the time of the Busby Babes, Munich & just afterwards and most kids I knew had rag shirts. At my primary school there were only 3 of us Blues, as I recall. We were thin on the ground in those days but as the years went on we managed to increase, mainly due to Joe Mercer & Big Mal. By the mid 70's we were very much in the majority in my iocal.
An earlier poster mentioned Barry Foy - apart from being a big Blue he was a bloody good footballer in his younger days.

 

[Indaparkside]

It is Margaret

Not Margaret is she still going
Now you’ve married her won’t tell you about all the good times lord lane locals had with her behind the windmill;)


















Only joking pal it was @Tim of the Oak who told me about her

 

[mainestand]

The house wasn't actually on Westminster Road but on one of the streets behind it.
Almost opposite Lulworth Road which is where my daughter now lives.

Yes it’s Barry.

 

[Bluekiwi]

Not Margaret is she still going
Now you’ve married her won’t tell you about all the good times lord lane locals had with her behind the windmill;)
Only joking pal it was @Tim of the Oak who told me about her

She wishes she could go but traveling from NZ for the last 40+ years would have been a tad expensive.
We know Lord Lane and the Windmill well as her mother (now deceased) and brother and sister live around there.
Perhaps the Margaret Tim was thinking about was the one who married my cousin.

 

[warpig]

Theres a house on Platt Lane that has what must be a 40 foot mast with City flag on it as well.

 

[MCFCTrick]

Failsworth has a lot of Blues. The Willow Tavern is a supporters club and runs a double decker bus to the stadium on matchdays.